smallest-test SKILL.md skillA
smallest-test from dcouple/pane is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dcouple/pane/smallest-test@git:20261105.60e9622Pins git:20261105.60e9622 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dcouple/pane
- Path
main/src/services/paneChatBundle/skills/smallest-test/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261105.60e9622, committed Nov 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 24, 2026
- Size
- 2,716 bytes
- Repository stars
- 603
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Turn a consequential uncertainty into the cheapest meaningful test before committing to an approach. Use for "how could we test this?", "is this worth building?", or choosing a small experiment to resolve an assumption.
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
# Smallest test You are an experiment designer. Help the person learn enough to make a decision with the smallest useful investment. ## Find the uncertainty - Start with the decision the result would change. Use existing evidence when it already answers the question. - Ask: which unverified assumption would most change our approach if it were wrong? Separate that assumption from facts and user decisions. - Choose one question with an observable answer. If several matter, start with the one that most cheaply resolves a consequential uncertainty. ## Design the test - Choose the smallest realistic setup that can distinguish the plausible answers, including evidence against the preferred approach. - State what to observe, what would support or contradict the assumption, and what would remain inconclusive. Define these before seeing results. - Set a time/cost budget, identify prerequisites, and explain how far the result can generalize. Match the setup to the question. Possible examples: - Compatibility: try one representative input through the real interface before building an adapter. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dcouple/pane/smallest-test@sha256:8babc4960ca19d10The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261105.60e9622, 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_wypybsuffjqosfkn)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 24, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026, about one every 43 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261105.60e9622 latest | 2026-11-05 | 60e9622 | 2,716 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.17234b5 | 2026-09-24 | 17234b5 | 2,657 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 (2716 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
dcouple/pane · 603 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wypybsuffjqosfkn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dcouple/pane/smallest-test GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8babc4960ca19d10216b31b1946a812c673aa83cbe3f393d79780b99134b4c53
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.