synthesis-article-refresh SKILL.md skillA
synthesis-article-refresh from synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-article-refresh@v2.0.0Pins v2.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills
- Path
skills/synthesis-article-refresh/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v2.0.0, committed Oct 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 29, 2026
- Size
- 5,263 bytes
- Repository stars
- 23
- License
- Apache-2.0
Refresh an older published article into its best version: clearer argument, fuller period-appropriate evidence, better structure and alt text, keeping the author's voice and absolute temporal integrity. Use to refresh, revitalize, update or polish an older post.
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
# Article Refresh Revitalize a blog post into its optimal version — what it could have been with perfect clarity, complete information available at the time, and ideal execution — while maintaining absolute temporal authenticity. ## Binding rules 1. **Absolute temporal integrity.** The post must read as written entirely on its original date: only knowledge, tools, terms and references that existed then, and predictions that would have seemed reasonable then. 2. **Preserve the author's voice, argument and quirks.** Added content must be indistinguishable from the original, and the whole post must feel unified. 3. **Start from the dated URL and the complete original**, with formatting and hyperlinks preserved; ask for anything missing. 4. **Keep every valuable hyperlink from the original** unless one is deliberately removed. 5. **Every image gets alt text**, written after viewing the image, never inferred from its filename. 6. **Verify that every fact, example and reference is period-appropriate** before delivery. 7. **No template.** Develop sections as unevenly as the content deserves, vary structure from post to post, and keep some natural imperfection. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-article-refresh@sha256:b4fc4a66785b1c81The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.0, 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_36hw25afchubvhfe)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 29, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 68 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.0.0 latest | 2026-10-05 | 227204f | 5,263 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.0 | 2026-07-29 | 9b134e7 | 9,522 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 (5263 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
synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills · 23 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_36hw25afchubvhfe GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-article-refresh GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b4fc4a66785b1c8182c5dee1744fb909ac2596369e1b122336bcf7c57d939a35
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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.