validate-inference SKILL.md skillA
validate-inference from jposluns/grc_library is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jposluns/grc_library/validate-inference@git:20260803.50c809aPins git:20260803.50c809a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- jposluns/grc_library
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- git:20260803.50c809a, committed Aug 3, 2026
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- CC-BY-SA-4.0
Validates an inferred premise with a concrete observation before an action depends on it. Use when a draft or plan contains "since / because / given X, do Y" where X is a state claim not observed this turn, when about to skip a step because a prior run covered it, when declaring a fix complete because the named occurrence is fixed, or when acting on remembered rather than re-read state. Walks the discipline (name the inference, cost the validation, validate with a tool call, act on the…
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What the file says
# Validate Inference (before acting on it) ## Overview The failure mode this skill interrupts: an assistant infers a premise (most commonly "nothing changed since the prior X, so skip / proceed"), acts on the inference, and the action propagates a wrong premise into downstream work. By the time a later check catches it, the cascade has touched multiple artefacts, and the rework costs orders of magnitude more than the single tool call that would have validated the premise at its source. An inferred premise is a claim about state that the next action depends on and that has not been directly observed in the current turn. The trigger surface is textual and catchable in your own draft: clauses of the form "since / because / given / per / based on X, [action]" where X has not been verified this turn. The canonical rule ([`validate-inference-before-action`](../../governance/validate-inference-before-action.md)) states the discipline; this skill is its workflow wrapper for the moment the trigger fires. ## When to Use - A draft or plan contains "since / because / given / per / based on / following / according to" followed by a state claim not observed this turn. …
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How to install
mdr add jposluns/grc_library/validate-inference@sha256:844445235885f8acThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260803.50c809a, 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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Source
jposluns/grc_library · 3 stars · license CC-BY-SA-4.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fpqkvnwkfzwx64v2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jposluns/grc_library/validate-inference GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/844445235885f8ac1851b97e117b87c0ccdf5cba23a3a874cfadbbbb5d663430
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