frame-a-proposal SKILL.md skillA
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frame-a-proposal from inkeep/open-knowledge-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/frame-a-proposal@git:20261014.2bb8524Pins git:20261014.2bb8524 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- inkeep/open-knowledge-skills
- Path
skills/starter-packs/software-lifecycle/frame-a-proposal/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261014.2bb8524, committed Oct 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 4, 2026
- Size
- 14,359 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Frame a new design proposal (RFC-shape) under proposals/ — problem before solution, named beneficiary and observable change, real alternatives, honest drawbacks, and a live open-questions backlog. Read when asked to frame a proposal, write an RFC, propose a design, pitch a change, draft a PRD-style design doc, or open a design proposal for review. Do NOT read to record a decision after it is accepted (use record-a-decision), to write an implementation spec (use write-a-spec), to write a…
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
# Frame a proposal — turn a problem into a reviewable RFC The platform `/open-knowledge` skill still governs every markdown operation here (reads via `exec`/`search`, writes via `write`/`edit`, links as plain relative markdown, never native Read/Edit/Grep/`cat` on in-scope files). This skill layers proposal-authoring craft on top: it decides *what a good proposal contains and in what order you earn each section*. A proposal in `proposals/` is a design argument, not a decision and not a plan. It exists to force a **choice** among options and to give reviewers enough to disagree with. Filename is `0001-feature-name.md` — a zero-padded 4-digit sequence plus a kebab title. Status flows `draft → fcp → accepted/rejected` (fcp = final comment period). Acceptance graduates the proposal to a record in `decisions/` — that is a *separate*, human act and a *separate* skill. The failure this skill exists to prevent: an agent jumping to `## Design` before anyone agrees what the problem is, padding `## Alternatives` with strawmen, and leaving `## Drawbacks` empty. Each step below has a gate that blocks that. --- ## Mandatory execution order …
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How to install
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/frame-a-proposal@sha256:26245c19f097ee8bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.2bb8524, 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 6 versions of this file, between Aug 4, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 14 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261014.2bb8524 latest | 2026-10-14 | 2bb8524 | 14,359 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260825.dda5ab1 | 2026-08-25 | dda5ab1 | 14,338 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260824.159d280 | 2026-08-24 | 159d280 | 14,304 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.be5d62e | 2026-08-13 | be5d62e | 14,327 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.99a8b17 | 2026-08-05 | 99a8b17 | 14,360 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260804.8a506ba | 2026-08-04 | 8a506ba | 14,357 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 (14359 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
inkeep/open-knowledge-skills · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_j2srhtj7bmulhbik GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/frame-a-proposal GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/26245c19f097ee8b6a71307d0f56ce4805a38302bdf7a9de14c77ef0a0a732b9
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