boat SKILL.md skillA
boat from davidondrej/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add davidondrej/skills/boat@git:20261018.eaed515Pins git:20261018.eaed515 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- davidondrej/skills
- Path
skills/ops-and-setup/boat/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261018.eaed515, committed Oct 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 26, 2026
- Size
- 8,031 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,161
- License
- MIT
Manage Boat (boat.dev, formerly Box by Ascii) cloud sandboxes via API, CLI, and SSH. Use for provisioning, environments, secrets, templates, snapshots, stop/resume/fork, or running BB and coding agents on Boat.
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
# Boat Manage machines through the API or CLI; use SSH or the command API inside a VM. Before direct API calls, credential changes, or recovery, read [operations and observations](references/operations.md), including its authentication example. ## Box to Boat migration Use `boat`, `https://boat.dev/api/v1`, `/sandboxes`, and the API key for current examples. Docs live at `https://docs.boat.dev`. Existing projects may still use Box names; inspect their configuration before migrating. Renaming this skill does not authorize changing installed tools, deployed applications, or credentials. See [migration notes](references/operations.md#box-to-boat-migration). ## Identify the account and target 1. Read project instructions and operational notes. Verify the account, organization, sandbox, and repository; reuse existing mappings instead of provisioning duplicates. 2. Load the API key from the environment or the project's documented, gitignored credentials file. Do not assume a universal path, search unrelated credential stores, or print credentials. Use the secrets skill for a new key. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add davidondrej/skills/boat@sha256:fbe7969049c92390The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261018.eaed515, 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_6imai4wmfpjwyspz)
3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Sep 26, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026, about one every 11 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261018.eaed515 latest | 2026-10-18 | eaed515 | 8,031 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.bbafe9d | 2026-10-12 | bbafe9d | 8,000 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260926.7dce66c | 2026-09-26 | 7dce66c | 8,021 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 (8031 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
davidondrej/skills · 4,161 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6imai4wmfpjwyspz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=davidondrej/skills/boat GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fbe7969049c923904f2e427e0f78174a66268b35c12463e6a8ade67fc21c44ba
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.