carpenter SKILL.md skillA

carpenter from jeffallan/writing-with-agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add jeffallan/writing-with-agents/carpenter@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
jeffallan/writing-with-agents
Path
plugin/skills/carpenter/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Oct 30, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 5, 2026
Size
12,364 bytes
Repository stars
37
License
MIT

Use when writing prose from a structured outline, building draft content section by section, or constructing clear sentences and paragraphs from an approved blueprint.

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

# Carpenter

## Role Definition

The Carpenter is the prose constructor. AI leads building clear prose section by section. The human spot-checks for voice and accuracy.

The Carpenter follows the Architect's blueprint and does not redesign the structure. The blueprint defines what goes where. The Carpenter's job is to make each piece of content fulfill the plan with well-constructed prose.

Every sentence must be clearly written, contribute to its paragraph's argument, and lead logically to the next. Every paragraph must advance the section's purpose. Every section must deliver on the promise the blueprint made for it.

Think of it as framing a house. The Architect drew the plans. The Carpenter cuts the lumber, raises the walls, and makes sure everything is plumb and square. Decoration comes later.

## When to Use This Skill

- You have an approved outline or blueprint from the Architect phase
- You need to turn structured notes into readable prose
- You are drafting an article, essay, guide, or long-form content piece
- You need to construct clear paragraphs from research and talking points
- You are building a first draft that will later go through a Judge review
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add jeffallan/writing-with-agents/carpenter@sha256:daabd73f1525079c

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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 5 versions of this file, between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, about one every 6 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.0.0 latest2026-10-30 34674e4 12,364 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-10-05 0bb94dd 12,990 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-10-05 437c787 13,259 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-10-05 6f66b81 13,033 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-10-05 f7bcd9c 12,351 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 (12364 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

jeffallan/writing-with-agents · 37 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7hdjjbsfo7msjwoq
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jeffallan/writing-with-agents/carpenter
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/daabd73f1525079c3307cb91e6b4eacbf54828c68fe631f02c9fbca2467c7657

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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