the-loop SKILL.md skillA
the-loop from oxbshw/watch-skill is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add oxbshw/watch-skill/the-loop@v1.4.3Pins v1.4.3 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- oxbshw/watch-skill
- Path
skills/the-loop/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 8
- Latest version
- v1.4.3, committed Sep 8, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 19, 2026
- Size
- 2,495 bytes
- Repository stars
- 508
- License
- MIT
The user built or changed something visual — a UI, an animation, a game, a generated video — and wants it verified, or asks "why does my UI look wrong", "check that the fix actually worked", "does the animation glitch". Use this to record the running thing, critique the recording against plain-language pass criteria, and iterate until it passes with before/after proof.
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
# THE LOOP
A screenshot shows a moment; it cannot show a flow. THE LOOP records the
actual running target, watches the recording, and judges it against pass
criteria you state in plain language. The loop only observes — YOU apply
the fixes, then iterate. On pass it renders a before/after MP4 + GIF as
proof.
## UI / web page / desktop window
```bash
watch-skill loop start "<url | screen: | window:<title> | file>" "<pass criteria>" [--script '<json steps>']
# ...apply the suggested fixes to the code...
watch-skill loop iterate <loop_id>
```
- Pass criteria are ordinary sentences: "the checkout completes, no
error toast ever appears, the total is never NaN". Negative claims
("never X") and exemplars ("a real price (like $29.00)") are both
understood and enforced deterministically.
- `--script` replays the same clicks/fills every iteration, so the
comparison is honest.
- Only call `iterate` after you actually changed something. It diffs
against the previous iteration: fixed / unchanged / new.
## Generated video (Manim, Remotion, ffmpeg, AI-gen)
```bash
watch-skill loop video-gen "<what the video must show>" "<render command>" --output <file>
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add oxbshw/watch-skill/the-loop@sha256:d2b40a9622ceba84The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.4.3, 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_4xiieg4vtf7n2vxf)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Aug 19, 2026 and Sep 8, 2026, about one every 3 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.4.3 latest | 2026-09-08 | f1317c8 | 2,495 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.2 | 2026-09-08 | b6ee470 | 2,495 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.1 | 2026-09-07 | 8df6d4d | 2,495 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.0 | 2026-09-05 | 1a53bae | 2,495 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.0rc1 | 2026-09-02 | ab36fc4 | 2,498 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3.0rc2 | 2026-08-21 | 94c2d16 | 2,498 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3.0rc2 | 2026-08-19 | db22dfd | 2,515 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3.0rc1 | 2026-08-19 | ba68f9f | 2,515 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 (2495 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
oxbshw/watch-skill · 508 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4xiieg4vtf7n2vxf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oxbshw/watch-skill/the-loop GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d2b40a9622ceba845426cec32fc1ca8d18721d1f4f39ab811c026d6c1541f579
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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