advisor SKILL.md skillA

advisor from scdenney/open-science-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add scdenney/open-science-skills/advisor@git:20261008.c2a591c

Pins git:20261008.c2a591c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
scdenney/open-science-skills
Path
codex/advisor/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
6
Latest version
git:20261008.c2a591c, committed Oct 8, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 19, 2026
Size
4,627 bytes
Repository stars
69
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Consult an independent, read-only GPT-6 Astra advisor before committing to a substantive interpretation, approach, or final result. Not for routine work, implementation, or file edits. Uses gpt-6-astra at an effort matched to the question.

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

# Advisor (GPT-6 Astra)

This is the Codex-native advisor maintained in this library. It is a single-turn, independent, read-only consult — not delegated implementation and not a substitute for the lead's judgment.

<p align="center"><img src="assets/architecture.svg" alt="Codex advisor: the solver (any Codex lead) sends a self-contained briefing to an Astra advisor at an effort chosen for the question; the advisor returns one decisive read-only review" width="900"></p>

Use a new output path or directory for each run; preserve earlier results and existing user edits.

## Choose the effort

The advisor is `gpt-6-astra`. Pick its effort per consult from the difficulty and stakes of the question, and tell the user the level and reason in one line:

| Effort | Use for |
|---|---|
| `high` (default) | a completion check, a bounded question with a checkable answer, a sanity read before writing |
| `xhigh` | an interpretation or design decision, stuck or non-converging work, a change of approach |
| `max` | rare: high-stakes and hard to verify, where a stronger read is worth the latency |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add scdenney/open-science-skills/advisor@sha256:9dc8699436d993bc

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261008.c2a591c, 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 6 versions of this file, between Jul 19, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026, about one every 16 days.

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Audit of the latest version

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4627 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

scdenney/open-science-skills · 69 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tqjwv5tr3y5n63wf
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=scdenney/open-science-skills/advisor
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9dc8699436d993bc1eb71d4d73695f2a5c5240d9d8749fed22fbdd0b7e391b32

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.

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