metacognition SKILL.md skillA
metacognition from shinpr/agentic-code is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add shinpr/agentic-code/metacognition@git:20261103.998947cPins git:20261103.998947c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- shinpr/agentic-code
- Path
.agents/skills/metacognition/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261103.998947c, committed Nov 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Dec 30, 2025
- Size
- 2,912 bytes
- Repository stars
- 51
- License
- MIT
Checks task understanding, evidence, scope, and stopping conditions at decision-changing moments. Use when starting repository work, changing task type, encountering unexpected evidence, or completing a meaningful phase.
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
# Metacognition Protocol ## Purpose Prevent the agent from following an invalid route, expanding work without evidence, or declaring completion without observable proof. ## Checkpoints Run a checkpoint when: - repository work begins; - the task type or the requested outcome changes; - unexpected evidence invalidates the current approach; - a major phase or coherent implementation task completes; - the next action requires user authority or an irreversible operation. Routine reversible actions inside an already validated approach do not require a separate checkpoint. ## Assessment ### Outcome and Scope - What observable outcome owns this work? - Which requirements are current, and which items are current-state evidence or speculation? - What non-goals and contracts must remain unchanged? - Could reuse or no-change already satisfy the outcome? ### Evidence - Which claims are observed, inferred, or unknown? - What repository rule or pattern governs the next decision? - Does an unknown change the outcome, scale, major design, authority, or verification? ### Approach - Is the current route the smallest sufficient one? …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add shinpr/agentic-code/metacognition@sha256:b617b6a3753a7522The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261103.998947c, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_p3p6h7zdmde6omra)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Dec 30, 2025 and Nov 3, 2026, about one every 77 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261103.998947c latest | 2026-11-03 | 998947c | 2,912 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260829.876a214 | 2026-08-29 | 876a214 | 2,922 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251231.cb53cf6 | 2025-12-31 | cb53cf6 | 5,414 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251230.9a88ee8 | 2025-12-30 | 9a88ee8 | 5,487 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251230.7fa7e69 | 2025-12-30 | 7fa7e69 | 5,487 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2912 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
shinpr/agentic-code · 51 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p3p6h7zdmde6omra GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=shinpr/agentic-code/metacognition GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b617b6a3753a7522c2b58acc4901dd4c43fe6a5fc922c0aea68937c84559aac2
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.