synthesis-decision-packet SKILL.md skillA

synthesis-decision-packet from synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-decision-packet@v2.2.0

Pins v2.2.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills
Path
skills/synthesis-decision-packet/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
18
Latest version
v2.2.0, committed Oct 27, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 28, 2026
Size
7,981 bytes
Repository stars
23
License
Apache-2.0

Collect five or more parallel decisions from a principal in one sitting: a self-contained HTML packet with a recommendation per row, consequence-labeled buttons, notes and a paste-back summary, filed in the project. Use when a review, migration, upgrade, triage or backlog pass needs rulings.

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

# Decision Packet

When N unresolved decisions belong to the principal, collecting them one at a time
scales poorly. The measurement that produced this skill is blunt: **26 rounds of per-item
conversation produced 0 of 30 decisions. One packet produced 30 of 30, in one pass, in one
paste.**

**The property to preserve above all others: the principal's cost scales with the number of
*sittings*, not the number of *items*.**

## Binding rules

Rules 1 to 6 are the six load-bearing properties in their original order, so "the sixth load-bearing property" still resolves; new rules are appended.

1. **Self-contained rows:** item, recommendation, reasoning, link. The principal never leaves the packet to decide.
2. **Mark the recommendation on the control; never pre-select it.** A packet that opens decided reports decisions nobody made.
3. **A free-text note box on every row,** beside the buttons. Never force the principal into your option set.
4. **Local persistence keyed by exact spec and item.** A change anywhere in the spec starts fresh choices.
5. **The packet generates the paste-able summary,** so the person never composes the structure.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-decision-packet@sha256:c25ff1ecdd5442c7

The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.2.0, 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 18 versions of this file, between Aug 28, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026, about one every 4 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v2.2.0 latest2026-10-27 1a90255 7,981 BA view · diff
v2.1.32026-10-27 fc718a7 7,954 BA view · diff
v2.1.22026-10-20 ddfd621 7,954 BA view · diff
v2.1.12026-10-20 7edacf3 7,954 BA view · diff
v2.1.02026-10-13 cfdd695 7,954 BA view · diff
v2.0.12026-10-06 22a5e58 7,881 BA view · diff
v2.0.02026-10-06 0a99aa0 7,871 BA view · diff
v2.0.02026-10-06 c836a60 6,641 BA view · diff
v1.8.02026-10-02 acc7823 24,248 BA view · diff
v1.8.02026-09-28 6725b62 23,851 BA view · diff
v1.7.02026-09-27 95144f1 22,956 BA view · diff
v1.6.02026-09-25 05b0737 21,255 BA view · diff
v1.5.02026-09-21 b0146c3 18,475 BA view · diff
v1.4.02026-09-14 26ac2a6 17,328 BA view · diff
v1.3.02026-08-29 14452c9 10,739 BA view · diff
v1.2.02026-08-29 3b36a0e 10,739 BA view · diff
v1.1.02026-08-29 d37c3b2 10,683 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-08-28 7ebac37 8,441 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 (7981 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

synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills · 23 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zvshajlqalrneq5e
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-decision-packet
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c25ff1ecdd5442c782c06c41451c183b079e285bb14dd943964c3fe0f0eeac97

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