create-needs-assessment SKILL.md skillA
create-needs-assessment from tomzx/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tomzx/agents/create-needs-assessment@git:20261009.2076882Pins git:20261009.2076882 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tomzx/agents
- Path
skills/create-needs-assessment/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261009.2076882, committed Oct 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 27, 2026
- Size
- 6,633 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Evaluate whether a proposed feature addresses a genuine need before investing in feasibility or requirements, examining the problem, stakeholders, alternatives, and cost of inaction.
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
# Assess Needs Evaluates whether a proposed feature addresses a genuine need before investing in feasibility or requirements. Acts as the earliest "should we build this?" gate in the SDLC pipeline by examining the problem, the stakeholders, the alternatives already available, and the cost of not building it. ## Prerequisites - Apply the shared SDLC conventions in `skills/sdlc/references/shared.md`. - If no argument is provided, use `$ISSUE_TITLE` and `$ISSUE_BODY` as the feature description (and `$ISSUE_NUMBER` to link the feature). - A reviewed, prioritized GitHub issue or feature description provided as `$1` - Read any files present under `.sdlc/context/` (`project-overview.md`, `goals.md`, `architecture.md`, `conventions.md`) for project-level context - Apply any artifact style rules found in `conventions.md` to the produced document ## When to Skip Skip this phase, and record a one-line note naming the signal, when the issue is maintainer-authored and states the need and its acceptance criteria. The need is already established by the issue author, so the note is the record rather than a full assessment. ## Steps 1. Read the issue or feature description. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tomzx/agents/create-needs-assessment@sha256:6c954d314cb4dddaThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.2076882, 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 5 versions of this file, between Aug 27, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, about one every 11 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261009.2076882 latest | 2026-10-09 | 2076882 | 6,633 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.b35fc4b | 2026-10-07 | b35fc4b | 6,355 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261002.777260f | 2026-10-02 | 777260f | 6,342 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.a0aec57 | 2026-08-28 | a0aec57 | 6,343 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260827.1dfdffc | 2026-08-27 | 1dfdffc | 6,172 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 (6633 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
tomzx/agents · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sbhlpkua4wlj5vwd GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tomzx/agents/create-needs-assessment GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6c954d314cb4dddab932fabb622bd08c85459192a6af8175394c014a4709fc9d
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.