proof-of-work skillA
proof-of-work is agent-read markdown (skill) from athola/claude-night-market: Enforces validation and evidence before claiming work complete. Use before declaring implementation done, creating a PR, or submitting deliverables for review..
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns 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@git:20260902.4a35d69mdr add athola/claude-night-market/proof-of-work@sha256:c1ba7cb235c398adPin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_5ro7xdfpuoo5brm3)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260902.4a35d69 latest | 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 (8760 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 · 338 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-22 · 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/c1ba7cb235c398ad59bf76bc0739fac96ef47e182ec73d1ca4088299ec11ba64
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