create-technical-spike SKILL.md skillA
create-technical-spike from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/create-technical-spike@git:20260224.caab1f6Pins git:20260224.caab1f6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/create-technical-spike/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260224.caab1f6, committed Feb 24, 2026
- Size
- 6,578 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Create time-boxed technical spike documents for researching and resolving critical development decisions before implementation.
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
# Create Technical Spike Document
Create time-boxed technical spike documents for researching critical questions that must be answered before development can proceed. Each spike focuses on a specific technical decision with clear deliverables and timelines.
## Document Structure
Create individual files in `${input:FolderPath|docs/spikes}` directory. Name each file using the pattern: `[category]-[short-description]-spike.md` (e.g., `api-copilot-integration-spike.md`, `performance-realtime-audio-spike.md`).
```md
---
title: "${input:SpikeTitle}"
category: "${input:Category|Technical}"
status: "🔴 Not Started"
priority: "${input:Priority|High}"
timebox: "${input:Timebox|1 week}"
created: [YYYY-MM-DD]
updated: [YYYY-MM-DD]
owner: "${input:Owner}"
tags: ["technical-spike", "${input:Category|technical}", "research"]
---
# ${input:SpikeTitle}
## Summary
**Spike Objective:** [Clear, specific question or decision that needs resolution]
**Why This Matters:** [Impact on development/architecture decisions]
**Timebox:** [How much time allocated to this spike]
**Decision Deadline:** [When this must be resolved to avoid blocking development]
## Research Question(s)
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How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/create-technical-spike@sha256:2caccb0ba3b9851bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260224.caab1f6, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 24, 2026.
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 (6578 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/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_glyhankzvevegzxo GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/create-technical-spike GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2caccb0ba3b9851b82c648870330b6d22a47ee7cda4d3770ef8b5f8d6e439281
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