software-engineer SKILL.md skillA
software-engineer from pyroxin/opinionated-claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pyroxin/opinionated-claude-skills/software-engineer@git:20260730.234786cPins git:20260730.234786c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pyroxin/opinionated-claude-skills
- Path
opinionated-software-engineering/skills/software-engineer/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260730.234786c, committed Jul 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Nov 29, 2025
- Size
- 48,771 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- EPL-2.0
Core software engineering philosophy and design principles based on Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP). Use for all software development tasks including writing code, designing systems, refactoring, or making architectural decisions. MUST ALWAYS be loaded when working on any kind of software development or design task!
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
# Software Engineer <skill_scope skill="software-engineer"> ## Overview This skill provides fundamental software engineering philosophy and design principles derived from _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_ (SICP) by Abelson and Sussman. Apply these principles to all software development work to create well-designed, maintainable, and robust systems. **Related skills:** - `functional-programmer` — Functional paradigm principles and patterns - `object-oriented-programmer` — OOP principles including SOLID - `logic-programmer` — Logic/relational programming patterns - `test-driven-development` — Testing philosophy and practices - `git-version-control` — Version control workflows </skill_scope> <core_philosophy> ## Core Philosophy <program_as_expression> ### Program as Expression of Ideas Computer programming is fundamentally about expressing ideas, not just getting computers to do things. Code is written for humans to read and understand; execution by computers is incidental. Prioritize clarity and expressiveness in all code. </program_as_expression> <utilitarian_code> ### Write Utilitarian Code …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pyroxin/opinionated-claude-skills/software-engineer@sha256:327977cc60aeec45The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260730.234786c, 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 Nov 29, 2025 and Jul 30, 2026, about one every 61 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260730.234786c latest | 2026-07-30 | 234786c | 48,771 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260730.4ff4749 | 2026-07-30 | 4ff4749 | 48,327 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251203.c15c4d0 | 2025-12-03 | c15c4d0 | 42,984 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251203.3f92665 | 2025-12-03 | 3f92665 | 42,067 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251129.c7223ee | 2025-11-29 | c7223ee | 41,729 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 (48771 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
pyroxin/opinionated-claude-skills · 9 stars · license EPL-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-13 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5bsq2bbdhpxqlnhb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pyroxin/opinionated-claude-skills/software-engineer GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/327977cc60aeec45a5d22312da038f49d6b90923f0bde3709484ee5b08efd7ae
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