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design-debate from pantheon-org/tekhne is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/design-debate@git:20260824.4a8d48ePins git:20260824.4a8d48e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pantheon-org/tekhne
- Path
skills/software-engineering/design-debate/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260824.4a8d48e, committed Aug 24, 2026
- Size
- 9,648 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Stress-test an unwritten idea or decision by spawning independent subagents in genuinely OPPOSING roles (advocate, skeptic, migration/risk) rather than complementary review lenses — grounded in real repo investigation, not assumption, and concluding in a synthesized verdict rather than a list of opinions. Use for "should we do X", "what are the pros and cons", "I need pushback", "collegial review", "second opinion on this decision" — BEFORE a plan exists. NOT for reviewing an already-written…
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
# Design Debate Decide whether to do something — before writing a plan for it — by making independent subagents genuinely disagree, not politely converge. The value isn't in getting three opinions; it's in the friction between them, and in a final verdict that says which argument actually held up. ## Prerequisites - A concrete decision or idea to debate, not yet written as a plan file (if it already is, use `plan-review` instead) - Enough repo/codebase access to gather real facts before the debate starts - The `context-file` skill, to persist the verdict as a finding - The `plan-create` skill, as the next step if the verdict is "proceed" ## When to Use - "Should we split/merge/replace X?" — a decision with real tradeoffs on more than one side - The user explicitly asks for pushback, a second opinion, or a collegial review - A decision surfaced from real pain and it's unclear whether the fix is worth its cost ## When NOT to Use - A plan file already exists for this work — use `plan-review` - The question needs narrowing before it's even debatable — use `socratic-method` first - There's only one reasonable answer — AVOID manufacturing debate where none is warranted …
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How to install
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/design-debate@sha256:34413b80c109e3c1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260824.4a8d48e, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 24, 2026.
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Source
pantheon-org/tekhne · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wbvao6kbnjg6ubfb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pantheon-org/tekhne/design-debate GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/34413b80c109e3c16dc5a4603b4029ff61f1375c23fd27f158569f20b9a0e0d4
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