upstream-hygiene SKILL.md skillA
upstream-hygiene from rikvanriel/code-hygiene is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rikvanriel/code-hygiene/upstream-hygiene@v2.1.0Pins v2.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rikvanriel/code-hygiene
- Path
skills/upstream-hygiene/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v2.1.0, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 17, 2026
- Size
- 7,302 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2
- License
- MIT
Use before commit, amend, push, or PR, or when cleaning a tainted message. Keeps private context out of public history.
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
# Upstream Hygiene — Public Only ## When to Use - Before `git commit`, `git commit --amend`, `gh pr create`, or pushing a PR/series that ships upstream. - Writing ANY commit message, PR description, or code comment destined for an OSS repo you don't exclusively own. - Cleaning up changelogs/comments that leaked private context. **Load this skill whenever touching commit messages, PR descriptions, or comments that will be public.** ## Core Rule > Commit messages, PR descriptions, and code comments contain ONLY content an upstream maintainer can act on. No private infra, no local paths, no internal tooling, no cross-project tribal knowledge unless documented dependency. Re-read as an external maintainer with zero context about your private setup. If a sentence requires private context to understand, delete or rewrite it. ## Step 0 — Discover and Obey Upstream's Own Rules Before drafting, locate the project's contributor workflow. Many hygiene leaks come from skipping this. Search in order (first hit wins): 1. `CONTRIBUTING.md` / `CONTRIBUTING.rst` / `CONTRIBUTING` at root 2. `.github/CONTRIBUTING.md` 3. `docs/CONTRIBUTING.md` / `doc/contributing.*` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rikvanriel/code-hygiene/upstream-hygiene@sha256:18f74efc34602a60The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.1.0, 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_253aormet7zww2yy)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Sep 17, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 5 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.1.0 latest | 2026-10-07 | b9aa5e6 | 7,302 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.1.0 | 2026-09-27 | deef700 | 6,902 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.1.0 | 2026-09-17 | f466313 | 6,260 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.1.0 | 2026-09-17 | 4fc5ed9 | 6,275 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.1.0 | 2026-09-17 | 6de94e8 | 6,251 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7302 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
rikvanriel/code-hygiene · 2 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-16 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_253aormet7zww2yy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rikvanriel/code-hygiene/upstream-hygiene GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/18f74efc34602a6017102d2d212c09e2bf7af5f1b3fa75f7532f8096b38a3441
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