scrutinize SKILL.md skillA

scrutinize from baphuongna/pi-crew is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add baphuongna/pi-crew/scrutinize@git:20260911.3de89a2

Pins git:20260911.3de89a2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
baphuongna/pi-crew
Path
skills/scrutinize/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260911.3de89a2, committed Sep 11, 2026
First version recorded
May 28, 2026
Size
4,415 bytes
Repository stars
57
License
MIT

Outsider-perspective review questioning intent before tracing code. When NOT to use: implementation work (use systematic-debugging); trivial one-line fixes that don't warrant outsider review.

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

# Scrutinize

Stand outside the change and ask whether it should exist at all, then verify it actually does what it claims end-to-end.

## Operating Stance

- **Outsider.** Forget who wrote it and why they think it's right. Read the artifact cold.
- **End-to-end, not diff-local.** The diff is the entry point, not the scope.
- **Actionable, concise, with rationale.** Every finding states what to change, why, and what evidence led you there.

## Workflow

### 1. Intent — Is this necessary?

- State the goal in one sentence, in your own words. If you cannot, the artifact is underspecified — say so and stop.
- Ask: **Is there a simpler way?**
  - Delete/does-nothing (is the problem real and load-bearing?)
  - Use existing code (does this already exist?)
  - Smaller change (solves 90% of goal with 10% of risk?)
  - Different layer (config vs code, framework vs app, build vs runtime?)
- If a better alternative exists, name it BEFORE the line-by-line review.

### 2. Trace — Walk the actual code path

- For each behavior the change claims, trace end-to-end through real code — not just the lines in the diff.
- Include unchanged code on either side of the diff. Bugs hide at the seams.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add baphuongna/pi-crew/scrutinize@sha256:e621c7d57dcb7d83

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260911.3de89a2, 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 May 28, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026, about one every 27 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260911.3de89a2 latest2026-09-11 3de89a2 4,415 BA view · diff
git:20260911.c97bc572026-09-11 c97bc57 3,391 BA view · diff
git:20260603.fa30bc02026-06-03 fa30bc0 3,262 BA view · diff
git:20260529.53de3c22026-05-29 53de3c2 3,246 BA view · diff
git:20260528.67ddbec2026-05-28 67ddbec 3,351 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 (4415 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

baphuongna/pi-crew · 57 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_f46u4ymvguguxozm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=baphuongna/pi-crew/scrutinize
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e621c7d57dcb7d83644b97a2de039a15ba7677c22346e513007ef4c70b31ee61

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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