trace-scan SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
trace-scan from byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit/trace-scan@git:20261023.d169a6dPins git:20261023.d169a6d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit
- Path
kit/skills/trace-scan/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261023.d169a6d, committed Oct 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 24, 2026
- Size
- 2,455 bytes
- Repository stars
- 26
- License
- MIT
Trace scan (§4.1/§4.2): before a commit, scans the staged changes and the message for AI traces (co-author trailers, footers, robot emoji, tool names) and vendor template names. The git hooks apply it automatically.
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
# Trace Scan (trace-scan)
<!-- routing-eval reads the next line; why it sits in the body: AGENT_TEMPLATE.md -->
Trigger phrases: "scan traces", "trace scan", "AI trace", "check vendor name", "pre-commit audit"
Purpose: to bind §4.1/§4.2 to a *gate* rather than to *memory*. If the rule lives only in text,
a trace leaks sooner or later; this skill + the hooks stop the leak at commit time.
## When
- Before every commit (automatic: `pre-commit` + `commit-msg` hooks).
- Before crew-commit-agent proposes a message (manual verification).
## How
Pattern list: `./.claude/hooks/trace-blocklist.txt` (grep -iE, one pattern per line); in the plugin edition
`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/trace-blocklist.txt`.
- **Defaults are high-hit:** co-author trailers, auto-generation footers, robot emoji, and AI-assistant/tool
brand names. Standalone words that occur too often (model/assistant) are DELIBERATELY excluded. See trace-blocklist.txt for the exact list.
- **Vendor name is project-specific:** ADD the name of the third-party template in use to the list (§4.2).
Manual scan (a quick look without the hook):
```bash
git diff --cached --unified=0 | grep -E '^\+' | grep -Ev '^\+\+\+' \
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit/trace-scan@sha256:c752c505a445ca85The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.d169a6d, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_7m5dlaz25xisth7g)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Sep 24, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026, about one every 6 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261023.d169a6d latest | 2026-10-23 | d169a6d | 2,455 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260929.b7001cd | 2026-09-29 | b7001cd | 2,320 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.a457823 | 2026-09-24 | a457823 | 2,101 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.ccb2bc9 | 2026-09-24 | ccb2bc9 | 2,267 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.bd59e95 | 2026-09-24 | bd59e95 | 2,267 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.ad81b1a | 2026-09-24 | ad81b1a | 2,266 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2455 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
byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit · 26 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7m5dlaz25xisth7g GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit/trace-scan GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c752c505a445ca85e0ad55db4d77b4115c3d69dcd0e43188251acd355418cce9
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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