instruction-sync SKILL.md skillA

instruction-sync from conn-castle/agent-layer is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add conn-castle/agent-layer/instruction-sync@git:20261011.2a8f34a

Pins git:20261011.2a8f34a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
conn-castle/agent-layer
Path
internal/templates/skills-catalog/instruction-sync/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261011.2a8f34a, committed Oct 11, 2026
Size
2,379 bytes
Repository stars
10
License
MIT

Manage ordered local and Git-backed Agent Layer instructions. Use for known instruction imports, status, diff, pull, resolve, reset, push, removal, and projection.

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

<!-- agent-layer-catalog-skill: instruction-sync -->

# Instruction sync

Read `al instructions --help` and the relevant subcommand help before operating.
Start with `al instructions status --all`, which is offline. `al sync` projects
current local content without fetching. Use `pull` to update imports.

`al instructions add <repository> <exact/path.md> --order <integer> --yes`
imports one regular Markdown file. Order is required, nonnegative, globally
unique across imported and local blocks; zero and gaps are valid. Source ref,
tracking, write policy, push repository and push branch use the skills defaults
and flags. Order is configuration-owned and never published upstream.

`diff <filename.md>` accepts `--from` and `--to` base, local, upstream, or
destination. `pull` preserves edits through a three-way merge. For a conflict,
resolve the reported Git workspace index, then run `resolve <filename.md>`.
`reset <filename.md> --yes` discards local imported edits. `remove <repository>
<selector> --yes` removes one import block; modified files block retirement.
`push --yes` respects configured write policies and excludes project-local files.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add conn-castle/agent-layer/instruction-sync@sha256:1bcc56f1450be846

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261011.2a8f34a, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 11, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261011.2a8f34a latest2026-10-11 2a8f34a 2,379 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2379 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

GitHub

conn-castle/agent-layer · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6azdueq2py7ab7em
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=conn-castle/agent-layer/instruction-sync
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1bcc56f1450be846c35554c61c9cbcc6ff4b6affb840e4261a0d4b8d6177b4be

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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