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mdr add the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer/doerrs-law@git:20260530.3e17152Pins git:20260530.3e17152 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer
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doerrs-law/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- git:20260530.3e17152, committed May 30, 2026
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- License
- MIT
Apply Doerr's Law when discussing product team culture, motivation, team engagement, hiring philosophy, outsourcing decisions, or the difference between intrinsically motivated vs. extrinsically motivated teams. Trigger on phrases like "how do we get our team more engaged?", "should we outsource this?", "our team feels like contractors", "how do we build a product culture?", or any question about what makes product teams excellent vs. mediocre. Doerr's Law is foundational for anyone thinking…
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What the file says
# Doerr's Law > "We need teams of missionaries, not teams of mercenaries." > — John Doerr, ~2015 (popularized by Marty Cagan) ## The core idea A **mercenary** team works for the reward — they build what they're told, deliver the output, and move on. They're optimized for compliance and execution of a spec. A **missionary** team works for the mission — they believe in what they're building, they care about the customer, and they're intrinsically motivated to solve the right problem. They challenge bad ideas, own outcomes (not just outputs), and go beyond the spec when needed. The difference in what these two kinds of teams produce is enormous. ## What mercenary teams look like - They execute roadmap items without questioning whether those items are the right things to build. - They measure success by shipping features, not by customer outcomes. - They feel like a service bureau: "give us a spec and we'll build it." - Product decisions get escalated rather than made by the team. - High turnover; team members don't feel invested in success. ## What missionary teams look like - They push back on requirements that won't serve customers. …
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How to install
mdr add the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer/doerrs-law@sha256:96f290d908c674cfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260530.3e17152, 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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Source
the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
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