cognitive-load-theory SKILL.md skillA
cognitive-load-theory from deciqai/knowledge-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add deciqai/knowledge-skills/cognitive-load-theory@git:20261025.cb4e537Pins git:20261025.cb4e537 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- deciqai/knowledge-skills
- Path
cognitive-load-theory/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261025.cb4e537, committed Oct 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 16, 2026
- Size
- 7,654 bytes
- Repository stars
- 13
- License
- MIT
"Activate when: someone says 'this is too much to take in at once', 'learners aren't getting it despite good material', 'our onboarding is overwhelming new hires', 'why does this tutorial confuse people', 'how do I design training that actually works', 'this documentation is hard to follow', 'cognitive load', 'working memory'.
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
# Cognitive Load Theory ## Overview Working memory holds ~4 chunks of novel information — a hard limit. Instruction that exceeds it produces no learning regardless of effort. CLT (Sweller 1988) identifies three load types: **intrinsic** (task complexity), **extraneous** (poor presentation), **germane** (schema-building effort). Target: minimize extraneous, manage intrinsic by sequencing low-to-high element-interactivity, maximize germane. Composes with [`metacognition`](../metacognition/SKILL.md) (learners aware of limits pace themselves), [`deep-work`](../deep-work/SKILL.md) (same working-memory conditions), and `api-and-interface-design` (UX design = instructional design). ## When to Use - Designing training, documentation, onboarding, or instructional material - Learners aren't understanding despite good intent and reasonable material - Diagnosing why a course / tutorial / interface is underperforming - Someone says "cognitive load," "working memory," "too much at once," "this is overwhelming" **Not when:** audience is already expert (expertise-reversal); bottleneck is motivational not cognitive. ## Coaching Novices (Adaptive Front Door) …
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How to install
mdr add deciqai/knowledge-skills/cognitive-load-theory@sha256:5b4ae721aab6b471The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261025.cb4e537, 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 Jul 16, 2026 and Oct 25, 2026, about one every 25 days.
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| git:20261025.cb4e537 latest | 2026-10-25 | cb4e537 | 7,654 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260816.be84677 | 2026-08-16 | be84677 | 7,654 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260719.ed3f856 | 2026-07-19 | ed3f856 | 7,654 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260717.2ed857e | 2026-07-17 | 2ed857e | 7,654 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260716.fac12bf | 2026-07-16 | fac12bf | 7,654 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 (7654 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
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Source
deciqai/knowledge-skills · 13 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hp3ocwmuuo76rptg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=deciqai/knowledge-skills/cognitive-load-theory GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5b4ae721aab6b471f8e85cbf0b3a190bfb213cb05baf345af8cd62f552b0cf96
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