swarm-design-architecture SKILL.md skillA
swarm-design-architecture from etr/groundwork is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add etr/groundwork/swarm-design-architecture@git:20260913.4897495Pins git:20260913.4897495 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- etr/groundwork
- Path
skills/swarm-design-architecture/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260913.4897495, committed Sep 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 22, 2026
- Size
- 20,687 bytes
- Repository stars
- 45
- License
- MIT
Design architecture using parallel advocate agents for adversarial technology comparison. Usage /groundwork:swarm-design-architecture.
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
# Swarm Architecture Design
## Overview
Parallel adversarial research. Multiple advocate agents each build the strongest honest case for one technology option while challenging competitors. Produces balanced trade-off analysis that fights the anchoring bias of single-researcher exploration.
**Core principle:** One researcher anchors on whichever technology they explore first. Advocates who must challenge each other cannot.
This skill extends the `groundwork:design-architecture` workflow. Steps 1-2 and 5-6 follow that skill exactly. **Step 3 (Research) is replaced** by the swarm research phase. Step 4 (Iterate Decisions) is enhanced with aggregated adversarial findings.
## Pre-flight: Model Recommendation
**Your current effort level is `{{effort_level}}`.**
Skip this step silently if effort is `high`, `xhigh`, or `max` (the scale is `low` < `medium` < `high` < `xhigh` < `max`, so `xhigh` and `max` are already above `high`) AND you are Opus (1M context).
If effort is `low` or `medium` (i.e. below `high`), you MUST show the recommendation prompt — regardless of model.
If you are not Opus (1M context), you MUST show the recommendation prompt - regardless of effort level.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add etr/groundwork/swarm-design-architecture@sha256:6722ee36354949dcThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260913.4897495, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_fermna6bphvfn56p)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 22, 2026 and Sep 13, 2026, about one every 21 days.
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| git:20260913.4897495 latest | 2026-09-13 | 4897495 | 20,687 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.3e89f41 | 2026-09-12 | 3e89f41 | 20,626 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.480a145 | 2026-09-12 | 480a145 | 20,023 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260624.e533827 | 2026-06-24 | e533827 | 18,917 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.3609064 | 2026-06-22 | 3609064 | 18,777 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 (20687 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
etr/groundwork · 45 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fermna6bphvfn56p GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=etr/groundwork/swarm-design-architecture GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6722ee36354949dc327913d598bbbd4bbe3d099c3ea393956d2015a821a64bc0
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