federal-bca SKILL.md skillA
federal-bca from jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs/federal-bca@git:20260817.bb39a3aPins git:20260817.bb39a3a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs
- Path
packs/federal-bca/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260817.bb39a3a, committed Aug 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 16, 2026
- Size
- 5,530 bytes
- Repository stars
- 71
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Knowledge base from OMB Circular A-94 (revised 2023-11-09) on guidelines and discount rates for benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of federal programs. Use for BCA principles, benefit/cost measurement, discount-rate policy, uncertainty/sensitivity, distributional incidence, and decision reporting. Rescoped at build to A-94 only (Army CBA Guide unreachable). Does not replace A-11 budget preparation detail, agency-specific statutory BCA rules, or Army CEAC process templates.
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
<!-- argument-hint: [BCA, discount rate, uncertainty, incidence, CEA, or chapter number] --> # OMB Circular A-94 — Federal Benefit-Cost Analysis Guidelines **Source**: OMB Circular A-94, revised Nov. 9, 2023 (US Government work, public domain) | **Chapters**: 6 ## When to use Reach for this pack when designing or reviewing **federal benefit-cost or cost-effectiveness analyses**—especially discount-rate selection, baseline and opportunity-cost measurement, uncertainty/sensitivity, distributional incidence, and OMB-facing documentation quality for program or legislative decisions. **Prerequisites:** none — plain Markdown; no MCP server, API key, or licence tier needed at runtime. ## How to Use This Skill - **Without arguments** — load the core frameworks below. - **With a topic** — ask about NPV, real vs nominal rates, opportunity cost, sensitivity, incidence, or CEA vs BCA. - **With a chapter** — ask for `ch01` through `ch06`. Supporting files: `glossary.md`, `patterns.md`, `cheatsheet.md`. ## Core Frameworks & Mental Models ### Why A-94 exists …
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How to install
mdr add jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs/federal-bca@sha256:c02784c506f17ac2The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260817.bb39a3a, 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_joux3vs2csneb2gu)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Aug 16, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026, more than one a day.
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| git:20260817.bb39a3a latest | 2026-08-17 | bb39a3a | 5,530 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260817.77e9ec5 | 2026-08-17 | 77e9ec5 | 5,517 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260816.8892ac7 | 2026-08-16 | 8892ac7 | 5,478 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 (5530 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
jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs · 71 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_joux3vs2csneb2gu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs/federal-bca GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c02784c506f17ac2229a693b95b12bdcbb3e5e43ab8eed0e30e645c920862422
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