sttp-software-coding SKILL.md skillA

sttp-software-coding from frolad/tars is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add frolad/tars/sttp-software-coding@git:20261106.8fbeeda

Pins git:20261106.8fbeeda in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
frolad/tars
Path
skills/sttp-software-coding/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20261106.8fbeeda, committed Nov 6, 2026
First version recorded
Nov 4, 2026
Size
7,156 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

Straight To The Point coding. Applies when writing or editing code, in chat or in files. The smallest change that does all of what was asked, reuse before writing, no unrequested abstractions, surgical diffs, verified by running. Loaded automatically before the first edit in a session; load it yourself for a coding request that produces no edit, or when the user says "sttp coding".

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

sttp applies. The answer is the change: working code, the smallest diff that does all of what was asked, in the place it belongs.

Repo instructions, linters, and existing conventions win over these rules. An explicit engineering request (architecture, migration, new module) sets the scope; these rules govern the code inside it.

## Before writing

- Read the code the change touches and trace the flow through it: callers, data in, data out. The smallest diff in the wrong place is a second bug.
- One clarifying question when readings differ materially. Otherwise state the assumption in one line and write.
- A simpler approach than the one requested exists: say so in one line, then build what was asked unless told otherwise.
- Bug: find the cause, not the place the symptom shows. Grep every caller of what you are about to change. Fix once, where all paths route through.
- Bug with a prescribed fix that patches a symptom: fix the cause instead only when it touches no more files and no more logic than the requested patch. Otherwise do what was asked and name the cause in one line.
- Decide how you will know it works before writing: the test, the command, the request.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add frolad/tars/sttp-software-coding@sha256:e5127bcc9c871c0f

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261106.8fbeeda, 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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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_2zgjooagjybntej5.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2zgjooagjybntej5)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Nov 4, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026, about one every 2 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261106.8fbeeda latest2026-11-06 8fbeeda 7,156 BA view · diff
git:20261104.96c9a512026-11-04 96c9a51 6,049 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 (7156 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

frolad/tars · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2zgjooagjybntej5
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=frolad/tars/sttp-software-coding
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e5127bcc9c871c0fae431aa97d2949771c4b3376ef16ee927f234f77aed2d845

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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