build-unplanned SKILL.md skillA

build-unplanned from etr/groundwork is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add etr/groundwork/build-unplanned@git:20260912.480a145

Pins git:20260912.480a145 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
etr/groundwork
Path
skills/build-unplanned/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20260912.480a145, committed Sep 12, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 22, 2026
Size
8,754 bytes
Repository stars
44
License
MIT

Build a feature from description with worktree isolation and TDD. Usage /groundwork:build-unplanned "Add user login".

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

# Build Unplanned Feature

Thin orchestrator for ad-hoc feature development without existing task definitions. Delegates to `plan-task` (blurb mode), `implement-task`, and `validate`.

## Token Discipline

This skill orchestrates long multi-agent workflows. Every turn re-reads the full context window, so unnecessary turns are expensive.

1. **No narration turns.** Do not output text-only turns like "Let me understand your feature" or "Now I'll dispatch implementation." Combine text with a tool call in the same turn, or skip the text entirely.
2. **Batch tool calls.** When multiple tool calls are independent, issue them all in one turn.
3. **No waiting updates.** Do not output "Waiting for results..." turns. Wait silently until results arrive.
4. **Keep context lean.** Do not read file contents you won't use directly. Pass file paths to subagents and let them read in their own context windows.

## Pre-flight: Model Recommendation

**Your current effort level is `{{effort_level}}`.**

Skip this step silently if effort is `high`, `xhigh`, or `max` (the scale is `low` < `medium` < `high` < `xhigh` < `max`, so `xhigh` and `max` are already above `high`) AND you are Sonnet or Opus.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add etr/groundwork/build-unplanned@sha256:f804f7e27aae5c28

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260912.480a145, 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

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_3qzajmrghl6telgy.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_3qzajmrghl6telgy)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Jun 22, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026, about one every 27 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260912.480a145 latest2026-09-12 480a145 8,754 BA view · diff
git:20260624.e5338272026-06-24 e533827 8,685 BA view · diff
git:20260622.bb3a55a2026-06-22 bb3a55a 8,545 BA view · diff
git:20260622.e1424762026-06-22 e142476 8,545 BA 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 (8754 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

etr/groundwork · 44 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3qzajmrghl6telgy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=etr/groundwork/build-unplanned
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f804f7e27aae5c28f19eeede7d1c0d35e8d5fe6b24e826ced079e33f229c9555

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.

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