methodology

methodology is a command for Claude Code from ArtemioPadilla/agent-triforce. It costs 9 tokens per session (1,105 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A reference page explaining the Agent Triforce checklist method. It describes how to design short checklists that prevent important steps from being missed.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating or reviewing checklists, including choosing between DO-CONFIRM and READ-DO formats and defining clear pause points.
Why use it?
It provides a shared method for making recurring work more reliable, especially when failures come from forgetting known steps rather than lacking expertise.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: disable-model-invocation in frontmatter.

Part of the agent-triforce plugin — 15 commands, 2 hooks shipped together

Good fit Use it when creating or reviewing checklists, including choosing between DO-CONFIRM and READ-DO formats and defining clear pause points.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/artemiopadilla/agent-triforce/methodology
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArtemioPadilla/agent-triforce

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install agent-triforce, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 15 commands, 2 hooks.

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README.md
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Per session 9 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,105 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00009 $0.01105
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00553
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00221
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00111

Measured 9d ago against content hash 94a5c1672270, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

methodology scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agent-triforce/commands/methodology.md · 97 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 97 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Agent Triforce — Checklist Methodology

This system applies principles from The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande) and Boeing's checklist engineering (Daniel Boorman).

Core Philosophy

  • Ineptitude, not ignorance: Failures come from not applying what we already know
  • Checklists supplement expertise: Reminders of the most critical steps — not comprehensive how-to guides
  • FLY THE AIRPLANE: Step 1 of any emergency is to remember your primary mission
  • Discipline is professionalism: Consulting a checklist, no matter how experienced you are, is what separates reliable systems from fragile ones

Checklist Design Rules (Boorman's Principles)

  1. Clear pause point: A specific moment where you STOP and consult the checklist
  2. 5-9 killer items only: The steps most dangerous to skip
  3. Under 60 seconds: If it takes longer, it will be skipped
  4. Simple, exact wording: Concrete, verifiable actions
  5. DO-CONFIRM or READ-DO: Every checklist declares its type
  6. Field-tested and updated: Evolve based on actual failures

Two Checklist Types

  • DO-CONFIRM: Do your work, then PAUSE and run the checklist to confirm nothing was missed
  • READ-DO: Read each item and do it step by step

Three Pause Points (WHO Surgical Safety Model)

Every agent invocation has three mandatory pause points:

  1. SIGN IN (DO-CONFIRM): Before starting. State identity, role, task, concerns. Read memory and relevant docs.
  2. TIME OUT (varies): Mid-workflow verification. Stop, run the checklist, fix failures before proceeding.
  3. SIGN OUT (DO-CONFIRM): Before finishing. Update memory, confirm deliverables, prepare handoff.

Workflow: Standard Feature Flow

PM  SIGN IN → spec → TIME OUT: Spec Completion → SIGN OUT
  → Dev SIGN IN → implement → TIME OUT: Implementation Complete → TIME OUT: Pre-Delivery → SIGN OUT
    → QA  SIGN IN → audit → TIME OUT: Security + Quality Verification → SIGN OUT
      → Dev SIGN IN → fix → TIME OUT → SIGN OUT
        → QA  SIGN IN → re-verify → SIGN OUT

Read the full file on GitHub · 97 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 97 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 94a5c1672270

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methodology is a command published in the GitHub repository ArtemioPadilla/agent-triforce (3 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 1,105 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.