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rethink is agent-read markdown (skill) from reidemeister94/development-skills: Use when the user wants a proposal or approach reconsidered from first principles, or when evidence shows the current design is weak..

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What the file says

# Rethink

Rebuild the proposal from the required outcome and verified real-world constraints.
Identify assumptions, remove those that evidence does not support, and test the remaining constraints against concrete cases.

Compare genuinely different approaches.
State each approach's costs, failure modes, reversibility, and proof needs.
Use `development-skills:best-practices` when current external evidence can change the choice.

Recommend the simplest consistent design that meets the outcome.
Explain why it is better than the current proposal and what evidence would overturn the recommendation.
Return the result to the active development workflow before implementation.

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How to install

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mdr add reidemeister94/development-skills/rethink@git:20260920.5f06936
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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (871 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

reidemeister94/development-skills · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-20 · branch main

API

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GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=reidemeister94/development-skills/rethink
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8c12cdfab368db5003e385f64d7981beeb58efcec58f2bd621939bd82eef5aa6

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