necessary-work SKILL.md skillA
necessary-work from outlinedriven/odin-claude-plugin is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add outlinedriven/odin-claude-plugin/necessary-work@git:20260904.2014e73Pins git:20260904.2014e73 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- outlinedriven/odin-claude-plugin
- Path
plugins/odin-core/skills/necessary-work/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260904.2014e73, committed Sep 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 31, 2026
- Size
- 3,967 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40
- License
- Apache-2.0
Use when work is about to grow past the ask, the task may already be done, or the user requests only the minimum. Not for executing the work: use tdd to build or strike-the-root to fix.
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
# Necessary work ## Contract | Field | Bound contract | |---|---| | Trigger | Work is about to grow past the ask, the task may already be done, or the user requests the minimum, only what is needed, or a stop once it works. | | Authority | Read-only. No file, VCS, credential, paid, published, deployed, or remote mutation. Reads and assesses request, environment, policy, and evidence only. | | Side effect | Narrow the scope of work by classification only; produce no operational side effect. | | Done | The contract is written before work, every admitted action fails the delete test, and classification stops once the minimum proof is identified. | ## Inputs Supply the request and the available evidence of its current state. Include any binding environmental limits or authoritative policies that constrain the outcome. Existing measurements are optional; do not create measurements unless the delete test establishes that they are necessary. If the request is ambiguous and the available inputs cannot resolve it, use the smallest interpretation consistent with the stated intent and record that interpretation. ## Procedure …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add outlinedriven/odin-claude-plugin/necessary-work@sha256:c16b84c8708e4d2eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260904.2014e73, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260904.2014e73 latest | 2026-09-04 | 2014e73 | 3,967 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260904.15f10f6 | 2026-09-04 | 15f10f6 | 4,056 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.31c840c | 2026-09-03 | 31c840c | 4,052 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.c54504d | 2026-09-03 | c54504d | 4,085 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260831.8d3c24a | 2026-08-31 | 8d3c24a | 4,091 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 (3967 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
outlinedriven/odin-claude-plugin · 40 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-29 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_453b5kidld7gtn2r GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=outlinedriven/odin-claude-plugin/necessary-work GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c16b84c8708e4d2e7bc42f5f0bdadd8242174e191bb6382a90ca2c801330b1fc
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.