readable-code SKILL.md skillA

readable-code from jartan-llc/grimoire is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add jartan-llc/grimoire/readable-code@git:20261023.fc78225

Pins git:20261023.fc78225 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
jartan-llc/grimoire
Path
plugins/praxis/skills/readable-code/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20261023.fc78225, committed Oct 23, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 5, 2026
Size
13,080 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

Language-agnostic local-clarity craft -- shape control flow, the naming of a whole set, and reading order so a body reads straight down with the smallest working set. Sibling to code-hygiene, comment-hygiene and code-structure.

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

# Readable Code

This skill shapes how a single body reads once its units exist: control flow, the naming of a *set* of identifiers, symmetry, and the order, locality and working set that let a reader follow it straight down. Use it with `code-hygiene` for code to delete or a single name to rename, `comment-hygiene` for comments and `code-structure` for where a seam falls or how big a unit is. This skill does not judge formatting other than a phase seam, and gives principles, not a language's constructs.

Every rule below is a recognizable **smell** (something a reader or author can actually spot) -> the **principle** it violates -> a **fix** direction. No line or nesting-depth count gates any rule; that false precision is what these qualitative smells replace.

## Control-flow shape

The physical shape should mirror the logical shape.
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add jartan-llc/grimoire/readable-code@sha256:cc0632c1f75056c4

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.fc78225, 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 4 versions of this file, between Jul 5, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026, about one every 37 days.

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git:20261023.fc78225 latest2026-10-23 fc78225 13,080 BA view · diff
git:20260817.05c470c2026-08-17 05c470c 14,521 BA view · diff
git:20260731.f6add682026-07-31 f6add68 14,479 BA view · diff
git:20260705.faf6c3f2026-07-05 faf6c3f 14,457 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 (13080 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

jartan-llc/grimoire · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6todsrm7evb6z7cg
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jartan-llc/grimoire/readable-code
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cc0632c1f75056c44da82f98d023567958188e4471773b2952fd964e50967da5

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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