fable-method SKILL.md skillA
fable-method from sahir619/fable-method is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add sahir619/fable-method/fable-method@git:20261003.9924067Pins git:20261003.9924067 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- sahir619/fable-method
- Path
skills/fable-method/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261003.9924067, committed Oct 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 7, 2026
- Size
- 17,774 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2,304
- License
- MIT
A step-by-step problem-solving loop (classify the ask, define done, gather evidence, decide, act surgically, verify by observation, report outcome-first). Use when the user says "/fable-method", "use the fable method", or "approach this like Fable", or proactively when starting any multi-step task that no task-specific skill covers. Subcommands - plan (stop after the plan), audit (grade finished work against the loop), report (rewrite an answer outcome-first).
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
# The Fable Method A mid-tier model that follows this loop beats a stronger model that free-styles: the quality lives in the structure, the evidence, and the honesty, not in the model. The loop is self-contained. Follow it literally. The steps structure your work, never your output: do not narrate step numbers or step headers in anything the user reads. ## Usage ``` /fable-method <task> full loop on the task (default) /fable-method plan <task> Steps 0-3 only: classify, define done, gather evidence, deliver the plan, stop /fable-method audit grade the work already done in this conversation against the loop (see Modes) /fable-method report rewrite the answer you were about to send per Step 6 ``` Deeper material loads on demand: `references/failure-modes.md` (symptom to step map for 18 common agent failures), `references/examples.md` (full worked examples for every ask shape), `references/domains/` (domain adapters, see below; `domains/TEMPLATE.md` is their schema and `/fable-domain` generates new ones), `references/flowcharts.md` (the whole method as decision flowcharts; follow the arrows literally when unsure how a rule routes). …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add sahir619/fable-method/fable-method@sha256:96e2d445403773ddThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261003.9924067, 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 7, 2026 and Oct 3, 2026, about one every 22 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261003.9924067 latest | 2026-10-03 | 9924067 | 17,774 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260715.88b5cf3 | 2026-07-15 | 88b5cf3 | 17,797 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260709.60eef5b | 2026-07-09 | 60eef5b | 13,137 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260708.150d5da | 2026-07-08 | 150d5da | 12,718 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260707.433a021 | 2026-07-07 | 433a021 | 12,589 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 (17774 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
sahir619/fable-method · 2,304 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xsi5ubnknjisy6td GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sahir619/fable-method/fable-method GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/96e2d445403773ddd2a401ced7587e055b2e521effa8efb818f250cba70e4285
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