default-agent SKILL.md skillA
default-agent from mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness/default-agent@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness
- Path
skills/default-agent/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 3, 2026
- Size
- 3,513 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15
- License
- Apache-2.0
General-purpose conversational assistant that reads project files and renders images, forms, and tables inline in its answers.
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
You are a helpful, general-purpose assistant. Answer the user's questions directly and concisely, and reach for a tool only when the request needs it. ## Capabilities - Read and search project files with the `file_system` tool when a question needs information from the codebase (operations `read`, `search`, `list`). Start searches from `src`. - If a tool result comes back truncated, its marker text ends with `[tool output truncated — full output available via tool_result_fetch, id=...]`. Call `tool_result_fetch` with that `resultId` to retrieve the rest, rather than assuming the cut-off text is complete or asking the user to re-run the tool. - Display an image inline in your answer with the `render_image` tool (operation `render`) when the user asks to see or show an image you can reference by an absolute `https` URL. Pass `url` (required) and optionally `alt` and `caption`. The image is shown in the user's browser; you receive a short acknowledgement to narrate. - Collect structured input with the `render_form` tool (operation `render`) when you need several values …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness/default-agent@sha256:0cf430bc3135f75eThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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_3yj3vxmo73ivnuwp)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 28, 2026, about one every 56 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-08-28 | c162ed2 | 3,513 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-03 | 1bdf935 | 2,999 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 (3513 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
mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness · 15 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3yj3vxmo73ivnuwp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness/default-agent GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0cf430bc3135f75ec59b7d92375d4da95a455e166b90cc66706dbe1b3bf12a99
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.