idea-lineage skillA
idea-lineage is agent-read markdown (skill) from garrytan/gbrain: Trace one idea's evolution through the brain: first mention, best articulation, related concepts, reversals, contradictions, abandoned branches, and the current live version. Use for single-idea conceptual lineage, not broad concept-map synthesis or structured entity metrics..
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# idea-lineage - Single-Idea Evolution Through the Brain > **Convention:** see [conventions/quality.md](../conventions/quality.md) for > citation rules, quote fidelity, and source-backed claims. > > **Boundary:** see [docs/takes-vs-facts.md](../../docs/takes-vs-facts.md) for > the distinction between holder-attributed takes and the brain owner's hot > facts. Do not collapse those layers when summarizing lineage. ## What this solves Users often want to understand how one idea changed across time: when it first appeared, when it became sharp, what it displaced, what it contradicted, and what version is alive now. That is different from building a whole concept map and different from charting an entity's metric trajectory. Use this skill when the user asks about one idea, topic, phrase, or concept page and wants its evolution through the brain. Canonical examples: - "Run idea lineage on founder-led sales." - "How has my thinking about compounding trust changed?" - "What is my current version of this idea?" - "Where did this idea come from, and what did I abandon along the way?" ## What this is not - Not `concept-synthesis`: that skill deduplicates many concept stubs, tiers …
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How to install
mdr add garrytan/gbrain/idea-lineage@v0.1.0mdr add garrytan/gbrain/idea-lineage@sha256:bbf37781d93b71ddPin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
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- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8849 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
garrytan/gbrain · 30,275 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_drlwfx5wo3tvqwa3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=garrytan/gbrain/idea-lineage GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bbf37781d93b71ddc7909ecc5ab635872c874fb8591995dbf88b45ffeac6b1de
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