just-stop SKILL.md skillA
just-stop from nateslabach/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nateslabach/skills/just-stop@git:20260721.2cfc3e2Pins git:20260721.2cfc3e2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nateslabach/skills
- Path
skills/just-stop/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260721.2cfc3e2, committed Jul 21, 2026
- Size
- 2,155 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- MIT
Stops "just one more" small tweaks that add scope without changing the outcome. Use when named (just-stop), or when about to implement extra polish, cleanup, or drive-by fixes beyond the stated goal.
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
# just-stop True craft is knowing when to stop. "One more small change" is usually how scope dies by a thousand cuts. ## When to apply - User names this skill (`just-stop`) - You are about to add "a few small tweaks," polish, cleanup, or drive-by fixes after the goal is already met - A change is justified as "while we're here" or "this will help overall" but is not required for the stated outcome ## What matters Identify the true goal / end state. Then ask: 1. Does this change move that goal from unmet → met? 2. Or does it only make an already-met goal nicer? If (2), stop. Say what you'd tweak and leave it optional. This is not anti-quality. Necessary fixes still ship. Nice-to-haves wait. ## Operating rules - **Goal first**: Restate the required outcome in one line before adding work. - **Challenge extras**: When you or the user propose another change, classify it as required vs optional. Be explicit. - **Ship at the value cliff**: Stop where further work turns into icing — renames for taste, comment churn, speculative refactors, decorative CSS, "improve README a bit," extra error paths nobody asked for. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nateslabach/skills/just-stop@sha256:d2daf2b00f213673The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260721.2cfc3e2, 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_6t2qhvszrsnuriyb)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 21, 2026.
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 (2155 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
nateslabach/skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-29 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6t2qhvszrsnuriyb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nateslabach/skills/just-stop GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d2daf2b00f213673f3543de6587d4a8b999394509678546324d2c814f756456b
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.