abstraction-quality SKILL.md skillA
abstraction-quality from codybrom/clairvoyance is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/abstraction-quality@git:20260722.fcfda01Pins git:20260722.fcfda01 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- codybrom/clairvoyance
- Path
skills/abstraction-quality/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260722.fcfda01, committed Jul 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 25, 2026
- Size
- 3,727 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15
- License
- MIT
Evaluates whether abstractions provide a genuinely different way of thinking or are structurally shallow. Use when adjacent layers feel redundant, wrappers add boilerplate without depth, or an abstraction feels leaky. Not for a single module's interface-to-implementation ratio (use deep-modules) or information leakage across boundaries (use information-hiding).
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
# Abstraction Quality Review Lens When invoked with $ARGUMENTS, focus the analysis on the specified file or module. Read the target code first, then apply the checks below. Evaluate whether abstractions are genuine (hiding complexity) or false (adding layers without reducing what callers must know). ## When to Apply - Reviewing class hierarchies or layered architectures - When an abstraction feels like it adds complexity rather than reducing it - When decorator or wrapper patterns are used - When two layers seem to operate at the same level of abstraction ## Core Principles ### Genuine vs. False Abstraction Test **Can callers forget what's underneath?** If yes, it's genuine. If callers must peek through to use it correctly, it's false. #### Two Ways Abstractions Fail - **Including unimportant details**: The interface leaks implementation concerns. Shows up as wide interfaces, excessive parameters. More common, at least visible. - **Omitting important details**: The interface hides something callers need. **More dangerous because it signals nothing.** The abstraction appears clean, inviting trust it doesn't deserve. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/abstraction-quality@sha256:355154a0fb26c87aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260722.fcfda01, 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 4 versions of this file, between Feb 25, 2026 and Jul 22, 2026, about one every 49 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260722.fcfda01 latest | 2026-07-22 | fcfda01 | 3,727 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260701.ba096c5 | 2026-07-01 | ba096c5 | 3,789 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260227.455211b | 2026-02-27 | 455211b | 4,081 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260225.e46f12c | 2026-02-25 | e46f12c | 4,017 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 (3727 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
codybrom/clairvoyance · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_i3uhu7xhx6b5424t GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codybrom/clairvoyance/abstraction-quality GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/355154a0fb26c87a663931d49f9baddacd3e401bcd8d2c9c42a6ca5ecb50d493
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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.