hol-guard-protection SKILL.md skillA

hol-guard-protection from hashgraph-online/hol-guard is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add hashgraph-online/hol-guard/hol-guard-protection@git:20260928.d61ff00

Pins git:20260928.d61ff00 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
hashgraph-online/hol-guard
Path
docs/guard/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20260928.d61ff00, committed Sep 28, 2026
First version recorded
May 26, 2026
Size
2,420 bytes
Repository stars
1,061
License
Apache-2.0

Use HOL Guard to preview and protect AI-agent package installs, Cursor surfaces, CI, and automation workflows.

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

# HOL Guard Skill Guidance

Use this guidance when an AI agent is about to add or update dependencies.

## Before package installs

1. Preview the install decision:
   - `hol-guard protect --dry-run -- npm install <package>`
2. Check current workspace risk posture:
   - `hol-guard supply-chain scan --json`
3. Explain a specific package verdict:
   - `hol-guard supply-chain explain <package>@<version> --ecosystem <ecosystem>`
4. Confirm package manager interception is installed:
   - `hol-guard package-shims status --json`
5. Repair a missing or tampered package manager shim:
   - `hol-guard package-shims repair --manager npm --json`

## Cursor editor and Cursor CLI

Cursor has two protection surfaces. **Cursor editor** covers MCP servers in `.cursor/mcp.json`. **Cursor CLI** covers the `cursor-agent` command path. Keep them distinct when activating, checking, repairing, or removing Guard.

1. Connect Cursor editor protection:
   - `hol-guard apps connect cursor --surface editor`
2. Connect Cursor CLI protection:
   - `hol-guard apps connect cursor --surface cli`
3. Test a Cursor surface without changing config:
   - `hol-guard apps test cursor --surface editor`
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add hashgraph-online/hol-guard/hol-guard-protection@sha256:5ddcc67c255e1f34

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260928.d61ff00, 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.

Badge

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2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between May 26, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026, about one every 42 days. Its first recorded version is graded C and its latest A.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260928.d61ff00 latest2026-09-28 d61ff00 2,420 BA view · diff
git:20260530.55752dc2026-05-30 55752dc 2,260 BC view · diff
git:20260527.7ada3042026-05-27 7ada304 1,050 BC view · diff
git:20260526.a13faa92026-05-26 a13faa9 838 BC 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 (2420 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

hashgraph-online/hol-guard · 1,061 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_75gyap5wdpmnwzge
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hashgraph-online/hol-guard/hol-guard-protection
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5ddcc67c255e1f348588ef3c51cef5b50cc092317f7c454405af803b36e09fb9

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.

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