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listen from pjt222/agent-almanac is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pjt222/agent-almanac/listen@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pjt222/agent-almanac
- Path
i18n/caveman-lite/skills/listen/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Aug 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 19, 2026
- Size
- 14,258 bytes
- Repository stars
- 43
- License
- MIT
Deep receptive attention to extract intent beyond literal words. Maps active listening from counseling psychology to AI reasoning: clearing assumptions, attending to full signal, parsing multiple layers (literal, procedural, emotional, contextual, constraint, meta), reflecting understanding, noticing what is unsaid, and integrating the whole picture. Use when a user's request feels ambiguous, when context suggests something different from the literal words, when previous responses have missed…
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
# Listen Conduct a structured deep listening session — clearing assumptions, attending with full reception, parsing multiple signal layers, reflecting understanding back, noticing what is unsaid, and integrating the complete picture of the user's intent. ## When to Use - A user's request feels ambiguous and rushing to action risks solving the wrong problem - The user's words say one thing but the context suggests something else (mismatch between literal and implied) - Previous responses have missed the mark — the user keeps clarifying or rephrasing - A complex request arrives that contains multiple layers: technical needs, emotional context, unstated constraints - Before beginning a large task where misunderstanding the intent would waste significant effort - After `meditate` clears internal noise, `listen` directs cleared attention outward toward the user ## Inputs - **Required**: User message(s) to attend to (available implicitly from conversation) - **Optional**: Conversation history providing context for the current request - **Optional**: MEMORY.md or CLAUDE.md with user preferences and project context - **Optional**: Specific concern about what might be misunderstood …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pjt222/agent-almanac/listen@sha256:c5aebe33aaa76e75The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_t65mpmpcz3alhr3i)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Apr 19, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026, about one every 40 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0 latest | 2026-08-17 | a784899 | 14,258 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-06-05 | 33b561c | 14,229 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-04-26 | f5b501b | 14,225 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-04-19 | e334ebd | 14,330 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 (14258 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
pjt222/agent-almanac · 43 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_t65mpmpcz3alhr3i GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pjt222/agent-almanac/listen GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c5aebe33aaa76e75d735e4239759b110325796c2d74dbcaa7eb67da5a72a5a0d
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.