feedback-rephraser SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
feedback-rephraser from kalyvask/winning-writing is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kalyvask/winning-writing/feedback-rephraser@git:20260522.bafc1e5Pins git:20260522.bafc1e5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kalyvask/winning-writing
- Path
skills/feedback-rephraser/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260522.bafc1e5, committed May 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 21, 2026
- Size
- 6,975 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Rewrites blunt downward or peer feedback as "what I like plus what I would like," focused on the work rather than the person, ideally phrased as a question. Use whenever the user is drafting a performance review, a Slack message to a report, a 1:1 talking point, an HR conversation script, a peer-review comment, or any line where they're tempted to criticize a colleague directly. Triggers on "give feedback to," "tell my report," "perf review line," "stop doing X…
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
# Feedback rephraser Source: `points/performance-review-rules.md` (reframing kit) and `points/core-rules.md` (say what you like + what you would like). ## Why this exists Blunt feedback feels honest to the giver and burns trust with the receiver. The receiver hears *"you are bad at X"* even when the giver meant *"the work needs Y."* The fix is mechanical: lead with what you LIKE, then what you WOULD LIKE, anchored to the WORK, phrased as a QUESTION where possible. The principle generalizes across every channel — annual review, Slack DM, 1:1 talking point, peer review comment, HR script. Same rewrite, same rules. ## What to detect Catch any sentence that does one or more of: - Addresses a personal trait, not a behavior in the work (*"you don't smile enough," "you're intellectually intimidating," "you're too blunt"*) - Tells the person to *stop* something without naming what to do instead (*"stop interrupting," "stop being late"*) - Uses *you are* / *you're too* / *you don't* as the load-bearing verb - Speculates about the person's emotional state (*"you're burning out," "you don't care"*) …
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How to install
mdr add kalyvask/winning-writing/feedback-rephraser@sha256:605c7eba861b67caThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260522.bafc1e5, 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 2 versions of this file, between May 21, 2026 and May 22, 2026, about one every day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260522.bafc1e5 latest | 2026-05-22 | bafc1e5 | 6,975 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260521.270b820 | 2026-05-21 | 270b820 | 6,978 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 (6975 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
kalyvask/winning-writing · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vbit6lz4faxit3pa GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kalyvask/winning-writing/feedback-rephraser GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/605c7eba861b67ca7f84652284be86e498cc60f3709c1ca6315bb83168a41209
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