k-effort SKILL.md skillA
k-effort from kasempiternal/k-stack is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kasempiternal/k-stack/k-effort@git:20261007.940a9bfPins git:20261007.940a9bf in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kasempiternal/k-stack
- Path
kstack/skills/k-effort/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261007.940a9bf, committed Oct 7, 2026
- Size
- 2,324 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Switch K-stack's routing level the way /effort switches session effort. Levels are lean < balanced < quality, plus burn on top. A typed level applies now and is saved as the default; add "session" to keep it to this session. Use for /k-effort, "kstack effort", "cheaper kstack routing", or "more effort on kstack".
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
# K-effort
!`node "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/k-effort.js" --data "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}" --session-id "${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID}" $ARGUMENTS`
The output above came from the k-effort script, which ran before you read this skill. It has already done the work. Do not edit `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` yourself.
## Read the output
- **`k-effort error: ...`**: say the error in one line and stop.
- **A status after an explicit `status`**: show the table and stop.
- **A status after no argument**: show the table. Then ask one AskUserQuestion call with two questions:
1. Level: `Lean`, `Balanced`, `Quality`, `Burn (session only)`. Mark the current one.
2. Scope (skip for Burn): `Save as default (Recommended)`, `This session only`.
Run the choice with Bash:
`node "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/k-effort.js" --data "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}" --session-id "${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID}" <level> [session]`
where `<level>` is `lean`, `balanced`, `quality` or `burn`. Then handle that output as below.
- **A new routing table**: it is active now.
## When a new table is active
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kasempiternal/k-stack/k-effort@sha256:b88ca7a3beacd4a0The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.940a9bf, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 7, 2026.
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Source
kasempiternal/k-stack · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-13 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ov4pxdntc275arwz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kasempiternal/k-stack/k-effort GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b88ca7a3beacd4a0ee79e03706391a4a169f161cf7d018f6e8b3689058568315
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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.