spike SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
spike from greenfield-inc/pane is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add greenfield-inc/pane/spike@git:20260924.c3bd4b5Pins git:20260924.c3bd4b5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- greenfield-inc/pane
- Path
main/src/services/paneChatBundle/skills/spike/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260924.c3bd4b5, committed Sep 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 24, 2026
- Size
- 1,434 bytes
- Repository stars
- 575
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Use only when a decision is blocked on a fact nobody has. One time-boxed question, one answer.
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
# Spike
A spike answers one question so a decision can be made. Write one only when a decision is actually blocked on it.
## Steps
1. Write the question so the answer is a fact, not an opinion. "Can the queue delay a job by 24 hours without a new table?" is a spike. "What is the best queue design?" is an options question.
2. Set a time box and a method. Throwaway code is allowed and expected.
3. If the question is answerable from the web or docs, answer it with the `research-web` skill. If it needs the repo or a running system, give a fresh-context subagent the question to answer with the `gather-evidence` skill. Give the subagent the question and the time box only.
4. Record the answer and the evidence.
5. Feed the answer back into the options document under "What we learned". Re-rank the options if it changes them.
## Format
Plain text in the page bundle (see `page`), for example `spikes/{slug}.md`:
```
# Spike: {one question}
Blocks: {which decision and options}
Time box:
Method:
Throwaway allowed: yes
## Done when
An answer, not a feature.
## Answer
## Evidence
Feeds back to: {options link}
```
## Banned
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add greenfield-inc/pane/spike@sha256:5955f241be9e7963The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260924.c3bd4b5, 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_hjkpbvy3hqvulazw)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Sep 24, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260924.c3bd4b5 latest | 2026-09-24 | c3bd4b5 | 1,434 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.17234b5 | 2026-09-24 | 17234b5 | 1,429 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 (1434 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
greenfield-inc/pane · 575 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hjkpbvy3hqvulazw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=greenfield-inc/pane/spike GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5955f241be9e7963abd7637b6d075a83eca4c296487f93653de2ec4dd78959e1
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.
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