gao-tra SKILL.md skillA
gao-tra from jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs/gao-tra@git:20260622.b229b46Pins git:20260622.b229b46 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs
- Path
packs/gao-tra/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260622.b229b46, committed Jun 22, 2026
- Size
- 11,710 bytes
- Repository stars
- 60
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Knowledge base from the GAO Technology Readiness Assessment Guide (GAO-20-48G, 2020). Use for evaluating technology maturity in acquisition programs and projects: Technology Readiness Levels (TRL 1–9) and related scales (MRL, IRL), identifying Critical Technology Elements (CTEs), the five-step process for a high-quality TRA, the four characteristics of a reliable TRA (comprehensive, well-documented, credible, defensible), Technology Maturation Plans (TMPs), and using TRA results in…
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
<!-- argument-hint: [TRL level, readiness scale (MRL/IRL), critical technology element (CTE), TRA step, TRA characteristic, technology maturation plan (TMP), maturity decision, chapter number] --> # GAO Technology Readiness Assessment Guide (GAO-20-48G, 2020) **Source**: US Government Accountability Office (GAO) — US Government work, public domain | **Chapters**: 7 ## When to use Use this skill when you need to assess, explain, or critique the **maturity and readiness of a technology** before committing it to an acquisition program or project: assigning Technology Readiness Levels, identifying which technologies are *critical* (CTEs), planning and conducting a high-quality TRA, judging whether an existing TRA is reliable, building a Technology Maturation Plan for immature technology, or using TRA results to inform a knowledge-based milestone decision. This is GAO's cross-government best-practice companion to the agency-specific SE handbooks (NASA, DoD). **Prerequisites:** none — plain Markdown; no MCP server, API key, or licence tier needed at runtime. ## How to Use This Skill …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs/gao-tra@sha256:dad053583835ce42The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260622.b229b46, 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_xzhf3nu7iopbjoz4)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 22, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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Source
jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs · 60 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xzhf3nu7iopbjoz4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jgsystemsconsulting/jgs-se-knowledge-packs/gao-tra GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dad053583835ce4276b35a32d8d5cb34ffd5ea25827a8632fa0acb924f58bbc0
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