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deft-directive-build from deftai/directive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add deftai/directive/deft-directive-build@git:20261014.78eb114

Pins git:20261014.78eb114 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: deftai/directive
Path: content/skills/deft-directive-build/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 7
Latest version: git:20261014.78eb114, committed Oct 14, 2026
First version recorded: Sep 10, 2026
Size: 52,866 bytes
Repository stars: 31
License: a license file GitHub does not identify

Build a project from scope xBRIEFs following Deft Directive framework standards. Use after deft-directive-setup has generated the project definition, or when the user has story xBRIEFs in xbrief/active/ ready to implement. Handles scaffolding, implementation, testing, and quality checks phase by phase.

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

<!-- AUTO-GENERATED by task packs:render -- DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY -->
<!-- Purpose: rendered skill -->
<!-- Source of truth: packs/skills/skills-pack-0.1.json -->
<!-- Regenerate with: task packs:render -->
<!-- Edit the source, not this file. Slice instead of loading every SKILL.md: task packs:slice skills by-trigger --trigger <kw> (or list) -->

# Deft Directive Build

Implements a project from its scope xBRIEFs following Deft Directive standards.

Legend (from RFC2119): !=MUST, ~=SHOULD, ≉=SHOULD NOT, ⊗=MUST NOT, ?=MAY.

## When to Use

- After `deft-directive-setup` completes and generates `PROJECT-DEFINITION.xbrief.json`
- User says "build this", "implement the spec", or "start building"
- Resuming a partially-built project that has story xBRIEFs in `xbrief/active/`

## Ordered-plan / cohort exhaustion (#2402)

## Multi-scope turn/cache budget (epic #3009)

Multi-scope greenfield (app-bank pins, N story scopes) multiplies agent turns when ceremony, promote, check, and render are re-run per scope. Apply the following after offline seed.

### Offline seed vs implement phase (#3010)
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add deftai/directive/deft-directive-build@sha256:89000f878855b152

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.78eb114, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_6hdwia62wxerja3s.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_6hdwia62wxerja3s)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Sep 10, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 6 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261014.78eb114 latest	2026-10-14	78eb114	52,866 B	A	view · diff
git:20261004.d7a7d32	2026-10-04	d7a7d32	52,359 B	A	view · diff
git:20260924.84e6381	2026-09-24	84e6381	50,076 B	A	view · diff
git:20260916.2e980f5	2026-09-16	2e980f5	49,764 B	A	view · diff
git:20260916.b68b933	2026-09-16	b68b933	49,304 B	A	view · diff
git:20260911.a1d1307	2026-09-11	a1d1307	49,054 B	A	view · diff
git:20260910.0fedaae	2026-09-10	0fedaae	48,347 B	A	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 (52866 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

deftai/directive · 31 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6hdwia62wxerja3s
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=deftai/directive/deft-directive-build
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/89000f878855b152a057198e8f38dbc11463350f0e834c64de2ef880f05609ab

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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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deft-directive-build SKILL.md skill

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