batch-files SKILL.md skillA
batch-files from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/batch-files@git:20260428.7b9e822Pins git:20260428.7b9e822 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/batch-files/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260428.7b9e822, committed Apr 28, 2026
- Size
- 17,286 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Expert-level Windows batch file (.bat/.cmd) skill for writing, debugging, and maintaining CMD scripts. Use when asked to "create a batch file", "write a .bat script", "automate a Windows task", "CMD scripting", "batch automation", "scheduled task script", "Windows shell script", or when working with .bat/.cmd files in the workspace. Covers cmd.exe syntax, environment variables, control flow, string processing, error handling, and integration with system tools.
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
# Batch Files A comprehensive skill for creating, editing, debugging, and maintaining Windows batch files (.bat/.cmd) using cmd.exe. Applies to CLI tool development, system administration automation, scheduled tasks, file operations scripting, and PATH-based executable scripts. ## When to Use This Skill - Creating or editing `.bat` or `.cmd` files - Automating Windows tasks (file operations, deployments, backups) - Building CLI tools intended for a `bin/` folder on PATH - Writing scheduled task scripts (SCHTASKS, Task Scheduler) - Debugging batch script issues (variable expansion, error levels, quoting) - Integrating batch scripts with external tools (curl, git, Node.js, Python) - Scaffolding new batch-based projects with structured templates ## Prerequisites - Windows NT-based OS (Windows 7 or later) - cmd.exe (built-in) - Optional: a `bin/` directory on PATH for distributing scripts as commands - Optional: PATHEXT configured to include `.BAT;.CMD` (default on Windows) ## Command Interpretation cmd.exe processes each line through four stages in order: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/batch-files@sha256:64915b51fab7af21The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260428.7b9e822, 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_3l3vp2eduf2orkur)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 28, 2026.
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 (17286 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/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3l3vp2eduf2orkur GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/batch-files GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/64915b51fab7af2111809a3c787fcf572d3944dcc1310d2478e97e3f9df5ee3c
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