protocol-quiet-in-groups SKILL.md skillA
protocol-quiet-in-groups from bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop/protocol-quiet-in-groups@git:20260523.6463e9fPins git:20260523.6463e9f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop
- Path
skills/protocol-quiet-in-groups/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260523.6463e9f, committed May 23, 2026
- Size
- 1,505 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2,482
- License
- MIT
Enforces PROTOCOLS.md "stay quiet in group chats" deterministically. Blocks outbound messages in Discord/Telegram/Slack/etc group channels when the bot was not @mentioned and recently spoke.
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
# protocol-quiet-in-groups In group channels (Discord, Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp groups, Google Chat rooms, IRC), the agent should usually observe more than it speaks. PROTOCOLS.md captures this as a "speak ~1 in 5 turns" rule, but as a prompt-level instruction it is fragile under high-engagement conditions. This interceptor makes the rule deterministic. If the agent is in a group channel AND was not @mentioned in the last 3 turns AND has spoken within the past minute (or is in the first few turns of joining), it silently blocks the next outbound message. ## What you'll see In group chats you will notice the agent participating less often than it would otherwise. When it is directly addressed (@bitterbot or @bot), the block is bypassed and the agent responds normally. ## Implementation Built-in interceptor `protocol-quiet-in-groups:default` lives in `src/agents/skills/builtin-interceptors/protocol-quiet-in-groups.ts`. High priority (90) so it short-circuits ahead of recall/calibration when it fires. Up to 50 fires per session.
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop/protocol-quiet-in-groups@sha256:943868e2ed6c62b5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260523.6463e9f, 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_6tdxej6fcaqdcgv2)
4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 23, 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 (1505 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
bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop · 2,482 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6tdxej6fcaqdcgv2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop/protocol-quiet-in-groups GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/943868e2ed6c62b5841c2506b9c63be94a4bbee0bc7cf18af65610123f32f980
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.