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metagit-gating from metagit-ai/metagit-cli is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-gating@git:20260624.56de31d

Pins git:20260624.56de31d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: metagit-ai/metagit-cli
Path: .agents/skills/metagit-gating/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 1
Latest version: git:20260624.56de31d, committed Jun 24, 2026
Size: 2,217 bytes
Repository stars: 4
License: MIT

Use when implementing or operating Metagit MCP server activation and tool exposure rules based on .metagit.yml presence and validity.

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

# Metagit MCP Gating Skill

Use this skill whenever you need to control whether Metagit MCP tools/resources are exposed.

## Purpose

Ensure high-risk tooling and multi-repo context are only available when a valid `.metagit.yml` exists at the resolved workspace root.

## Bundled scripts (optional)

Hermes `skill_manage` installs SKILL.md only. Resolve scripts from the package or a full
`metagit skills install`:

```bash
SKILL_ROOT="$(python3 -c "import metagit, pathlib; print(pathlib.Path(metagit.__file__).parent / 'data/skills/metagit-gating')")"
"$SKILL_ROOT/scripts/gate-status.sh" [root_path]
```

Expected output (single line, tab-delimited):
- `state=<value>\troot=<path|none>\ttools=<count>`

### Inline CLI fallback (no scripts)

```bash
metagit mcp serve --status-once --root .
metagit config validate -c .metagit.yml
```

Parse `mcp_state=` from `--status-once` output (`missing`, `invalid`, or `active`).

## Activation Workflow

1. Resolve workspace root:
   - `METAGIT_WORKSPACE_ROOT`
   - CLI `--root`
   - upward directory walk
2. Check for `.metagit.yml` in resolved root.
3. Validate config through existing Metagit config models.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-gating@sha256:a1e9306cb9777e75

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260624.56de31d, 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](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_346mhrps2gicfxhy.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_346mhrps2gicfxhy)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 24, 2026.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260624.56de31d latest	2026-06-24	56de31d	2,217 B	A	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 (2217 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

metagit-ai/metagit-cli · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_346mhrps2gicfxhy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-gating
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a1e9306cb9777e75e7a6a4ac699dad0eb421a6f39c1c229ed3813c173d725930

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.

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