retrieval-reflex SKILL.md skillA
retrieval-reflex from garrytan/gbrain is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add garrytan/gbrain/retrieval-reflex@v0.1.0Pins v0.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- garrytan/gbrain
- Path
recipes/retrieval-reflex/skills/retrieval-reflex/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v0.1.0, committed Aug 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 11, 2026
- Size
- 2,959 bytes
- Repository stars
- 31,587
- License
- MIT
When/what to retrieve — open the brain page for a salient entity before answering from memory.
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
# Retrieval Reflex — retrieve on demand, when an entity is salient A person doesn't bulk-load their whole address book into working memory. They retrieve **on demand**, when an entity becomes **salient**, use it, and drop it. Encode that reflex. The brain probably has the data — if a name is salient and you haven't opened its page, open it before you answer. ## Trigger policy — WHEN to retrieve Retrieve when ANY of these holds AND the page isn't already loaded in context: - An entity (person / company / project / deal / place) is the **subject** of the message, or a decision/judgment about it is being made, or the exchange is substantive / relational / emotional about it. - A **brain-page pointer** appeared in context this turn (the deterministic layer told you the page exists) — open it before relying on details. - A name or term appears that you **don't recognize** and that looks notable → do a quick resolve (the human reflex). - You're about to **assert a non-trivial detail** about an entity (attribution, status, history) → verify against the brain first. Say "let me check", not a guess. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add garrytan/gbrain/retrieval-reflex@sha256:856b5ac8438ec44fThe line at the top of this page pins the label v0.1.0, 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_3ljdzwekzshezsea)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jun 11, 2026 and Aug 22, 2026, about one every 36 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v0.1.0 latest | 2026-08-22 | 67e7e8a | 2,959 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-08-11 | d35c9c9 | 2,639 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-06-11 | 8f45624 | 2,527 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 (2959 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
garrytan/gbrain · 31,587 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3ljdzwekzshezsea GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=garrytan/gbrain/retrieval-reflex GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/856b5ac8438ec44f488c4688049f7df4c81ed6c17d4adeff483aa8edf052d67f
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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.