founder-trajectory-matrix SKILL.md skillA
founder-trajectory-matrix from deciqai/knowledge-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add deciqai/knowledge-skills/founder-trajectory-matrix@git:20261025.cb4e537Pins git:20261025.cb4e537 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- deciqai/knowledge-skills
- Path
founder-trajectory-matrix/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261025.cb4e537, committed Oct 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 16, 2026
- Size
- 9,605 bytes
- Repository stars
- 13
- License
- MIT
Activate when: a founder says they're hitting a ceiling despite working harder; a founding team keeps fighting about who makes decisions; someone asks 'why do some founders progress faster than me?' or 'do I need a co-founder?'; a founder is moving from early stage to scaling and things that worked before are now breaking. Do NOT activate when: the real constraint is product-market fit, runway, or capital (use pmf-crossing-the-chasm or jobs-to-be-done instead); the founder has operated fewer…
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What the file says
# Founder Trajectory Matrix ## Overview Founders diverge along two behavioral axes: (1) actively seeking mentors vs. relying on internal judgment, and (2) intellectual humility in receiving feedback. These axes predict trajectory ceiling more reliably than domain expertise, market timing, or capital. The matrix identifies five development paths — each with a failure mode, a plateau signal, and an upgrade move. All five paths have produced successful companies, but each creates blind spots that compound into structural stagnation if unaddressed. Pairs with **`first-principles`** (strip founder narrative before running) and **`feedback-loops`** (instrument the upgrade move after). Combine with **`lean-startup`** to separate trajectory-level from execution-level questions. --- ## When to Use …
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How to install
mdr add deciqai/knowledge-skills/founder-trajectory-matrix@sha256:4ae30825298ca163The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261025.cb4e537, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 16, 2026 and Oct 25, 2026, about one every 25 days.
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| git:20261025.cb4e537 latest | 2026-10-25 | cb4e537 | 9,605 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260816.be84677 | 2026-08-16 | be84677 | 9,605 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260719.ed3f856 | 2026-07-19 | ed3f856 | 9,605 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260717.2ed857e | 2026-07-17 | 2ed857e | 9,605 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260716.fac12bf | 2026-07-16 | fac12bf | 9,605 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9605 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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Source
deciqai/knowledge-skills · 13 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bfys4ojnvwqlcbib GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=deciqai/knowledge-skills/founder-trajectory-matrix GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4ae30825298ca16338a3a76d90508dae4cae6033cb9495608c73c2178c30e4b5
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