code-solving SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

code-solving from hoangthequyen/think-better is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add hoangthequyen/think-better/code-solving@git:20261008.6689e6f

Pins git:20261008.6689e6f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
hoangthequyen/think-better
Path
internal/skills/skills/code-solving/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261008.6689e6f, committed Oct 8, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 8, 2026
Size
14,861 bytes
Repository stars
123
License
MIT

Structured coding workflow for non-trivial code work: debug, build features, refactor, optimize, migrate and review code through 7 steps with evidence-based quality gates. Use when user says "fix this bug", "debug this", "exception", "stack trace", "crash", "the code is not working", "add a feature", "refactor", "clean up this code", "the code is slow", "memory leak", "flaky test", "CI is failing", "production is down", "upgrade the dependency", "migrate", "review my code", "write tests…

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

# Goal

Make code changes the way a careful senior engineer does: define done before coding, map the change, work in small verified steps, and prove the result with evidence instead of claiming it.

# code-solving

A 7-step method (Define → Decompose → Prioritize → Plan → Execute → Verify → Communicate) applied to 12 task types: debug, feature, refactor, performance, flaky-test, incident, migration, review, test, explain, security and quick-fix. Every step has a **gate**: a concrete piece of evidence that must exist before moving on. The knowledge base has 149 records: debugging techniques, change techniques (feature flags, expand-contract, strangler fig…), testing strategies, design principles, engineering biases, a review checklist, hand-off templates and 44 common error messages across languages with their likely causes. The script also detects the project's own test, lint and build commands.

## Prerequisites
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add hoangthequyen/think-better/code-solving@sha256:312a8481e6f58543

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261008.6689e6f, 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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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_yqp4qwsfe7pfwjwj.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_yqp4qwsfe7pfwjwj)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 8, 2026.

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git:20261008.6689e6f latest2026-10-08 6689e6f 14,861 BA view · diff
git:20261008.eaedefb2026-10-08 eaedefb 14,795 BA view · diff
git:20261008.89731f82026-10-08 89731f8 15,051 BA view · diff
git:20261008.f652dc82026-10-08 f652dc8 12,312 BA view · diff
git:20261008.315163f2026-10-08 315163f 11,495 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (14861 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

GitHub

hoangthequyen/think-better · 123 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-15 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yqp4qwsfe7pfwjwj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hoangthequyen/think-better/code-solving
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/312a8481e6f58543d50af35c2dc95a6b8a36d410f7127ed5a8c102fb506d2310

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.

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