model-selection SKILL.md skillA
model-selection from bradygaster/squad is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bradygaster/squad/model-selection@git:20261016.89d6302Pins git:20261016.89d6302 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bradygaster/squad
- Path
packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/model-selection/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261016.89d6302, committed Oct 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 13, 2026
- Size
- 8,082 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,298
- License
- MIT
Determines which LLM model to use for each agent spawn.
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
# Model Selection
> Determines which LLM model to use for each agent spawn.
## SCOPE
✅ THIS SKILL PRODUCES:
- A resolved `model` parameter for every `task` tool call
- Persistent model preferences in `.squad/config.json`
- Spawn acknowledgments that include the resolved model
❌ THIS SKILL DOES NOT PRODUCE:
- Code, tests, or documentation
- Model performance benchmarks
- Cost reports or billing artifacts
## Context
Squad supports a curated model catalog across three tiers (premium, standard, fast). The coordinator must select the right model for each agent spawn. Users can set persistent preferences that survive across sessions.
## 5-Layer Model Resolution Hierarchy
Resolution is **first-match-wins** — the highest layer with a value wins.
| Layer | Name | Source | Persistence |
|-------|------|--------|-------------|
| **0a** | Per-Agent Config | `.squad/config.json` → `agentModelOverrides.{name}` | Persistent (survives sessions) |
| **0b** | Global Config | `.squad/config.json` → `defaultModel` | Persistent (survives sessions) |
| **1** | Session Directive | User said "use X" in current session | Session-only |
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add bradygaster/squad/model-selection@sha256:7b595da2213199b1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.89d6302, 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 5 versions of this file, between Jul 13, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 24 days.
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| git:20261016.89d6302 latest | 2026-10-16 | 89d6302 | 8,082 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260910.61e2f81 | 2026-09-10 | 61e2f81 | 5,145 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260823.3699cb8 | 2026-08-23 | 3699cb8 | 5,138 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260713.b970d04 | 2026-07-13 | b970d04 | 5,139 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260713.d116099 | 2026-07-13 | d116099 | 5,009 B | A | view |
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Source
bradygaster/squad · 3,298 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch dev
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xevzg6qxlc7ptnrw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bradygaster/squad/model-selection GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7b595da2213199b132360c67240a6c070c9f1c30834c21b8365a01e047a9ee67
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.
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