think-REPLACE-method SKILL.md skillA

think-REPLACE-method from product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills/think-REPLACE-method@v0.1.0

Pins v0.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills
Path
templates/skill/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
v0.1.0, committed Jun 1, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 1, 2026
Size
2,138 bytes
Repository stars
25
License
Apache-2.0

REPLACE with one sentence. Lead with an action verb (Generates / Produces / Evaluates / Audits / Checks), name the artifact it produces, and include a "Use when ..." clause with concrete trigger words. Third person. Do NOT use first person ("you can", "you should", "we "). Keep under 1024 characters. This text is the activation trigger and is scored by the toolkit (U5).

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

<!-- thinking-framework-skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills | Apache-2.0 -->
# REPLACE Display Name

REPLACE: one paragraph. State the durable cognitive MECHANISM (not the trademarked ritual) and the concrete ARTIFACT this skill produces. Make clear the output is a structured artifact, not prose.

## When to Use

- REPLACE: concrete situations that should trigger this skill.

## When NOT to Use

- REPLACE: where this misleads, or is the wrong tool (point to the right one). Pull these from the dossier's failure modes; this section guards against cargo-cult execution.

## Instructions

When asked to REPLACE, follow these steps:

1. **REPLACE step (bold lead-in).** Imperative, bounded, concrete.
2. **REPLACE step.**
3. **REPLACE step.** Include the step that converts raw output into the artifact.

## Output Format

Use the template in `references/TEMPLATE.md`. The deliverable is the filled artifact plus a short summary, not a prose essay.

## Quality Checklist

Before finalizing, verify:

- [ ] REPLACE checks, derived from the dossier's documented failure modes.
- [ ] The output is the artifact, not prose.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills/think-REPLACE-method@sha256:60914e8beac4ddef

The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.1.0, 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 2 versions of this file, all committed on Jun 1, 2026.

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v0.1.0 latest2026-06-01 5bad9cb 2,138 BA view · diff
v0.1.02026-06-01 3d13fc2 2,136 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2138 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
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills · 25 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bvnlyvqivxppw7wa
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills/think-REPLACE-method
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/60914e8beac4ddeff4b4c43fa79a37174df99dd88d19502d15ac15ca32e58103

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