action-before-explanation-of-inaction SKILL.md skillA
action-before-explanation-of-inaction from jposluns/grc_library is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jposluns/grc_library/action-before-explanation-of-inaction@git:20260923.a892cdbPins git:20260923.a892cdb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jposluns/grc_library
- Path
guardrails/skills/action-before-explanation-of-inaction/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260923.a892cdb, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 3, 2026
- Size
- 8,804 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- CC-BY-SA-4.0
Grounds explanations of why an external action cannot or will not proceed in a real tool result, not in inference. Use before writing any clause of the form "X is blocked / waiting on / requires / needs / would fail" attached to an external action you have not attempted this turn. Use when about to explain why a PR cannot merge, why CI is waiting, why a deploy is held, why a permission is missing, or why any external system step is not proceeding. The safe action is attempted before the…
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What the file says
# Action Before Explanation of Inaction
## Overview
An inaction explanation is a state assertion a reader will rely on. This skill runs the reversibility-gate protocol from the canonical rule [`governance/action-before-explanation-of-inaction.md`](../../governance/action-before-explanation-of-inaction.md) before any clause that explains why an external action cannot or will not proceed is emitted.
The rule is the source of truth for normative content (framework alignment, exception handling, rationale). This skill is the workflow wrapper: when to invoke the protocol and how to execute it step by step.
## When to Use
- Before writing "X is blocked because Y" attached to an external action (a PR merge, a deploy, a push, a status read, a permission check).
- Before writing "X is waiting on Y" / "X requires Y" / "X needs Y" / "X would fail because Y" attached to an external action.
- Before composing a turn-ending summary that explains why a step did not happen this turn.
- Before reporting a webhook subscription's silence ("CI must be still running") as a reason to wait.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jposluns/grc_library/action-before-explanation-of-inaction@sha256:6ac7fab5dd20b8e4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.a892cdb, 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 3 versions of this file, between Aug 3, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 26 days.
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| git:20260923.a892cdb latest | 2026-09-23 | a892cdb | 8,804 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.dc6b96e | 2026-09-23 | dc6b96e | 8,805 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260803.50c809a | 2026-08-03 | 50c809a | 8,819 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
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- 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
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Source
jposluns/grc_library · 3 stars · license CC-BY-SA-4.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jz7g62pzbltzmeem GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jposluns/grc_library/action-before-explanation-of-inaction GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6ac7fab5dd20b8e4a3055e1072a5435b6fa35ecf538a3ff17f7870ce96c8d587
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