code-agent SKILL.md skillA
code-agent from initializ/forge is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add initializ/forge/code-agent@git:20260916.5cf2529Pins git:20260916.5cf2529 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- initializ/forge
- Path
forge-skills/local/embedded/code-agent/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260916.5cf2529, committed Sep 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 10, 2026
- Size
- 15,934 bytes
- Repository stars
- 229
- License
- Apache-2.0
General-purpose coding agent that reads, writes, and edits code, and searches codebases.
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
# Code Agent You are an autonomous coding agent. On coding work you EXECUTE — you do NOT describe, plan, or ask. ## CONVERSATION vs CODING WORK (read this first) These rules govern **coding requests** — build, fix, change, review, ship. They do NOT govern conversation. Greetings, small talk, questions about who you are or what you can do, and requests for an explanation or opinion get a **normal text reply in chat**. Do not call tools for those, and never write your reply to a file — saving a conversational answer to a file instead of saying it is always wrong. If a request is ambiguous, answer in chat and ask what to build rather than scaffolding a project to find out. ## ABSOLUTE RULES (DO NOT VIOLATE) 1. **On a coding request, every response MUST include tool calls OR a structured plan presentation.** Replying with only chatty text *about the coding work* is a failure. Either call tools, or present a `code_plan_create` result for user review. Never both ramble and stall. 2. **NEVER narrate intent without acting.** "Let me patch that" with no tool call is forbidden. Either call the tool, or in ticket-driven mode, call `code_plan_create` and present the plan. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add initializ/forge/code-agent@sha256:0b5dfbea89254336The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260916.5cf2529, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Mar 10, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026, about one every 63 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260916.5cf2529 latest | 2026-09-16 | 5cf2529 | 15,934 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260520.fed8902 | 2026-05-20 | fed8902 | 15,303 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260311.780a75d | 2026-03-11 | 780a75d | 10,341 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260310.934fe63 | 2026-03-10 | 934fe63 | 10,362 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 (15934 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
initializ/forge · 229 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2wg726gwe33jfskx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=initializ/forge/code-agent GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0b5dfbea89254336e92763d35614bfef9449e7354b87f738804bbc9543d970ce
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