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vendor-evaluation from the-nam-shub/e5-real-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add the-nam-shub/e5-real-skills/vendor-evaluation@v2026-04-20Pins v2026-04-20 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- the-nam-shub/e5-real-skills
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skills/vendor-evaluation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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Guidance for evaluating and selecting marketing vendors, agencies, AI tools, and martech — covering evaluation frameworks, vetting questions, and stack management. Trigger when a user is assessing a new tool, auditing their tech stack, or selecting an agency or data provider.
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
# Vendor Evaluation ## Overview This skill covers how B2B marketers should evaluate, select, and manage vendors — including AI tools, martech platforms, creative agencies, PR firms, and intent data providers. It also addresses tech stack auditing and consolidation. All practices are sourced exclusively from Exit Five podcast guests across 9 episodes; no general best practices have been added. --- ## AI Tool Evaluation ### Start from the Specific Problem, Not the Tool When selecting AI tools, work backwards from the specific problem you are trying to solve rather than choosing based on general capability or brand familiarity. Identify what a given tool excels at — not what it can do generally — then combine complementary tools for better output. For example, one tool may be excellent at following detailed instructions and using structured formats, while another excels at rendering output visually; combining both can produce better results than using either alone. Avoid the trap of using one tool for everything simply because it is familiar. (Source: Jess Lytle, Episode #319) ### Require an AI Component in All New Tool Procurement …
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How to install
mdr add the-nam-shub/e5-real-skills/vendor-evaluation@sha256:dba20637a2cc0fa6The line at the top of this page pins the label v2026-04-20, 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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Source
the-nam-shub/e5-real-skills · 10 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
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