martineserios/thebrana · .agents/skills/first-principles/SKILL.md

first-principles skillA

first-principles is agent-read markdown (skill) from martineserios/thebrana: Break down complex problems to their fundamental truths, then reason up from there. Master Aristotle's ancient method modernized by Elon Musk to solve seemingly impossible problems. Use when: **Facing a "impossible" problem** where conventional solutions don't work; **Challenging industry assumptions** that everyone accepts as truth; **Pricing or cost analysis** to find dramatic savings (like Musk with batteries); **Product innovation** when iterating on existing solutions isn't enough; **Str....

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How to install

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mdr add martineserios/thebrana/first-principles@v1.0.0
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mdr add martineserios/thebrana/first-principles@sha256:697805728775602e

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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, 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 (18410 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

martineserios/thebrana · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-16 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mopysjgfn43n642a
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=martineserios/thebrana/first-principles
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/697805728775602e4552f40870360a2399c8a87150d2c4142e101e7f5724d2c7

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