work-decomposition SKILL.md skillA
work-decomposition from a5c-ai/babysitter is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/work-decomposition@git:20260601.da7723aPins git:20260601.da7723a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- a5c-ai/babysitter
- Path
library/methodologies/gastown/skills/work-decomposition/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260601.da7723a, committed Jun 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 25, 2026
- Size
- 1,343 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,896
- License
- MIT
Decompose goals into MEOWs (Molecular Expressions of Work) - trackable atomic units following Gas Town's bead-based work model.
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
- When a goal is too large for a single agent - When parallel execution would benefit progress - When work needs tracked attribution ## Process 1. **Analyze** the goal and project context 2. **Identify** natural seams for decomposition 3. **Create MEOWs** with clear boundaries and dependencies 4. **Classify** as beads (persistent) or wisps (ephemeral) 5. **Map dependencies** between MEOWs 6. **Estimate** effort and assign priorities ## Decomposition Principles - Each MEOW should be completable by a single agent - Dependencies should form a DAG (no cycles) - Prefer more smaller beads over fewer larger ones - Wisps for throwaway work (scaffolding, exploration) - Every MEOW gets attribution tracking ## Tool Use Invoke via babysitter process: `methodologies/gastown/gastown-orchestrator` (analyze-work step)
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/work-decomposition@sha256:184cc8a30dea7b67The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260601.da7723a, 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 Mar 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026, about one every 17 days.
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| git:20260601.da7723a latest | 2026-06-01 | da7723a | 1,343 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.9f5be95 | 2026-05-07 | 9f5be95 | 1,371 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.8dfdcb4 | 2026-05-07 | 8dfdcb4 | 1,366 B | C | view · diff |
| git:20260507.56f011d | 2026-05-07 | 56f011d | 1,445 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260325.a6b3a88 | 2026-03-25 | a6b3a88 | 1,354 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1343 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
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source
a5c-ai/babysitter · 1,896 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_idwhkwdqqu6us4pc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=a5c-ai/babysitter/work-decomposition GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/184cc8a30dea7b6745edf55452fe5cd54eeb0ba4daff281c3e8526f9db640369
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