synthesis-onboarding SKILL.md skillB

synthesis-onboarding from synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-onboarding@v3.3.2

Pins v3.3.2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
B, 16 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills
Path
skills/synthesis-onboarding/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
31
Latest version
v3.3.2, committed Nov 5, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 5, 2026
Size
7,331 bytes
Repository stars
23
License
Apache-2.0

Install synthesis on a Mac for Claude Code, Codex and Muse, bring a workspace's repositories onto a new Mac from repos.yaml, enroll an organization's config, update or uninstall, then verify with synthesis doctor. Use to onboard, install, set up, update, repair or diagnose synthesis.

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

# Synthesis Onboarding

One script, `scripts/setup.py`, sets synthesis up on a Mac: the plugin in each harness
with that harness's own commands, Codex's settings, the stable runtime, and optionally a
workspace's repositories or an organization's configuration. `synthesis doctor` then
proves each part.

## Binding rules

1. **The native plugin, installed with each harness's own commands, is the only install path.** Never copy skills into a harness cache; the private layer installs on top without editing public files.
2. **Every step is safe to rerun.** Finished work is reported, not redone; an interrupted run resumes when run again.
3. **Never overwrite what a person wrote.** A workspace `AGENTS.md`/`CLAUDE.md` setup did not create, an edited skill copy, a checkout with local work or another origin: keep it and name it. Replacing instructions needs `--adopt-workspace-instructions`, which archives first.
4. **Touch only the config keys setup owns, after a backup.** An explicit Codex `hooks = false` stays, with a warning that no guard runs there.
5. **Hook trust belongs to the person.** Never approve Codex `/hooks` or Muse hooks; say what is waiting.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-onboarding@sha256:90e114de44bbcbd4

The line at the top of this page pins the label v3.3.2, 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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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_agmg6vqthlzdy2ze.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_agmg6vqthlzdy2ze)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 31 versions of this file, between Sep 5, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026, about one every 2 days.

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v3.3.2 latest2026-11-05 9bc7d02 7,331 BB view · diff
v3.3.12026-11-05 986fb34 7,331 BB view · diff
v3.3.02026-10-31 7984327 7,331 BB view · diff
v3.2.12026-10-30 99fe9b8 7,108 BB view · diff
v3.2.02026-10-30 38ecf9c 7,108 BB view · diff
v3.1.02026-10-30 deeb62e 7,108 BB view · diff
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v3.0.12026-10-06 22a5e58 6,644 BB view · diff
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v2.3.32026-09-05 84c8849 17,696 BB view · diff
v2.3.22026-09-05 ff01862 17,137 BB view

Audit of the latest version

B  16 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: No curl or wget piped into a shell (matched: curl | sh)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7331 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 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

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills · 23 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_agmg6vqthlzdy2ze
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-onboarding
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/90e114de44bbcbd47d16571bed06ce1df6c40c23f72aadcc4e13843d1c00525b

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