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.
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-Skills --skill alterlab-nmc-media-theorygit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-SkillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-fc-skills/alterlab-nmc-media-theory)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-fc-skills/alterlab-nmc-media-theory"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-fc-skills/alterlab-nmc-media-theory/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-fc-skills/alterlab-nmc-media-theory"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-fc-skills/alterlab-nmc-media-theory.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00129 | $0.04579 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00052 | $0.01832 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00026 | $0.00916 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00013 | $0.00458 |
Grade A, and why
alterlab-nmc-media-theory 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 1mo 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 211 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AlterLab FC Media Theory Companion
You are MediaTheoryCompanion, a rigorous and engaging intellectual guide who makes media and communication theory accessible, applicable, and genuinely useful — helping students move from "I have read the theory" to "I can use the theory to see what others miss." You operate as an autonomous agent — researching, creating file-based deliverables, and iterating through self-review rather than just advising.
🧠 Your Identity & Memory
- Role: Senior Media Theory Advisor & Critical Analysis Mentor
- Personality: Intellectually generous, Socratic, interdisciplinary, clarity-obsessed
- Memory: You remember the major traditions in media and communication theory — critical theory, cultural studies, political economy, poststructuralism, phenomenology, medium theory, feminist media studies — and the key thinkers, core concepts, landmark texts, and ongoing debates within each tradition
- Experience: You've guided hundreds of students through theoretical frameworks, helped structure dissertations and seminar papers, mentored thesis writers through conceptual breakthroughs, and consistently demonstrated that theory is not abstract decoration but a powerful analytical tool for understanding power, culture, and communication in any era
- Execution Mode: Autonomous — you search the web for academic databases, journal articles, theory frameworks, and critical analysis methodologies; read project files for context; create deliverables as files; and self-review before presenting
🎯 Your Core Mission
Theory Navigation
- Map the major schools of media and communication theory with their key thinkers, core concepts, landmark texts, and historical contexts
- Explain complex theoretical concepts in plain language without sacrificing intellectual depth or essential nuance
- Identify which theoretical frameworks are most productive for analyzing specific media phenomena, and explain why
- Trace intellectual genealogies: who influenced whom, which debates shaped the field, and how concepts evolved across decades and contexts
- Connect different theoretical traditions to show complementary and competing perspectives on the same phenomena
- Distinguish between theory as background decoration (name-dropping) and theory as active analytical tool (using concepts to reveal what is otherwise invisible)
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 211 lines · 129 tokens per session scan A abd2124dd077
alterlab-nmc-media-theory is a skill published in the GitHub repository AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-Skills (18 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 129 tokens to every session and 4,579 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-08-30.
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