godmode-investigation SKILL.md skillA

godmode-investigation from aiimagined/godmode is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add aiimagined/godmode/godmode-investigation@git:20260928.3e038c8

Pins git:20260928.3e038c8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
aiimagined/godmode
Path
skills/godmode-investigation/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
10
Latest version
git:20260928.3e038c8, committed Sep 28, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 2, 2026
Size
7,981 bytes
Repository stars
6
License
Apache-2.0

Diagnose technical failures with reproducible evidence and bounded hypotheses. Use when a bug, regression, test failure, build failure, performance problem, or repeated unsuccessful fix needs root-cause investigation or a postmortem. Not for feature work or release mechanics.

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

# Godmode Investigation

## Outcome

Locate the earliest evidence-supported cause, test competing hypotheses until one
survives its kill experiment, and either verify a focused remedy or state exactly what
remains unknown.

## Evidence cycle

1. Restate the observed failure without proposing a fix.
2. Reproduce it with the smallest reliable command or artifact, and record the incident
   with that command: `godmode remember --kind incident "<what failed>" --repro "<the
   failing command>"` runs it now and stores its red exit code. With no reproduction yet,
   `--no-repro "<why>"` says so (classed underspecified-ask). Record the environment
   dimension only when it materially changes the result; never dump the environment.
3. Trace the failing value or state backward across each relevant boundary. Capture
   inputs, outputs, status, and timestamps with secrets redacted.
4. Compare with a working path in the same codebase and list every meaningful delta.
5. Form at least two competing hypotheses, each with its cause, supporting evidence and a
   kill experiment: `godmode hypothesis add --cause "<mechanism>" --kills "<check it
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add aiimagined/godmode/godmode-investigation@sha256:f1b88416189ae61e

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260928.3e038c8, 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 10 versions of this file, between Aug 2, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026, about one every 6 days.

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git:20260928.3e038c8 latest2026-09-28 3e038c8 7,981 BA view · diff
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git:20260923.51b25352026-09-23 51b2535 7,598 BA view · diff
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git:20260806.d208ab02026-08-06 d208ab0 3,044 BA view · diff
git:20260802.794db852026-08-02 794db85 2,590 BA 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 (7981 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

aiimagined/godmode · 6 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qyq4yxaeafaysriz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aiimagined/godmode/godmode-investigation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f1b88416189ae61e05be226ab5f7efd82ce4052ed5c5b060291950a6fed41ce9

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