rara-docs-journal SKILL.md skillA

rara-docs-journal from linkerdog/rara is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add linkerdog/rara/rara-docs-journal@git:20260512.3a03083

Pins git:20260512.3a03083 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: linkerdog/rara
Path: .agents/skills/rara-docs-journal/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 1
Latest version: git:20260512.3a03083, committed May 12, 2026
Size: 2,385 bytes
Repository stars: 17
License: Apache-2.0

Use when creating, updating, or reviewing RARA implementation journals under docs/journal/. Applies to dated rollout notes, implementation checkpoints, validation evidence, and deciding what belongs in a journal versus a feature spec or docs/todo.md.

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

# RARA Journal Writing

Use this skill when writing or reviewing `docs/journal/YYYY-MM-DD-topic.md`
files in this repository.

## Goal

Keep journals as concise implementation records:

- what changed
- why it changed
- what was validated
- what remains open

Journals are not canonical specs and should not become scratch-note dumps.

## Surface Rules

- Journal files live under `docs/journal/`.
- Filenames use `YYYY-MM-DD-topic.md`.
- Use one topic per file; append to an existing journal when the follow-up is
  part of the same rollout.
- Stable contracts belong in `docs/features/`.
- Open follow-up work belongs in `docs/todo.md`.

## Structure

A normal journal should use these sections when they fit:

- `Summary`
- `Background`
- `Scope`
- `Key Decisions`
- `Validation`
- `Follow-Ups`

For small checkpoints, shorter headings are fine if the entry still records the
post-change truth and the remaining work.

## Writing Rules

### Record Post-Change Truth

Do not leave pre-fix wording in place after the same PR already changed the
code or docs. If a step landed, mark it as done or remove it from remaining
work.

### Keep TODO And Journal Aligned
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add linkerdog/rara/rara-docs-journal@sha256:728c28ec3147e376

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260512.3a03083, 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 1 version of this file, committed on May 12, 2026.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260512.3a03083 latest	2026-05-12	3a03083	2,385 B	A	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 (2385 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

linkerdog/rara · 17 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_766smlf7pxowysfi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=linkerdog/rara/rara-docs-journal
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/728c28ec3147e3769aa0af9798fa1e66e5b13d4ef44de73cc42b2ba6df60dd82

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