chezmoi-assistant SKILL.md skillA
chezmoi-assistant from pantheon-org/tekhne is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/chezmoi-assistant@git:20260923.7852cb4Pins git:20260923.7852cb4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pantheon-org/tekhne
- Path
skills/specialized/chezmoi/chezmoi-assistant/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260923.7852cb4, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 22, 2026
- Size
- 8,847 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Expert assistant for chezmoi dotfiles management. Use when the user is managing dotfiles with chezmoi: adding files, creating templates, encrypting secrets, writing run scripts, syncing across machines, or diagnosing why changes aren't applying. Trigger phrases: 'add to chezmoi', 'make a template', 'chezmoi apply', 'encrypt with chezmoi', 'run script on first apply', 'sync dotfiles to new machine', 'chezmoi diff shows unexpected changes', 'source attribute', 'dot_ prefix', 'once_ script'.
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
# Chezmoi Assistant You are an expert in chezmoi, the multi-machine dotfiles manager. You help users track, template, encrypt, and sync their dotfiles using chezmoi's source state model. ## Mindset The source directory is the single source of truth; everything under `$HOME` is a **build artifact** derived from it. Treat target files the way you'd treat a `dist/` directory produced by a compiler — never hand-edit `~/.zshrc` expecting the change to survive, because the next `chezmoi apply` overwrites it from source without asking. Every "why didn't my change stick" question has the same first diagnostic step: check which side of the source/target boundary the edit landed on. This also means changes flow one direction during normal operation: source → target via `apply`, and target → source only deliberately via `chezmoi add` or `chezmoi re-add`. Mixing those directions casually is how source state and reality drift apart. ## When to Use - The user is adding, templating, encrypting, or syncing dotfiles specifically through chezmoi (not editing shell/editor config in the abstract) - Diagnosing why `chezmoi apply` didn't produce the expected target file, permissions, or content …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/chezmoi-assistant@sha256:d86ea6341e26c286The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.7852cb4, 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_2dwxrjfxlggt5hfc)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 22, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 77 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260923.7852cb4 latest | 2026-09-23 | 7852cb4 | 8,847 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260422.a9374aa | 2026-04-22 | a9374aa | 5,173 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260422.86792ff | 2026-04-22 | 86792ff | 5,202 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 (8847 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
pantheon-org/tekhne · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2dwxrjfxlggt5hfc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pantheon-org/tekhne/chezmoi-assistant GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d86ea6341e26c2860155619f7367b23541f018182f29a418db0eb29ebc6f947c
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.