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AGENTS.md from mountain-beaver/vps-forge is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add mountain-beaver/vps-forge/AGENTS.md@git:20261026.de8b1c0

Pins git:20261026.de8b1c0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
AGENTS.md file
Repository
mountain-beaver/vps-forge
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20261026.de8b1c0, committed Oct 26, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 24, 2026
Size
3,434 bytes
Repository stars
38
License
MIT

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

# vps-forge

An [Agent Skill](https://agentskills.io) for hardening Debian/Ubuntu servers. The repository root is also a Claude Code plugin (`.claude-plugin/`), and `npx skills add` / `gh skill install` find the skill in `skills/`, so the same tree installs everywhere. The skill lives in `skills/vps-forge/`:
- `SKILL.md`: workflow and safety rules. Keep it under 500 lines.
- `references/`: one file per phase, loaded on demand.
- `scripts/`: bash that runs as root on servers.
- `assets/`: config templates.
- `evals/`: behaviour evals in `claude plugin eval` format.

## Commands

- `make test`: lint, manifests, version check, audit smoke test, deadman round trip. No sudo needed.
- `make directory`: builds `dist/directory`, the plugin folder that Anthropic's directory reads from the `directory` branch (only `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, the icon, `skills/vps-forge` without evals, LICENSE and `.github/directory/README.md`). `.github/workflows/directory.yml` commits it to that branch on every release tag.
- `make ci`: every CI suite in podman/docker containers on Debian 12/13 and Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/26.04.
  - Narrow it with `DISTRO=debian:13 make templates` or `make audit`.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add mountain-beaver/vps-forge/AGENTS.md@sha256:03ec6ae5a067ca28

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261026.de8b1c0, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_245vxj4oibrnc6ps.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_245vxj4oibrnc6ps)

1 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Oct 24, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026, more than one a day.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261026.de8b1c0 latest2026-10-26 de8b1c0 3,434 BA view · diff
git:20261025.1aa4dd12026-10-25 1aa4dd1 2,947 BA view · diff
git:20261024.79bb60e2026-10-24 79bb60e 2,617 BA view · diff
git:20261024.f5baa702026-10-24 f5baa70 2,611 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  14 of 14 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3434 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 prompt-injection phrasing
  • 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

Source

GitHub

mountain-beaver/vps-forge · 38 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_245vxj4oibrnc6ps
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mountain-beaver/vps-forge/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/03ec6ae5a067ca285aeb748f72538788b48f07d4c183c1440b2c8dd3772f7ea7

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: how to write a good AGENTS.md · AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md · which agent file does what.

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