spike SKILL.md skillA

spike from dbc-oduffy/coordinator-claude is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add dbc-oduffy/coordinator-claude/spike@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
dbc-oduffy/coordinator-claude
Path
skills/spike/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
8
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Nov 5, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 6, 2026
Size
5,574 bytes
Repository stars
5
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Bounded spike: web research plus local study to a verdict.

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

# /spike — Mechanism-Derisking Investigation

Prove — or disprove — that a specific mechanism is viable before a plan commits to it. Binary,
same shape as `/dogfood`: converges to a viable/not-viable verdict, or switches gears — no
open-ended "keep researching" path (that's `coordinator:research`).

spike is the research door's verdict class (`coordinator/commands/research.md`).

Siblings: `coordinator:research` is broad, non-binary, and runs no code on this machine.
`coordinator:systematic-debugging` is backward-looking (why did one known thing break).
`coordinator:dogfood` is fix-through on a thing already built. `coordinator:shape` is
problem-shaping (what to build), not mechanism-proving (can we build it this way).

**Announce at start:** "Running `/spike <mechanism>` — bounded derisking investigation. Binary
outcome: viable or not-viable."

## Invoke Gating — Structural, Not Self-Classified

One invocation surface, two entry paths — the gate is a structural signal, never a runtime
self-classification:

- **Research-door entry (default).** The PM says 'spike', or the EM sizes
  `research.value_class: spike`. The EM's sizing is the authority
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add dbc-oduffy/coordinator-claude/spike@sha256:f91860a93241de89

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.

Badge

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_lkctqpbswabvyfzu.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_lkctqpbswabvyfzu)

4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Aug 6, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026, about one every 13 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.0.0 latest2026-11-05 54ee456 5,574 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-10-29 ed49b76 5,493 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-10-17 2cbdbb2 5,808 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-10-15 39737e0 7,344 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-10-02 23b42a5 7,235 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-09-22 abb039e 7,243 BA view · diff
git:20260814.f7852cd2026-08-14 f7852cd 7,228 BA view · diff
git:20260806.c4a645d2026-08-06 c4a645d 17,387 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5574 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

GitHub

dbc-oduffy/coordinator-claude · 5 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lkctqpbswabvyfzu
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dbc-oduffy/coordinator-claude/spike
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f91860a93241de897f20b8815881c08ab0a9933b87368ec37a918324af087ac6

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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