policy-brief SKILL.md skillA
policy-brief from skillmedev/academic-researcher is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add skillmedev/academic-researcher/policy-brief@git:20261005.657a54cPins git:20261005.657a54c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- skillmedev/academic-researcher
- Path
skills/policy-brief/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261005.657a54c, committed Oct 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 19, 2026
- Size
- 6,292 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Writes a concise, evidence-based policy brief - problem, options compared on consistent criteria, and a recommendation - that a decision-maker can act on in minutes. Use when someone asks "write a policy brief", "summarize the evidence and options for this decision", "brief the minister/board/council on X", or needs a one-to-four-page document that turns research into a recommended action. Do NOT use for persuasive opinion pieces - use op-ed-writer instead; for long-form marketing documents…
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
# Policy Brief A brief exists to inform one specific choice by one specific decision-maker - not to survey a literature. The costly failure is the brief that is read only as far as its summary and gives the reader nothing actionable there, or that strawmans the rejected options and loses credibility the moment a stakeholder notices. Write so that a busy reader who stops after the first half-page still knows the problem, the recommendation, and why. ## Inputs to collect 1. Who decides, and what decision they face - the single question the brief must answer. If the user cannot name the decision, help them narrow it before writing; "inform them about X" is not a decision. 2. The decision deadline and any political, budget, or legal constraints that rule options in or out. 3. The evidence available: studies, data, prior evaluations. Note what is missing; gaps shape how strongly the brief can recommend. 4. The audience's technical depth. Default: intelligent non-specialist - define every acronym on first use. 5. Length target. Default: one to four pages. Longer than four pages is a report, not a brief. Label anything assumed rather than supplied. ## Operating procedure …
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How to install
mdr add skillmedev/academic-researcher/policy-brief@sha256:e97bf254d2ab054aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261005.657a54c, 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 4 versions of this file, between Jun 19, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 36 days.
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| git:20261005.657a54c latest | 2026-10-05 | 657a54c | 6,292 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260705.afb4be5 | 2026-07-05 | afb4be5 | 6,258 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260704.0321639 | 2026-07-04 | 0321639 | 6,288 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260619.8a1ecd4 | 2026-06-19 | 8a1ecd4 | 2,386 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
skillmedev/academic-researcher · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_k3zcsumlsrvxhkci GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=skillmedev/academic-researcher/policy-brief GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e97bf254d2ab054af0bf7161e99a2f9abd4b2a1f047b43ee46aeeb76edbb5863
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