next-steps SKILL.md skillA
next-steps from swyxio/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add swyxio/skills/next-steps@git:20260903.79df950Pins git:20260903.79df950 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- swyxio/skills
- Path
next-steps/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260903.79df950, committed Sep 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 21, 2026
- Size
- 7,496 bytes
- Repository stars
- 194
- License
- MIT
Turn an ongoing task or conversation into evidence-informed opportunities and an actionable decision workspace. Use when the user asks what next, invokes $next-steps, or wants to explore, compare, combine, and prioritize possible directions. Adapt from a short conversational recommendation to a richer interactive exploration when the decision warrants it.
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
# Next Steps Do the useful thinking before presenting the menu. Help the user discover and choose opportunities, not merely maintain a task queue. Lead with a point of view about the outcome and what could move it forward. ## Orient without reciting the conversation Use the available context to recover the user's outcome, corrections, accepted choices, constraints, and unresolved questions. Newer decisions supersede older proposals. Do not reactivate abandoned work or ask the user to reconfirm settled preferences. Keep completed work, user-reported changes, verified live state, proposals, and blockers distinct. Put routine operational status in a short line or expandable detail; let it dominate only when it genuinely blocks progress or presents material risk. Avoid ritual intent/confidence statements and repeated recaps. ## Discover before recommending …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add swyxio/skills/next-steps@sha256:f78b8891806cb605The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260903.79df950, 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_4bizuexhiypogpc7)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Aug 21, 2026 and Sep 3, 2026, about one every 4 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260903.79df950 latest | 2026-09-03 | 79df950 | 7,496 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260821.7baa439 | 2026-08-21 | 7baa439 | 7,083 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260821.e186b54 | 2026-08-21 | e186b54 | 6,165 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260821.4632c65 | 2026-08-21 | 4632c65 | 5,369 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 (7496 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
swyxio/skills · 194 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4bizuexhiypogpc7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=swyxio/skills/next-steps GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f78b8891806cb605c6d31156a58e56cab85e5900f6ee224cb2f33377ac57e4c2
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.