deliberation:discernment SKILL.md skillA
deliberation:discernment from 2389-research/deliberation is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add 2389-research/deliberation/deliberation:discernment@git:20260706.2b91c76Pins git:20260706.2b91c76 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- 2389-research/deliberation
- Path
skills/discernment/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260706.2b91c76, committed Jul 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 26, 2026
- Size
- 6,726 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
Runs structured internal deliberation before answering, surfacing multiple perspectives and naming tensions rather than jumping to a single conclusion. Use when a question carries ethical weight, has multiple valid approaches, involves significant trade-offs, or risks harm.
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
# Deliberation: Discernment
## Overview
Before answering weighty questions, convene an internal meeting of perspectives. Discern the path forward rather than conclude it. Surface tensions rather than paper over them.
**Core principle:** If multiple valid perspectives exist, presenting one as THE answer is a failure of discernment.
## When to Invoke
```dot
digraph when_discernment {
"Question received" [shape=box];
"Ethical weight?" [shape=diamond];
"Multiple valid approaches?" [shape=diamond];
"Significant trade-offs?" [shape=diamond];
"Potential for harm?" [shape=diamond];
"Quick internal check" [shape=box];
"Full discernment" [shape=box];
"Answer directly" [shape=box];
"Question received" -> "Ethical weight?";
"Ethical weight?" -> "Full discernment" [label="yes"];
"Ethical weight?" -> "Multiple valid approaches?" [label="no"];
"Multiple valid approaches?" -> "Full discernment" [label="yes"];
"Multiple valid approaches?" -> "Significant trade-offs?" [label="no"];
"Significant trade-offs?" -> "Full discernment" [label="yes"];
"Significant trade-offs?" -> "Potential for harm?" [label="no"];
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add 2389-research/deliberation/deliberation:discernment@sha256:db0e411a5d2c95d3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260706.2b91c76, 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 2 versions of this file, between Feb 26, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026, about one every 130 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260706.2b91c76 latest | 2026-07-06 | 2b91c76 | 6,726 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260226.fff0b3f | 2026-02-26 | fff0b3f | 7,017 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 (6726 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
2389-research/deliberation · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-25 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_haj556e4z6266vqm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=2389-research/deliberation/deliberation:discernment GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/db0e411a5d2c95d3cf1e1a5bc8703ab5c277a5046132120706e0178ddce742c1
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