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deft-directive-interview from deftai/directive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add deftai/directive/deft-directive-interview@git:20261005.283bfab

Pins git:20261005.283bfab in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: deftai/directive
Path: content/skills/deft-directive-interview/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 7
Latest version: git:20261005.283bfab, committed Oct 5, 2026
First version recorded: Jun 22, 2026
Size: 51,853 bytes
Repository stars: 31
License: a license file GitHub does not identify

Deterministic structured Q&A interview loop. Use when any skill needs to gather structured input from the user through a series of focused questions with numbered options, stated defaults, and a confirmation gate before artifact generation. Interview output targets xBRIEF narratives — not PRD.md.

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

<!-- AUTO-GENERATED by task packs:render -- DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY -->
<!-- Purpose: rendered skill -->
<!-- Source of truth: packs/skills/skills-pack-0.1.json -->
<!-- Regenerate with: task packs:render -->
<!-- Edit the source, not this file. Slice instead of loading every SKILL.md: task packs:slice skills by-trigger --trigger <kw> (or list) -->

# Deft Directive Interview

Deterministic interview loop that any skill can invoke to gather structured user input.

Legend (from RFC2119): !=MUST, ~=SHOULD, ≉=SHOULD NOT, ⊗=MUST NOT, ?=MAY.

## When to Use

- Another skill needs to gather structured input from the user (e.g. deft-directive-setup Phase 1/Phase 2)
- User says "interview loop", "q&a loop", or "run interview loop"
- A workflow requires a series of focused questions with explicit defaults and confirmation before proceeding

## Interview Loop

### Rule 1: One Question Per Turn

! Ask ONE focused question per step. After the user answers, send the NEXT question in a new message. Repeat until all questions for the current interview are answered.

- ⊗ Include two or more questions in the same message under any circumstances
- ⊗ List upcoming questions -- only show the current one
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add deftai/directive/deft-directive-interview@sha256:cc519b750bd8a031

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261005.283bfab, 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_shc4r5hlur4ppl3q.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_shc4r5hlur4ppl3q)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jun 22, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 17 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261005.283bfab latest	2026-10-05	283bfab	51,853 B	A	view · diff
git:20261005.3c1ce6d	2026-10-05	3c1ce6d	46,087 B	A	view · diff
git:20261005.0ab3db2	2026-10-05	0ab3db2	41,787 B	A	view · diff
git:20260830.886ca59	2026-08-30	886ca59	33,644 B	A	view · diff
git:20260826.6a306d0	2026-08-26	6a306d0	33,602 B	A	view · diff
git:20260701.0a1aa9c	2026-07-01	0a1aa9c	33,196 B	A	view · diff
git:20260622.035cde3	2026-06-22	035cde3	33,196 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 (51853 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

deftai/directive · 31 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_shc4r5hlur4ppl3q
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=deftai/directive/deft-directive-interview
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cc519b750bd8a031068db34444848437e810a78753e2390f3a085e24777bc2b1

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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.

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