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bootstrap from snapsynapse/skill-provenance is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add snapsynapse/skill-provenance/bootstrap@git:20260820.3ed2639Pins git:20260820.3ed2639 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- snapsynapse/skill-provenance
- Path
skills/bootstrap/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260820.3ed2639, committed Aug 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 12, 2026
- Size
- 4,394 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Add version tracking to an existing unversioned skill bundle. Use when you have a skill project with SKILL.md but no MANIFEST.yaml, no version headers, and no changelog. Creates the initial manifest, adds version metadata to files, and generates the first changelog entry. Triggers on: "bootstrap this skill", "add versioning", "start tracking versions", "create a manifest", "this skill has no versioning".
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
# Skill Provenance: Bootstrap Add provenance tracking to an existing unversioned skill bundle. This is a one-time operation that creates the initial manifest, version headers, and changelog. ## When to use Run `/skill-provenance:bootstrap` when you have a skill directory that contains a `SKILL.md` but lacks `MANIFEST.yaml`. This is the entry point for adopting Skill Provenance on an existing project. If the bundle already has a `MANIFEST.yaml`, use `/skill-provenance:open` instead. ## Protocol 1. **Inventory all files.** Read the directory structure yourself — do not ask the user to list files. Identify: - `SKILL.md` (required — if missing, this isn't a skill bundle) - Evals files (e.g., `evals.json`) - Scripts (e.g., `generate.js`, `validate.sh`) - Output artifacts (`.docx`, `.pdf`) - Source material provided by the user - Any other files present 2. **Propose version numbers.** Ask the user what version to assign. If there's a handoff note, git history, or other context suggesting prior versions, propose a number based on that history. Default to `1.0.0` for the bundle and `1` for individual files if no history exists. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add snapsynapse/skill-provenance/bootstrap@sha256:f58012b0cc7be3aeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260820.3ed2639, 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 3 versions of this file, between Apr 12, 2026 and Aug 20, 2026, about one every 65 days. Its first recorded version is graded B and its latest A.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260820.3ed2639 latest | 2026-08-20 | 3ed2639 | 4,394 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260721.8002a07 | 2026-07-21 | 8002a07 | 4,365 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260412.2f1c907 | 2026-04-12 | 2f1c907 | 4,461 B | B | 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 (4394 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
snapsynapse/skill-provenance · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7pfx2jupcxpdi6vj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=snapsynapse/skill-provenance/bootstrap GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f58012b0cc7be3ae2373f78c3efdf0d88cb37b03dec6ba75d3976655614401f6
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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