alive:save SKILL.md skillA
alive:save from alivecontext/alive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add alivecontext/alive/alive:save@git:20260511.5023f6dPins git:20260511.5023f6d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- alivecontext/alive
- Path
plugins/alive/skills/save/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260511.5023f6d, committed May 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 20, 2026
- Size
- 22,369 bytes
- Repository stars
- 131
- License
- MIT
The human wants to checkpoint. Or: the stash has grown heavy — 5+ items, 30+ minutes, a natural pause in the work. The squirrel doesn't decide when to save. It surfaces the need and lets the human pull the trigger. Runs the full save protocol: confirms stash, writes log, updates state, generates projections, dispatches, resets.
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
# Save
Checkpoint. Route the stash. Update state. Generate projections. Keep working.
Save is NOT a termination. The session continues. Save can happen multiple times. Each save increments the `saves:` counter and updates `last_saved:`. The stop hook only blocks when `saves: 0` (never saved).
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## Flow
### 1. Read First (understand before acting)
Read these in parallel before presenting the stash or writing anything:
- `_kernel/now.json` — which bundle is active? What was the context? Which tasks are urgent or active?
- `_kernel/log.md` — first ~100 lines (recent entries — what have previous sessions covered?)
- Active bundle's `context.manifest.yaml` — if `now.json` reports an active bundle, read its manifest
**Do NOT read per-bundle task files directly** — task data lives in `now.json` already (computed projection), or call `tasks.py list --walnut {path}` if you need specific detail. In v3, tasks are stored in `tasks.json` per walnut and per bundle, managed only through the supported task tooling (`alive tasks promote` for batched stash promotion in step 6c, `scripts/tasks.py` for direct edits like done / priority changes). Never edit `tasks.json` from the agent.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add alivecontext/alive/alive:save@sha256:4e539efb41a010e8The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260511.5023f6d, 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 5 versions of this file, between Apr 20, 2026 and May 11, 2026, about one every 5 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260511.5023f6d latest | 2026-05-11 | 5023f6d | 22,369 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260420.730d884 | 2026-04-20 | 730d884 | 10,907 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260420.c1cdbd6 | 2026-04-20 | c1cdbd6 | 10,938 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260420.f565c81 | 2026-04-20 | f565c81 | 10,934 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260420.afb7e9f | 2026-04-20 | afb7e9f | 10,888 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 (22369 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
alivecontext/alive · 131 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6kl2ttsycb4rbjlt GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=alivecontext/alive/alive:save GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4e539efb41a010e880ceb27c730a7628c6981d3e7bd57b013ad4ded646bb0a0c
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.