kanso-nuclear SKILL.md skillA

kanso-nuclear from blakecyze/kanso is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add blakecyze/kanso/kanso-nuclear@git:20260708.0b9805a

Pins git:20260708.0b9805a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
blakecyze/kanso
Path
skills/kanso-nuclear/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20260708.0b9805a, committed Jul 8, 2026
First version recorded
May 27, 2026
Size
12,100 bytes
Repository stars
5
License
MIT

Use when the user asks for a nuclear review, a thermonuclear audit, a deep maintainability sweep, a structural audit of the whole codebase, or a "harsh" pass on a branch. Stricter and more structural than /kanso-audit.

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

# kanso-nuclear

A structural review that refuses to approve code on the grounds that it works. Where `/kanso-audit` checks correctness, clarity, consistency, and architecture, this skill is single-minded about *structure*: whether the change makes the codebase harder to scan a year from now.

The principles from `kanso-principles` apply, and the standing rule of this skill sharpens them: **delete complexity before you move it**. A refactor that rearranges the same difficulty is not a refactor — it's relocation.

## Always run inline

Findings, the approval gate, refactor handoffs, and the verify result all stay in the calling chat so the user can see them and act on them.

### Exception: `--fresh` for Phase A only
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add blakecyze/kanso/kanso-nuclear@sha256:24e02d98c1e64a19

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260708.0b9805a, 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_27vrwpf3dwitihmo.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_27vrwpf3dwitihmo)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between May 27, 2026 and Jul 8, 2026, about one every 14 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260708.0b9805a latest2026-07-08 0b9805a 12,100 BA view · diff
git:20260707.dfb7fc12026-07-07 dfb7fc1 11,984 BA view · diff
git:20260707.b3d7c0a2026-07-07 b3d7c0a 11,821 BA view · diff
git:20260527.fdbd2512026-05-27 fdbd251 12,291 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12100 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

blakecyze/kanso · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_27vrwpf3dwitihmo
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=blakecyze/kanso/kanso-nuclear
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/24e02d98c1e64a19dab57cabbc58d5397fc6931b23c54c508cc7cc69ab8cf5ea

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: 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.

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