cp-skill-convert SKILL.md skillA

cp-skill-convert from zby/commonplace is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add zby/commonplace/cp-skill-convert@git:20261023.f698aa9

Pins git:20261023.f698aa9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
zby/commonplace
Path
kb/instructions/cp-skill-convert/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
9
Latest version
git:20261023.f698aa9, committed Oct 23, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 24, 2026
Size
5,708 bytes
Repository stars
92
License
CC-BY-4.0

Convert notes between types. Currently supports text to note by adding unverified structured frontmatter, renaming the file to match the title, and fixing backlinks. Use with a note path or note name.

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

## EXECUTE NOW

**Target: $ARGUMENTS**

Parse immediately:
- If target contains just a note name or path: convert text → note
- If target requests another conversion form, explain that only text → note is currently implemented
- If target is empty: ask which note to convert

## Supported conversions

### text → note (current)

The primary conversion. Adds frontmatter to a raw text file, making it structured and connectable.

#### Step 1: Locate and verify

Resolve the target to a file path. If just a name, search the project's `kb/` for that filename and require one match. Ask for an explicit path if there are zero or multiple matches. Discovery resolves this one requested artifact; it does not authorize a directory sweep.

Read the file. Verify it has **no frontmatter** (does not start with `---`). If it already has frontmatter, report that it's already structured and stop.

#### Step 2: Understand the content

Read the full file. Identify:
- The core topic (what is this about?) — needed for writing the description
- Whether the current filename matches the `# Title` heading (see Step 3a)

#### Step 3: Generate frontmatter

Add YAML frontmatter at the top of the file:

```yaml
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add zby/commonplace/cp-skill-convert@sha256:7b250b18770d0d2a

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.f698aa9, 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

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_75hbug75io3stvlv.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_75hbug75io3stvlv)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 9 versions of this file, between Apr 24, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026, about one every 23 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261023.f698aa9 latest2026-10-23 f698aa9 5,708 BA view · diff
git:20260925.aa164d52026-09-25 aa164d5 5,482 BA view · diff
git:20260925.7a010572026-09-25 7a01057 5,393 BA view · diff
git:20260925.e6103222026-09-25 e610322 5,375 BA view · diff
git:20260828.16be19f2026-08-28 16be19f 5,399 BA view · diff
git:20260728.f1bcf992026-07-28 f1bcf99 5,443 BA view · diff
git:20260723.c8225362026-07-23 c822536 5,443 BA view · diff
git:20260711.d2304552026-07-11 d230455 5,318 BA view · diff
git:20260424.327f1ff2026-04-24 327f1ff 5,273 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 (5708 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

zby/commonplace · 92 stars · license CC-BY-4.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_75hbug75io3stvlv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zby/commonplace/cp-skill-convert
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7b250b18770d0d2a5bf6d523d81cf526e9a2c5648bcf3c3a1b2785106a710356

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