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rootcause-review from stempeck/agentfactory is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add stempeck/agentfactory/rootcause-review@v2.0.0

Pins v2.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: stempeck/agentfactory
Path: internal/cmd/install_skills/rootcause-review/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 1
Latest version: v2.0.0, committed Jun 28, 2026
Size: 17,988 bytes
Repository stars: 3
License: AGPL-3.0

Perform scientific peer review of a rootcause_analysis.md document, validating all claims with independent verification. Appends review findings without modifying original content.

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

# Root Cause Review Skill

## Trigger

This skill is invoked when the user runs `/rootcause-review` followed by a path to a rootcause_analysis.md file.

Example: `/rootcause-review todos/rootcause_analysis.md`

## Purpose

Perform rigorous scientific peer review of a root cause analysis document. This skill independently verifies all claims, tests all evidence, and appends a comprehensive review section to the original document. The goal is to validate or invalidate findings with the same scientific rigor applied to peer-reviewed research.

**Critical Rule**: NEVER modify existing content in the analysis file. Only APPEND the review section at the end.

## Inputs

- **Analysis file path** (required): Path to the rootcause_analysis.md file to review
- The analysis file should contain:
  - Summary of the problem and claimed root cause
  - 5-whys analysis with evidence claims
  - Code references (file:line)
  - Evidence table with sources
  - Proposed solution

## Outputs

- **Updated rootcause_analysis.md**: Original content PRESERVED, with review section APPENDED
- Review section includes:
  - Validation status for each claim
  - Independent verification results
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add stempeck/agentfactory/rootcause-review@sha256:4f37a4d3e9192f61

The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.0, 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

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_p5uvh7hye23hqa44.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_p5uvh7hye23hqa44)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 28, 2026.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
v2.0.0 latest	2026-06-28	34d8187	17,988 B	A	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 (17988 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

stempeck/agentfactory · 3 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p5uvh7hye23hqa44
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=stempeck/agentfactory/rootcause-review
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4f37a4d3e9192f61f5b2408bdd69e1e9ecccc5049cc9ac78c416369fbe6919df

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