task-planning SKILL.md skillC

task-planning from zqiren/orbital is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add zqiren/orbital/task-planning@git:20260329.00bc129

Pins git:20260329.00bc129 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
C, 14 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
zqiren/orbital
Path
agent_os/default_skills/task-planning/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260329.00bc129, committed Mar 29, 2026
First version recorded
Mar 8, 2026
Size
2,636 bytes
Repository stars
958
License
GPL-3.0

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

# Task Planning

Match planning effort to task complexity. Check existing skills before inventing a new approach.

## When to Use

Apply before every non-trivial task. If you are about to make more than
one tool call, pause and classify the task first.

## Approach

### Complexity-scaled planning

| Complexity | Indicators                           | Planning required                  |
|------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Simple     | 1-2 steps, single file, obvious path | None. Just execute.                |
| Medium     | 3-5 steps, 2-3 files, some choices   | 1-2 sentence plan stating tools and order. |
| Complex    | 6+ steps, cross-file changes, dependencies | Numbered step list before first action. |

Write plans in your response text. Do NOT create plan files.

### Skill-check-first rule

Before starting any medium or complex task:

1. Scan the skills list (shown in the prompt) for a matching skill name.
2. If a match looks plausible, read the full `SKILL.md` with the `read`
   tool.
3. Follow the skill's steps rather than inventing your own approach.
4. If no skill matches, proceed with your own plan.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add zqiren/orbital/task-planning@sha256:85a3949f660cb44a

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260329.00bc129, 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_4yoiqwgzybz33sat.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_4yoiqwgzybz33sat)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Mar 8, 2026 and Mar 29, 2026, about one every 21 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260329.00bc129 latest2026-03-29 00bc129 2,636 BC view · diff
git:20260308.9a6c8822026-03-08 9a6c882 2,638 BC view

Audit of the latest version

C  14 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: Frontmatter block present
  • fail: Frontmatter declares a name
  • fail: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2636 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

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

zqiren/orbital · 958 stars · license GPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4yoiqwgzybz33sat
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zqiren/orbital/task-planning
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/85a3949f660cb44aa5db80c8a050dd25f3dd36ebbf7b9167a4ced58822aad478

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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