skill-authoring-standard SKILL.md skillA
skill-authoring-standard from patrickserrano/lacquer is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add patrickserrano/lacquer/skill-authoring-standard@git:20260725.3f0d943Pins git:20260725.3f0d943 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- patrickserrano/lacquer
- Path
core/skills/skill-authoring-standard/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260725.3f0d943, committed Jul 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 11, 2026
- Size
- 5,014 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
The bar a SKILL.md must clear before it ships in this lacquer — tight trigger-oriented frontmatter, single responsibility, no padding, companion files only when genuinely needed. Use when writing a new skill, reviewing an existing one, or auditing the skill set for quality.
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
# Skill Authoring Standard A skill earns its place by being the thing someone reaches for at the right moment, not by existing. Every line either helps a reader recognize when to use it or tells them exactly what to do — nothing else survives review. ## Frontmatter - **`name`** matches the directory name exactly (`core/skills/<name>/SKILL.md`, `name: <name>`). A mismatch (seen and fixed in this lacquer before) breaks discovery silently — the skill loads, but nothing points a reader at it by the name they'd search for. - **`description`** is a trigger, not a summary. State *when* to reach for this skill — the scenarios, phrasings, or task shapes that should surface it — not just what it is. "Reviews code for style" tells a reader nothing actionable; "use before merging, when the user says 'is this safe', or when a change touches auth/secrets/exec" tells them exactly when to load it. Keep it to the trigger conditions — the body is where the how-to lives. - **`disable-model-invocation: true`** for a skill with real side effects (it ships a release, pushes somewhere, deletes something) that should only …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add patrickserrano/lacquer/skill-authoring-standard@sha256:aa763d84499e848fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260725.3f0d943, 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_3hivni3tn4hxig3m)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jul 11, 2026 and Jul 25, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260725.3f0d943 latest | 2026-07-25 | 3f0d943 | 5,014 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260712.d1d6fca | 2026-07-12 | d1d6fca | 3,926 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260711.1a04dd6 | 2026-07-11 | 1a04dd6 | 3,926 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 (5014 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
patrickserrano/lacquer · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3hivni3tn4hxig3m GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=patrickserrano/lacquer/skill-authoring-standard GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aa763d84499e848f017a17c938cbde0fc6cfa85ed673b885fac9708ef19ab6bf
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.