avoid-feature-creep SKILL.md skillA
avoid-feature-creep from j-star-films-studios/vibecode-protocol-suite is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add j-star-films-studios/vibecode-protocol-suite/avoid-feature-creep@v2.0.0Pins v2.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- j-star-films-studios/vibecode-protocol-suite
- Path
assets/.agent/skills/avoid-feature-creep/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v2.0.0, committed Aug 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 28, 2026
- Size
- 10,823 bytes
- Repository stars
- 26
- License
- ISC
Use when planning features, reviewing scope, or building MVPs to prevent over-engineering, unnecessary abstractions, and unrequested scope expansion.
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
# Avoid Feature Creep for Agents Stop building features nobody needs. This skill helps you ship products that solve real problems without drowning in unnecessary complexity. Feature creep kills products. It delays launches, burns budgets, exhausts teams, and creates software nobody wants to use. The most successful products do fewer things well. ## The Core Problem Feature creep is the gradual accumulation of features beyond what your product needs to deliver value. It happens slowly, then all at once. **Warning signs you're in trouble:** - Release scope keeps growing without clear user value - You're copying competitor features without validating need - Stakeholders keep adding "just one more thing" - The codebase is getting harder to maintain - Users complain the product is confusing or bloated - You haven't shipped in months **What it costs:** - Development time on features 80% of users never touch - Increased bug surface area - Team burnout and context switching - Delayed time-to-market - Technical debt that compounds - User confusion and abandonment ## Decision Framework Before adding ANY feature, run through this checklist: ``` 1. VALIDATE THE PROBLEM …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add j-star-films-studios/vibecode-protocol-suite/avoid-feature-creep@sha256:fd81e6004d7681e5The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.0, 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 2 versions of this file, between Feb 28, 2026 and Aug 20, 2026, about one every 173 days.
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| v2.0.0 latest | 2026-08-20 | 4dbe9e4 | 10,823 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260228.9befb0b | 2026-02-28 | 9befb0b | 10,935 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- 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
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
j-star-films-studios/vibecode-protocol-suite · 26 stars · license ISC · pushed 2026-10-17 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zbimoxk47vrweuu2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=j-star-films-studios/vibecode-protocol-suite/avoid-feature-creep GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fd81e6004d7681e53f3a1bb69f161664817c6ef107ceb37bf7192d3a5fef7e81
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