ken-review SKILL.md skillA

ken-review from rajnandan1/ken is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add rajnandan1/ken/ken-review@git:20260826.e88374f

Pins git:20260826.e88374f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
rajnandan1/ken
Path
.openclaw/skills/ken-review/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260826.e88374f, committed Aug 26, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 26, 2026
Size
2,336 bytes
Repository stars
14
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Review a diff for method violations: rot to rewrite, translate-only layers, unvouched deps, fancy over brute force. One line per finding.

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

Review diffs for Thompson-mode violations. One line per finding: location,
what's wrong, the move. The diff's best outcome is fewer layers and a
smaller trusted base.

## Format

`L<line>: <tag> <what>. <the move>.`, or `<file>:L<line>: ...` for
multi-file diffs.

Tags:

- `rot:` unit on repeated patches; the next fix is a rewrite, not patch N+1. Name the rewrite's shape.
- `layer:` wrapper, adapter, or manager that adds no decision of its own. Delete it, move callers down a level.
- `unvouched:` dependency or pasted code nobody present can explain. Vouch for it (read it) or replace with a few lines you own.
- `fancy:` clever algorithm where the plain loop wins at this scale. Name the brute-force form; demand the measurement that justifies fancy.
- `ceremony:` process, abstraction, or config that serves the process itself. Remove it.

## Examples

❌ "This caching layer might benefit from reconsidering its abstraction
boundaries and perhaps simplifying the invalidation strategy."

✅ `L12-60: rot: third patch on this cache's invalidation. Rewrite on a plain dict + mtime check, ~25 lines.`
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add rajnandan1/ken/ken-review@sha256:d39da5432f5dc4dc

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260826.e88374f, 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 2 versions of this file, all committed on Aug 26, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260826.e88374f latest2026-08-26 e88374f 2,336 BA view · diff
git:20260826.fb9074e2026-08-26 fb9074e 2,347 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 (2336 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

rajnandan1/ken · 14 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6rsj5acphiiooiip
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rajnandan1/ken/ken-review
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d39da5432f5dc4dcceecbd4fde28eaa4a57db79d43b278d263043504c039c037

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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