synthesis-explore SKILL.md skillA

synthesis-explore from acogood/diffmode_free is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add acogood/diffmode_free/synthesis-explore@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
acogood/diffmode_free
Path
plugin/skills/synthesis-explore/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Aug 10, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 1, 2026
Size
22,167 bytes
Repository stars
166
License
Apache-2.0

Synthesis EXPLORE stage for the Diffmode growth-tactics pipeline (fuses the blind-combination draw + emergent-mechanism derivation — formerly two separate synthesis steps — into ONE structural-check-only stage). Reads the per-run growth-factors.json (LIGHT vector DB) + synthesis-constraints.json + founder-input + audience-jtbd + the 3 think-tank reports; draws vector combinations BLIND (IDs only, before any analysis), runs the Stripped Core Action Test + prohibited-combination + must_include…

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What the file says

# Synthesis — Explore (Phase 1 Blind Combinations → Phase 2 Emergent Mechanisms)

This is the FIRST synthesis stage. It fuses two jobs that MUST stay ordered: **Phase 1** draws
vector combinations BLIND (vector-first, before any tactic exists), and **Phase 2** derives the
NOVEL MECHANISM that emerges from each combination. Vector-first thinking is the novelty
engine: you commit to combinations BEFORE knowing what tactic they might produce, which is how
you escape conventional playbooks. **Output: 15-20 raw vector combinations + 12-18 validated
mechanisms. NO TACTIC NAMES. NO EXECUTION STEPS.** (Tactic design is synthesis-build's job.)

Vectors and their definitions come from the per-run `growth-factors.json` (the LIGHT DB). Do
NOT read `tactics_DB/` (clean-room — moat-critical). The category structure and
`{prefix}-NNN-slug` ID format are shared conventions; the specific IDs are whatever this run
mined.

## The two phases are WALLED — do them strictly in order

**You MUST complete Phase 1 (blind draw + combinations) in FULL before starting Phase 2
(mechanisms).** The output must physically PROVE this ordering: the section
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add acogood/diffmode_free/synthesis-explore@sha256:f545841a7821e417

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jun 1, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026, about one every 35 days.

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v1.0.02026-08-03 16bdbbe 21,718 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-06-01 c793de0 19,131 BA view

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  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (22167 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
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  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source

GitHub

acogood/diffmode_free · 166 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-08-10 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_smwrt2jrohq5yx46
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=acogood/diffmode_free/synthesis-explore
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f545841a7821e417c9f08b8f717e35d7e63e6011d8ba58d73a77e1c93479071f

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