constitutional-ai SKILL.md skillA
constitutional-ai from orchestra-research/ai-research-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
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- Audit grade
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- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- orchestra-research/ai-research-skills
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07-safety-alignment/constitutional-ai/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- v1.0.0, committed Nov 20, 2025
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- License
- MIT
Anthropic's method for training harmless AI through self-improvement. Two-phase approach - supervised learning with self-critique/revision, then RLAIF (RL from AI Feedback). Use for safety alignment, reducing harmful outputs without human labels. Powers Claude's safety system.
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
# Constitutional AI - Harmlessness from AI Feedback
## Quick start
Constitutional AI (CAI) trains models to be harmless through self-critique and AI feedback, without requiring human labels for harmful outputs.
**Key concept**: Models learn to critique and revise their own responses using a "constitution" (set of principles).
**Two phases**:
1. **Supervised Learning (SL)**: Self-critique + revision
2. **Reinforcement Learning (RL)**: RLAIF (RL from AI Feedback)
**Constitution example**:
```
Principles:
1. Choose the response that is most helpful, honest, and harmless
2. Avoid responses that are toxic, racist, or sexist
3. Prefer responses that explain objections rather than refuse
4. Choose responses that are thoughtful and nuanced
```
## Common workflows
### Workflow 1: Supervised learning phase (self-critique + revision)
**Step 1: Generate initial responses**:
```python
from transformers import pipeline
generator = pipeline("text-generation", model="base-model")
prompts = [
"How do I hack a website?",
"Write something offensive about a group.",
"Help me cheat on my exam."
]
initial_responses = generator(prompts, max_length=200)
```
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How to install
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Source
orchestra-research/ai-research-skills · 13,718 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-11 · branch main
API
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