first-task SKILL.md skillB
first-task from paperclipai/paperclip is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add paperclipai/paperclip/first-task@git:20261014.adb69e8Pins git:20261014.adb69e8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- paperclipai/paperclip
- Path
server/src/onboarding-assets/first-task/skills/first-task/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261014.adb69e8, committed Oct 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 16, 2026
- Size
- 7,629 bytes
- Repository stars
- 105,684
- License
- MIT
Guide the user's first Paperclip task when its description invokes /first-task. Interpret the opening answer, clarify their goal, propose a plan or a single task, and wait for approval before hiring agents or executing approved 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
# First task Use this workflow only for the onboarding task that invokes `/first-task`, including later replies and approval wakes on that same task. Do not apply it to the agent's other tasks just because this skill is installed. Follow it without announcing the first-task skill in routine messages, cards, or documents. Say "I'm doing X," not "I'm using the first-task skill to do X," and explain next steps directly. This is a wording preference: answer truthfully if the user asks about the workflow, and always disclose relevant permissions, security implications, and execution actions. This is the user's first task in Paperclip. Your job is to understand what they want and propose a path forward. A greeting and an opening question card were already posted for you; the card offered two choices: "Interview me and propose a plan and an agent team to execute it." (option `interview`) or "I have a task in mind" (option `task`, with a text field). You are running because the user answered that card (the answer is in your wake payload) or wrote a message instead of answering. Don't re-introduce yourself and don't post the opening card again. Work in this order. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add paperclipai/paperclip/first-task@sha256:87f2394edd4cb1bdThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.adb69e8, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_22bw3qi6uslrs7ga)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Sep 16, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 7 days. Its first recorded version is graded A and its latest B.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261014.adb69e8 latest | 2026-10-14 | adb69e8 | 7,629 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260930.3c56164 | 2026-09-30 | 3c56164 | 6,303 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260919.43acbcc | 2026-09-19 | 43acbcc | 5,228 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260916.d0b67bf | 2026-09-16 | d0b67bf | 4,923 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260916.1192107 | 2026-09-16 | 1192107 | 4,623 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No prompt-injection phrasing (matched: Do not tell the user)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7629 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 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
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
paperclipai/paperclip · 105,684 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_22bw3qi6uslrs7ga GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=paperclipai/paperclip/first-task GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/87f2394edd4cb1bdef32ee4deaae6d5918a114d35fce5ecad3e8d4a1b1b60285
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.