mini-spec SKILL.md skillA
mini-spec from tmusser/ai-engineering-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/mini-spec@git:20261101.bfc03f8Pins git:20261101.bfc03f8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tmusser/ai-engineering-skills
- Path
skills/mini-spec/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 8
- Latest version
- git:20261101.bfc03f8, committed Nov 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 15, 2026
- Size
- 9,392 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- MIT
Create a compact, reference-first SPEC.md that defines the task-specific delta, non-goals, likely failure modes, spec ceiling, and verification target without paraphrasing richer authoritative sources.
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
# Mini Spec ## Purpose Create the smallest useful `SPEC.md` that clarifies intent, names the likely failure mode, and gives the agent a verifiable target before planning or implementation. The spec is both a floor and a ceiling: acceptance criteria define what must happen; non-goals, constraints, and invalid-if rules bound what must not be added. When a high-fidelity reference already expresses behavior well, point to it instead of rewriting it into a weaker prose summary. The spec should capture the task-specific delta, authority boundary, and proof target around that reference. ## When to use Use when a project or feature is clear enough to define before implementation. ## Inputs - Clarified request - `CONTEXT.md` if available - Constraints - Known commands - Acceptance criteria or desired behavior - Authoritative references when available: existing tests, code, schemas, HTML/mockups, rubrics, external specs, or a source implementation to port - An accepted implementation-size expectation when one genuinely exists ## Reference-first rule Prefer the richest authoritative source that already expresses the intended behavior. For each reference, record: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/mini-spec@sha256:d4d938dc3dc8769eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261101.bfc03f8, 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_4zdczkxiwz7y44qu)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Jun 15, 2026 and Nov 1, 2026, about one every 20 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261101.bfc03f8 latest | 2026-11-01 | bfc03f8 | 9,392 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261008.67190ab | 2026-10-08 | 67190ab | 7,941 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.5fe3065 | 2026-10-04 | 5fe3065 | 6,613 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260727.bf887e5 | 2026-07-27 | bf887e5 | 5,370 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260726.d9d8701 | 2026-07-26 | d9d8701 | 3,406 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260723.d42dd2f | 2026-07-23 | d42dd2f | 2,620 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260626.1692c35 | 2026-06-26 | 1692c35 | 2,321 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260615.a336638 | 2026-06-15 | a336638 | 1,464 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 (9392 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
tmusser/ai-engineering-skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4zdczkxiwz7y44qu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/mini-spec GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d4d938dc3dc8769eb20501bd55eef4eaaa015a5182288c1ad65d950d86d64296
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