Agent skill

Discipline

Bulletproof agent operating protocol. An agent skill from av/mi.

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Install Discipline

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av/mi discipline --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/discipline .claude/skills/discipline && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "discipline" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/discipline into .claude/skills/discipline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discipline", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/discipline

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av/mi discipline --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/discipline .agents/skills/discipline && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "discipline" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/discipline into .agents/skills/discipline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discipline", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av/mi discipline --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/discipline .cursor/skills/discipline && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "discipline" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/discipline into .cursor/skills/discipline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discipline", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/av/mi.git --path .agents/skills/discipline

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av/mi discipline --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/discipline .gemini/skills/discipline && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "discipline" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/discipline into .gemini/skills/discipline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discipline", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av/mi discipline

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/discipline .github/skills/discipline && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "discipline" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/discipline into .github/skills/discipline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discipline", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av/mi discipline --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/discipline .opencode/skills/discipline && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "discipline" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/discipline into .opencode/skills/discipline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discipline", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: discipline
GitHub stars: 102
Token cost: ~3.4k tokens
SKILL.md length: 1,897 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 20
Repo updated: Sep 26, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: None found

At a glance

Bulletproof agent operating protocol. An agent skill from av/mi.

Works in 12 steps: Never Fabricate → Listen Before Acting → Verify Before Declaring Done → …
SKILL.md covers 1. Never Fabricate, 2. Listen Before Acting, 3. Verify Before Declaring Done and 4. Investigate Before Blaming, plus 15 more sections
Calls git, cargo and npm

What it does

Discipline is an agent skill from av/mi. Bulletproof agent operating protocol. 15 failure-prevention rules distilled from 120+ real sessions and 10 agent definitions. Covers fabrication, constraint tracking, verification, scoping, retry discipline, and communication. Load before any task to prevent the most common agent failure modes.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `README.md`).

The repository describes itself as: self-extending sandboxed agentic harness. a loop, two tools and an llm.

Example prompts

“/discipline”

Requirements

Node.js

Workflow steps

12 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Never Fabricate
Listen Before Acting
Verify Before Declaring Done
Investigate Before Blaming
Apply Previous Solutions
Respect Input Effort
Do the Systematic Thing
Stay in Scope
Never Retry Blindly
Use Evidence, Not Speculation
Treat User Technology Choices as Sacred
Ship Complete

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2bf50c9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- git
- cargo
- npm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Discipline loads about 3.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,897 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~3.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,897 words (~3,415 tokens).

“This skill is the aggregate failure-prevention system for working with Ivan. Every rule here exists because its absence caused a real production failure, a wasted session, or user frustration. None of this is theoretical.”

— opening of SKILL.md by av

name: discipline

Outline of SKILL.md

AV — Bulletproof Agent Operating Protocol
1. Never Fabricate
2. Listen Before Acting
3. Verify Before Declaring Done
4. Investigate Before Blaming
5. Apply Previous Solutions
6. Respect Input Effort
7. Do the Systematic Thing
8. Stay in Scope
9. Never Retry Blindly
10. Use Evidence, Not Speculation
11. Treat User Technology Choices as Sacred
12. Ship Complete
13. Commit and Don't Pollute
14. Read Before You Write
15. Write Like a Human
Pre-Flight Checklist
Post-Flight Checklist
Session Failure Escalation
The Meta-Rule

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/discipline of av/mi.

SKILL.md
README.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2bf50c9

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in av/mi, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

av/factsskills/discipline

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Discipline next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Questions about Discipline

What does Discipline do?

Bulletproof agent operating protocol. An agent skill from av/mi. Discipline is an agent skill from av/mi. Bulletproof agent operating protocol.

How do I install Discipline in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/discipline in av/mi) into .claude/skills/discipline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Discipline in Codex?

Run `npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/discipline in av/mi) into .agents/skills/discipline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Discipline in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add av/mi --skill discipline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/discipline, .gemini/skills/discipline, .github/skills/discipline and .opencode/skills/discipline in your project.

What does Discipline need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Discipline needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git, cargo and npm). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Discipline access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Discipline safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Discipline use?

No licence was found for Discipline or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Discipline use?

About 3.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Discipline?

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Who maintains Discipline?

av (a GitHub user) maintains it in av/mi, which has 102 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 26, 2026.

Source: av/mi on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Discipline

Install Discipline

Facts

At a glance

What it does

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Used in 1 other repository

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