cynefin-classifier SKILL.md skillA
cynefin-classifier from rjmurillo/ai-agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rjmurillo/ai-agents/cynefin-classifier@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rjmurillo/ai-agents
- Path
.claude/skills/cynefin-classifier/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 9, 2026
- Size
- 14,454 bytes
- Repository stars
- 48
- License
- MIT
Classify problems into Cynefin Framework domains (Clear, Complicated, Complex, Chaotic, Confusion) and recommend appropriate response strategies. Use when unsure how to approach a problem, facing analysis paralysis, or needing to choose between expert analysis and experimentation.
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
# Cynefin Classifier
Classify problems into the correct Cynefin domain and recommend the appropriate response strategy. This prevents applying the wrong cognitive approach to problems.
## Triggers
Activate when the user:
- `classify this problem`
- `cynefin analysis`
- `what approach should we take`
- `should we analyze or experiment`
- `is this complex or complicated`
## When to Use
Use this skill when:
- Unsure how to approach a new problem (analyze vs experiment vs act)
- Facing analysis paralysis on a decision
- Team disagrees on whether to research more or start building
- Need to justify an experimental approach to stakeholders
Use [decision-critic](../decision-critic/SKILL.md) instead when:
- Problem is already classified as Complicated and you need to validate a specific decision
- You have a concrete proposal to challenge, not a general problem to classify
## The Cynefin Framework
```text
UNORDERED ORDERED
┌─────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
│ COMPLEX │ COMPLICATED │
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rjmurillo/ai-agents/cynefin-classifier@sha256:7384faf261487802The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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 Feb 9, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026, about one every 57 days.
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-25 | 3fda96c | 14,454 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-22 | e7a63be | 14,253 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-30 | 817e466 | 14,278 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-04-11 | 88d93a7 | 13,841 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-02-09 | 0f0a7a1 | 13,841 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
rjmurillo/ai-agents · 48 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_h6inunkanqltn4kf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rjmurillo/ai-agents/cynefin-classifier GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7384faf261487802f8686269b709ea3e39ad5e24af3a2cadfdbf12fd9c184085
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