meta-prompting SKILL.md skillA

meta-prompting from iliaal/ai-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add iliaal/ai-skills/meta-prompting@git:20260926.7b0520a

Pins git:20260926.7b0520a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
iliaal/ai-skills
Path
skills/meta-prompting/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
git:20260926.7b0520a, committed Sep 26, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 18, 2026
Size
5,683 bytes
Repository stars
45
License
MIT

Structured decision modifiers (/think, /verify, /adversarial, /edge, /confidence, /assumptions, etc.) to stress-test conclusions, evidence, assumptions, alternatives, and edge cases. Use when validating an important design, architecture decision, or ambiguous plan before committing.

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

# Meta-Prompting

Stress-test decisions via `/commands` or natural language. Commands combine
left-to-right: `/verify /adversarial`. Auto-trigger when context warrants and
note which pattern applied. Output a decision record with the conclusion,
decisive evidence, alternatives, uncertainty, and the applicable marker (e.g.,
`VERIFIED ANSWER:`, `REVISED ANSWER:`, confidence tier).

## Patterns

**`/think`** | `/show`: Present a concise decision record: conclusion,
decisive evidence, alternatives considered, rejection reasons, and material
uncertainty. With `/think doubt`, state what evidence could overturn each
material conclusion.

**`/adversarial`** | `/argue`: After answering, steelman the opposing case. 3 strongest counterarguments ranked by severity. Identify blind spots and unstated assumptions.

**`/constrain`** | `/strict`: Tight constraints: 3 sentences max, cite sources, no hedging. Override inline: `/constrain 5 sentences`.

**`/json`** | `/format`: Respond in valid JSON code block, no surrounding prose unless asked. Default schema:
```json
{"analysis": "string", "confidence_score": 85, "methodology": "string", "limitations": ["string"]}
```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add iliaal/ai-skills/meta-prompting@sha256:ef7cf3d177d86e74

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260926.7b0520a, 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 7 versions of this file, between Apr 18, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026, about one every 27 days.

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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 (5683 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

iliaal/ai-skills · 45 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vij6ml23gj2lktko
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=iliaal/ai-skills/meta-prompting
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ef7cf3d177d86e7422317e48be2ed32fa871eb7866412b51ff31c408d29c65f4

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