tradeoff-analysis SKILL.md skillA
tradeoff-analysis from ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills/tradeoff-analysis@v2026.10.5Pins v2026.10.5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills
- Path
skills/tradeoff-analysis/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v2026.10.5, committed Oct 5, 2026
- Size
- 3,658 bytes
- Repository stars
- 17
- License
- MIT
Use for tradeoff analysis, or when the user must pick between concrete options: "A or B?", "which library should we use?", "build vs buy", "compare these approaches". Scores options on weighted criteria, tests sensitivity and reversibility. Skip for open ideation or single-option reviews.
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
# Tradeoff Analysis Choose among a small set of real options with the criteria, weights and evidence in plain view. A weighted decision matrix with a sensitivity check and a reversibility check. ## When to use - Picking a library, vendor, architecture, plan, hire, design or build-vs-buy. - "A or B?", "compare these", "which should we pick", "is it worth it". - A decision the user must defend to others. Skip: generating options from scratch (explore first, then come here), reviewing one plan for flaws, or ranking a long backlog. ## Before you start 1. State in one block: **Decision** (one sentence), **Deadline or cost of delay**, and **Pass** (Options, Must-haves, Criteria, Score, Sensitivity, Reversibility, Recommendation). 2. **Gather first.** Read docs, benchmarks, pricing, the codebase and constraints before scoring. Every score needs a one-line basis; unsupported scores are marked `[ESTIMATED]`. Ask up to 3 questions only for goals and constraints tools cannot answer. 3. **Light path.** Small ask: 2-3 options, 3 criteria, one-line reasons, a one-sentence sensitivity check. ## Steps ### 1. Options …
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How to install
mdr add ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills/tradeoff-analysis@sha256:65b6bdf9e7346f50The line at the top of this page pins the label v2026.10.5, 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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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 5, 2026.
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Source
ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-16 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yundpwbiaxa7ygiz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills/tradeoff-analysis GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/65b6bdf9e7346f50818a6ef5d748f79ab0f06f2403e066ee317d6ce0489e6261
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