figure-it-out SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
figure-it-out from backnotprop/pstack is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add backnotprop/pstack/figure-it-out@git:20261015.df856f4Pins git:20261015.df856f4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- backnotprop/pstack
- Path
skills/figure-it-out/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261015.df856f4, committed Oct 15, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 27, 2026
- Size
- 4,111 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,337
- License
- MIT
Design an auditable playbook when no narrower one fits: a large migration, an ambitious multi-part change, or work a human reviews after stepping away. Scales rigor to the task, runs a hypothesis loop, and logs decisions. Use for /figure-it-out or 'figure it out'.
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
# Figure it out When the task matches no playbook, design one. The deliverable before any code is the workflow itself: a sequence of phases that scales rigor to the task, runs the scientific method, and leaves a decision trail a human can audit after stepping away. ## Start Open a todolist whose first item is to read the Principles section of the **poteto-mode** skill. Then add the phases below as todos. ## Phase A: Frame Ground first, then commit. Don't start the run until you can state: - The definition of done as a falsifiable predicate (the **prove-it-works** principle skill). - Scope, quantified: rough units and effort, plus the blockers grounding surfaced. - The rigor level, biased high. One-way doors and high blast radius get more. Reversible low-stakes steps get less. Rigor is gates and artifacts, not "try harder". Present the framing and tradeoffs before committing to a long run. Reversible work proceeds (the **never-block-on-the-human** principle skill), but a multi-hour run earns one checkpoint. ## Phase B: Design the workflow …
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How to install
mdr add backnotprop/pstack/figure-it-out@sha256:bdb23cdbd82a1e6aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261015.df856f4, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_jodngi67stagmamc)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between May 27, 2026 and Oct 15, 2026, about one every 28 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261015.df856f4 latest | 2026-10-15 | df856f4 | 4,111 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.f3afb70 | 2026-10-12 | f3afb70 | 3,978 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.c0c3f13 | 2026-10-04 | c0c3f13 | 4,059 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.55bfdc2 | 2026-09-14 | 55bfdc2 | 4,384 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260819.4b32d9d | 2026-08-19 | 4b32d9d | 5,161 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260527.b3eabf1 | 2026-05-27 | b3eabf1 | 5,020 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 (4111 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
backnotprop/pstack · 3,337 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jodngi67stagmamc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=backnotprop/pstack/figure-it-out GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bdb23cdbd82a1e6af094b495691c832a6f7f3ab9706ba9edbeb664ef51a726e1
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