constitution-first SKILL.md skillA
constitution-first from tjcages/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tjcages/skills/constitution-first@v0.1.0Pins v0.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tjcages/skills
- Path
constitution-first/skills/constitution-first/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v0.1.0, committed Jul 21, 2026
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- 1,983 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- none declared
Author and govern a product North Star (constitution) that every feature is judged against — premise, non-negotiables, creed, decision checklist, conflict rule. Use when starting a non-trivial product/tool, when agents disagree about what the product is, when the user asks for a manifesto / constitution / north star / principles doc, before linear-setup on a project with no theory doc, or when running a drift audit against an existing constitution. NOT for ticket CRUD or disposable weekend…
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
# Constitution-first Chat: [RESPONSE.md](./RESPONSE.md). Full method: [METHODOLOGY.md](./METHODOLOGY.md). ## Operating order ### 1. Already have a North Star? (§1) Search manifesto / VISION / README principles. If good enough → say so; offer drift audit or checklist install. Do not rewrite. ### 2. Calibrate size (§1 table) Toy → skip. Tool → ≤1 page. Product → full form (§3) + companions as needed (§4). ### 3. Ask anchoring questions (§2) Pitch, who-for, non-negotiables, out-of-scope, philosophical done, broken pattern. **Confirm before writing files.** ### 4. Write the constitution (§3) Theory, not feature list. End with Creed + decision checklist. ### 5. Wire companions if needed (§4) Proof for migrations → hand to `lossless-migration`. Plan for phases → hand to `linear-setup`. ### 6. Install the checklist (§5) Link constitution from always-loaded agent instructions. State the conflict rule (§7). ### 7. Done check (§9) Rubric ≥10/14, no load-bearing zeros on #1–#4. ## Sub-flows | Ask | Skill | |---|---| | Write / bootstrap a constitution | `constitution-write` (same pack — follow §2–§5 here until split hardens) | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tjcages/skills/constitution-first@sha256:081bfcad80eb8f58The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.1.0, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 21, 2026.
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Source
tjcages/skills · 6 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qsszs6aqrixvsbdc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tjcages/skills/constitution-first GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/081bfcad80eb8f5836763cc643f512b51fcbfeb26bfdad54121de84c2a1296b7
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