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title: "Undominated · A prompt is not the catalogue: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai"
canonical: https://undominated.ai/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/
description: "Refuse a prompt whose scope is the whole catalogue. Retrieval stays top-k. No catalogue is copied."
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# Undominated · A prompt is not the catalogue: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai

> Refuse a prompt whose scope is the whole catalogue. Retrieval stays top-k. No catalogue is copied.

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EVIDENCE AND EVALUATION / Undominated.ai

# Undominated · A prompt is not the catalogue

Refuse a prompt whose scope is the whole catalogue. Retrieval stays top-k. No catalogue is copied.

 [See setup guidance ↓](#setup)[Original source ↗](https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/definition.md)

SOURCE REVIEW

 Reviewed 2026-10-14
 Evidence 3 linked sources
 Publisher Undominated.ai
 Licence [MIT ↗](https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/LICENSE.txt)
 Revision 5438f93f25b2
 [Read what was—and wasn’t—checked ↓](#review)

“Refuse a prompt whose scope is the whole catalogue. Retrieval stays top-k. No catalogue is copied.”

 [Undominated.ai · upstream description ↗](https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/definition.md) Our analysis follows below.

01 / THE REASONING

## Why this made the selection.

 - Pairs a bounded workflow with an offline Python checker and explicitly synthetic example inputs.
- Created for recurring evidence and comparison failures: missing facts remain unknown and every conclusion keeps its scope.
- It names a concrete failure mode: A top-k scope can pass. This checker does not count rows or read the catalogue.

### A good fit for

 - A companion prompt is about to include every model.
- Use when a companion prompt is about to include every model.

### Weigh up before choosing

 - A top-k scope can pass. This checker does not count rows or read the catalogue.
- Fixture checks establish the documented local behaviour, not performance on an unrestricted set of real tasks.
- Public GitHub source availability is not yet verified; the complete download contains the reviewed source.
- A new npm install path is not yet verified. Use the complete source download.
- `examples/synthetic.json` passes. The other examples are a refusal and invalid input.

02 / THE REVIEW RECORD

## What we actually inspected.

Source review has boundaries. A clear record is more useful than a “safe” badge.

### Material inspected

 - skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/SKILL.md
- skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/scripts/check.py
- skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/examples/synthetic.json

### Our findings

 - First-party resource authored by Undominated.ai; this is our own verification record, not an independent endorsement.
- The download preserves the complete source and supporting files. Its manifest hashes identify the exact bytes.
- The checker names its required fields as: fields(data, ("scope",)).
- One condition that blocks a pass is: a prompt retrieves top-k; the catalogue is not inlined, and no row is read.

### Not established by this review

 - Model compliance with these instructions on arbitrary tasks
- Native integration in every agent host
- Public GitHub source identity
- Remote installation through the standard Skills CLI
- The new npm resource CLI installation

The review applies to the material and revision named here. A newer upstream release can change its behavior.

03 / PUT IT TO WORK

## Add a skill to your workflow.

[Upstream setup instructions ↗](https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/definition.md)
 - Download the complete bundle from https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/bundle.zip and extract it into a new directory.
- Place the extracted directory at .agents/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/ or your host's documented skills directory. Preserve SKILL.md, scripts, examples and licence files together.
- Run the documented synthetic example from the skill directory with Python 3.10 or later before using your own evidence.

### Before you start

 - An Agent Skills compatible host
- Python 3.10 or later for the optional checker

### Compatibility

Agent Skills compatible hosts · Python 3.10+

### Implementation

Python · Markdown

### Local, explicit inputs

 - read:user-selected-local-file

### Cost model

MIT source at no charge. Your agent host or model provider may charge for use; the included offline checks require no paid API.

THE COMPLETE REVIEWED DEFINITION

## Read it before you reuse it.

Original source bytes, with attribution. Review the host-specific setup notes above.

 Copy definition ↗ [Download complete resource + licence ↗](/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/bundle.zip)[Raw Markdown ↗](/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/definition.md)
 ---
name: undominated-topk-not-dump
description: Refuse a prompt whose scope is the whole catalogue. Retrieval stays top-k. No catalogue is copied.
license: MIT
metadata:
 author: Undominated.ai
 version: "1.0.0"
---

# A prompt is not the catalogue

Use when a companion prompt is about to include every model.

1. Read only the fields this checker names.
2. A review is a refusal. A pass stays inside the scope line.
3. Examples are synthetic. They are not a vendor quote, a rank, or a live page.

## Deliverable and limits

A top-k scope can pass. This checker does not count rows or read the catalogue.

`examples/synthetic.json` passes. The other examples are a refusal and invalid input.

## Run the local check

Resolve paths relative to this skill directory:

```sh
python3 scripts/check.py examples/synthetic.json
python3 scripts/check.py /absolute/path/to/your-input.json
```

The examples are **synthetic**, not a vendor quote or a live page. Python 3.10+; standard library only. The script reads one explicit UTF-8 JSON file, prints JSON and makes no network requests or file writes.

Exit codes: `0` consistency check passed, `1` review required, `2` invalid input. CLI argument and malformed-input errors return structured JSON; `--help` displays usage text. Unknown or duplicate JSON fields, non-JSON constants and invalid types are rejected. Files are limited to 1 MiB.

This source-only skill is **not included in undominated-check@0.4.0**. Keep `SKILL.md`, the checker, examples and MIT licence together. A pass validates the bounded supplied-input contract, not production suitability or permission to publish. The skill does not authorize external actions.

The download contains SKILL.md . Extract the whole bundle; the supporting files are required. Inspect the included MANIFEST.json for file hashes.

By **Undominated.ai**. [Exact upstream source ↗](https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/definition.md) · [Licence](/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/LICENSE.txt) · [Attribution](/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/ATTRIBUTION.txt)

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04 / FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

## The source trail.

Our notes are separate from the original resource. Check upstream before adopting a new version.

 - [Original Undominated definition ↗](https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/definition.md) Checked 2026-10-07 https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/definition.md Supports: Workflow and input requirements, Stated limitations
- [MIT licence ↗](https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/LICENSE.txt) Checked 2026-10-07 https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/LICENSE.txt Supports: Redistribution terms and attribution
- [Complete source bundle ↗](https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/bundle.zip) Checked 2026-10-07 https://undominated.ai/resources/skills/undominated-topk-not-dump/bundle.zip Supports: Full local source, supporting files and integrity manifest

KEEP COMPARING

## Other approaches to consider.

Related by category or shared topics. These are alternatives to inspect, not a measured quality order.

 [### Undominated · A load return is not the catalogue ↗ Refuse a load() return labelled catalogue. The catalogue is imported by the page. Putting it in the load return inlines it into every prerendered page.](/skills/undominated-load-not-catalogue/)[### Undominated · Alias resolution ↗ Resolve an explicitly supplied alias to one distinct concrete target, refusing unresolved or conflicting candidate evidence. Use before treating a latest-style pointer as a concrete model ID.](/skills/undominated-alias-resolution/)[### Undominated · Long-Context Distraction Audit ↗ Audits retrieval accuracy degradation as irrelevant distractor documents are added to prompts (evaluating signal-to-noise ratio in long contexts).](/skills/undominated-context-distraction-audit/)

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