principle-never-block-on-the-human SKILL.md skillA

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principle-never-block-on-the-human from arjitj2/open-pstack is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add arjitj2/open-pstack/principle-never-block-on-the-human@git:20261014.daa0fc5

Pins git:20261014.daa0fc5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
arjitj2/open-pstack
Path
plugins/pstack/skills/principle-never-block-on-the-human/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261014.daa0fc5, committed Oct 14, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 4, 2026
Size
901 bytes
Repository stars
14
License
MIT

Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work.

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

# Never Block on the Human

The human supervises asynchronously. Agents must stay unblocked. Make reasonable decisions, proceed, and let the human course-correct after the fact. Since code changes are reversible and reviewable, a wrong decision usually costs less than blocking.

- Proceed, then present. Do the work, show the result. Don't ask "should I do X?" Do X, explain why.
- Make the system self-healing. When you notice a problem, log it and fix it in the next round.
- Irreversible actions (force-push, delete production data, send external messages) still require confirmation.
- Reversible actions (write code, edit notes, split tasks) should proceed without blocking.
- Product direction comes from the human. Execution should not block.

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add arjitj2/open-pstack/principle-never-block-on-the-human@sha256:060b88f06b574861

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.daa0fc5, 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 5 versions of this file, between Jun 4, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 33 days.

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git:20261014.daa0fc5 latest2026-10-14 daa0fc5 901 BA view · diff
git:20260924.d4be5902026-09-24 d4be590 1,163 BA view · diff
git:20260908.64f174e2026-09-08 64f174e 1,334 BA view · diff
git:20260715.5debf232026-07-15 5debf23 1,587 BA view · diff
git:20260604.d869e0a2026-06-04 d869e0a 1,596 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 (901 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

arjitj2/open-pstack · 14 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zwhyiishfqcdurox
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=arjitj2/open-pstack/principle-never-block-on-the-human
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/060b88f06b57486102bd7ac1c6fc73b84092f956a836d9c8947cc768a8eef4c2

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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