nw-ab-anti-patterns SKILL.md skillA
nw-ab-anti-patterns from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ab-anti-patterns@git:20261102.c67d57bPins git:20261102.c67d57b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nwave-ai/nwave
- Path
nWave/skills/nw-ab-anti-patterns/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261102.c67d57b, committed Nov 2, 2026
- Size
- 2,951 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
KNOWLEDGE — agent/skill/command anti-pattern catalog with fixes. Reference scanned by validate-spec; no sequence.
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
# nw-ab-anti-patterns (KNOWLEDGE) **Kind**: KNOWLEDGE (reference catalog). Scanned by `nw-ab-validate-spec` (anti-pattern step). No forced sequence. | Anti-Pattern | Why It Fails | Fix | |-------------|-------------|-----| | Monolithic agent (2000+ lines) | Context rot; 3x token cost | Extract to Skills, target 200-400 lines | | Embedded safety frameworks | Duplicates platform; wastes tokens | Construct safety first — tool surface (frontmatter `tools`/`permissionMode`), typed grammar; hooks last resort (GDP-0) | | Aggressive language | Overtriggering on Opus 4.6 | Calm, direct statements | | Zero examples | Fails on subtle/critical behaviors | Include 3-5 canonical examples | | Exhaustive examples (30+) | Diminishing returns; context rot | Keep 3-5 diverse canonical cases | | Specifying default behaviors | 65% of specs redundant | Specify only divergent behaviors | | Negatively phrased rules | Less effective than affirmative | Phrase affirmatively | | Compound instructions | Confuses agent reasoning | Split into separate focused steps | | Inconsistent terminology | Amplifies confusion in longer contexts | One term per concept throughout | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ab-anti-patterns@sha256:8a3dfb21159ed0c0The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.c67d57b, 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_5mn5b6ettjn25ti5)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Nov 2, 2026.
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 (2951 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
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5mn5b6ettjn25ti5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ab-anti-patterns GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8a3dfb21159ed0c0d5fe9a1298193dd891fcf4d8a4ba39a7a8d152d9a9659031
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