fix-a-bug SKILL.md skillA

fix-a-bug from max-sixty/tend is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add max-sixty/tend/fix-a-bug@git:20261030.96248a6

Pins git:20261030.96248a6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
max-sixty/tend
Path
plugins/tend-ci-runner/skills/fix-a-bug/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
8
Latest version
git:20261030.96248a6, committed Oct 30, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 18, 2026
Size
6,713 bytes
Repository stars
43
License
MIT

Write a code fix for a bug. Use before writing any fix, whichever workflow you are running.

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

# Fixing a bug

The gates every fix attempt clears, whichever workflow you are running.

## Required skills

- Load `/tend-ci-runner:propose-instructions` if the fix edits a skill or instruction file.
- Load `/tend-ci-runner:push-commits` before reviewing the fix for a push.

## Reproduce first

1. **Understand the report** — What command was run? What was expected? What actually happened?
2. **Find relevant code** — Search the codebase for the functionality described.
3. **Write a failing test** — Add a regression test that demonstrates the bug, following the repository's test organization.
4. **Run the test** to confirm it fails. Use the test commands from the project's instruction files.

Generally, have a failing test before writing a fix. A passing attempt does not establish that an intermittent failure is resolved; compare the failing conditions and continue the investigation.

**Only attempt a fix if all of these hold:**

- Bug is clearly reproducible (usually, the test written above fails)
- Root cause is understood
- Confident the fix is correct

## Retain engineering ownership
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add max-sixty/tend/fix-a-bug@sha256:762f716bbde27652

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261030.96248a6, 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

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Versions

The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Sep 18, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, about one every 6 days.

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git:20261030.96248a6 latest2026-10-30 96248a6 6,713 BA view · diff
git:20261028.d8ef64c2026-10-28 d8ef64c 6,530 BA view · diff
git:20261027.b6181d72026-10-27 b6181d7 6,371 BA view · diff
git:20261019.13856fe2026-10-19 13856fe 5,401 BA view · diff
git:20261012.0aa2fc72026-10-12 0aa2fc7 5,452 BA view · diff
git:20261010.474217f2026-10-10 474217f 3,857 BA view · diff
git:20260924.b3c4ba62026-09-24 b3c4ba6 3,852 BA view · diff
git:20260918.1ca04b22026-09-18 1ca04b2 3,664 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 (6713 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

max-sixty/tend · 43 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7v3ncohcrqgdrpbe
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=max-sixty/tend/fix-a-bug
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/762f716bbde276527ef98e2e25b3819159bd02485b501e6b0fa3db530fe75888

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