advisor-checkpoint SKILL.md skillA
advisor-checkpoint from patrickserrano/lacquer is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add patrickserrano/lacquer/advisor-checkpoint@git:20260725.3f0d943Pins git:20260725.3f0d943 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- patrickserrano/lacquer
- Path
core/skills/advisor-checkpoint/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260725.3f0d943, committed Jul 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 11, 2026
- Size
- 4,198 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Consult a stronger model mid-task for a second opinion before committing to an approach, when stuck, or before declaring a non-trivial task done — the fast-executor + strong-advisor pattern, implemented with the Agent and Workflow tools (Claude Code does not expose Anthropic's raw API advisor tool). Use when running on a cheaper/faster model for mechanical work and a hard design/architecture/risk decision needs a stronger check, or when authoring a Workflow script that should get expert 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
# Advisor Checkpoint Spend the expensive model only at a task's few load-bearing moments; let a cheaper/faster model handle the rest. ## When to consult - **Before committing to a non-obvious approach.** Orientation (reading files, finding the shape of the problem) doesn't need it; the moment you're about to write code, edit a plan, or declare an interpretation does. - **When stuck** — an error is recurring, an approach isn't converging, results don't fit what you expected. - **Before declaring a non-trivial task done.** Make the deliverable durable first (commit, save, write the file) — the consult adds latency, and a durable result survives an interruption where an unwritten one doesn't. Skip it on short, reactive steps where the next action is dictated by what you just read — the value is highest on the first consult, before an approach crystallizes, not on every turn. ## In an interactive session Dispatch an `Agent` call at a checkpoint above, with `model` set to a stronger tier than the one currently running (`opus` or `fable`), given the plan or diff so far and a specific question — not "review everything," but "does this …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add patrickserrano/lacquer/advisor-checkpoint@sha256:2e76d30873782ec7The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260725.3f0d943, 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_fi7k27wtgmyoq3vm)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 11, 2026 and Jul 25, 2026, about one every 14 days.
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| git:20260725.3f0d943 latest | 2026-07-25 | 3f0d943 | 4,198 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260711.7450493 | 2026-07-11 | 7450493 | 4,829 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
patrickserrano/lacquer · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fi7k27wtgmyoq3vm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=patrickserrano/lacquer/advisor-checkpoint GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2e76d30873782ec7d157beb69a320f977137547a9ce69fd127c5686b145230bd
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.