proof-of-work SKILL.md skillA
proof-of-work from athola/claude-night-market is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add athola/claude-night-market/proof-of-work@git:20261005.72b0a8fPins git:20261005.72b0a8f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- athola/claude-night-market
- Path
plugins/imbue/skills/proof-of-work/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261005.72b0a8f, committed Oct 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 25, 2026
- Size
- 9,207 bytes
- Repository stars
- 348
- License
- MIT
Enforces validation and evidence before claiming work complete. Use before declaring implementation done, creating a PR, or submitting deliverables for review.
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
> "It looks correct" is not "I verified it works." > Proof-of-work is the discipline of closing that gap: > reproducible evidence before any claim that a task is done. # Proof of Work ## When NOT To Use - Planning before implementation (use `imbue:karpathy-principles`) - Deciding whether the work is in scope (use `imbue:scope-guard`) ## Overview The "Proof of Work" methodology prevents premature completion claims by requiring technical verification before stating that a task is finished. For example, instead of assuming an LSP configuration functions after a restart, we verify that the server starts and that tools respond to queries. This approach confirms the solution works before the user attempts validation. Before claiming completion, provide reproducible evidence of the solution's performance and address edge cases. All claims must be backed by actual command output captured in the current environment. ## The Iron Law **NO IMPLEMENTATION WITHOUT A FAILING TEST FIRST** **NO COMPLETION CLAIM WITHOUT EVIDENCE FIRST** **NO CODE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING FIRST** The Iron Law prevents testing from becoming a perfunctory exercise. If …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add athola/claude-night-market/proof-of-work@sha256:3438dbbd74a7af8bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261005.72b0a8f, 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_5ro7xdfpuoo5brm3)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jun 25, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 20 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261005.72b0a8f latest | 2026-10-05 | 72b0a8f | 9,207 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.4a35d69 | 2026-09-02 | 4a35d69 | 8,760 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260823.f0790a1 | 2026-08-23 | f0790a1 | 9,102 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260713.f98719b | 2026-07-13 | f98719b | 8,549 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260701.29081fd | 2026-07-01 | 29081fd | 8,395 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260625.88636be | 2026-06-25 | 88636be | 8,114 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 (9207 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
athola/claude-night-market · 348 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5ro7xdfpuoo5brm3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=athola/claude-night-market/proof-of-work GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3438dbbd74a7af8be048b5b71b557214bd63e94881fc881422d6a5a8520556b5
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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