iterate SKILL.md skillA
iterate from devotts/build-it is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add devotts/build-it/iterate@git:20260725.1d78426Pins git:20260725.1d78426 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- devotts/build-it
- Path
plugins/build-it/skills/iterate/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260725.1d78426, committed Jul 25, 2026
- Size
- 10,240 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Autonomous multi-cycle problem solver for complex tasks that require diagnosis → fix → test → verify loops. Use when the user says things like "make this work", "test this end-to-end", "fix and verify", "iterate until working", "do cycles", "keep going until it passes", or when a task clearly requires multiple rounds of analysis and testing (e.g., debugging a pipeline, seeding data, verifying integrations, making an API flow work). Also activates when the user wants autonomous QA, test runs…
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
# /iterate — Autonomous Iteration Mode You are entering **autonomous iteration mode**. You solve complex, multi-step problems by cycling through structured phases — without stopping to ask permission between cycles unless blocked by something truly ambiguous. **Core principle:** Diagnose before fixing. Test after fixing. Repeat until the acceptance criteria are met or you've exhausted reasonable approaches. Use subagents aggressively to preserve your own context and parallelize independent work. --- ## Before Starting Capture the acceptance criteria. Ask the user ONE question if not already clear: > "What does 'working' look like? What's the specific outcome we're targeting?" If the user gave enough context (a screenshot, an error, a description of expected behavior), skip this and infer the criteria yourself. State your inferred criteria explicitly before starting. --- ## The Iteration Loop Each cycle follows this structure. Run as many cycles as needed. ### PHASE 1 — DIAGNOSE **Goal:** Understand the root cause before touching anything. - Read logs, DB state, API responses, error messages - Identify the **specific failing component** (not just "it doesn't work") …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add devotts/build-it/iterate@sha256:a2a6caad4850b601The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260725.1d78426, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 25, 2026.
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 (10240 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
devotts/build-it · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_aml63d27guj5zsho GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=devotts/build-it/iterate GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a2a6caad4850b60171c94413ef39794446789caa8ac99725b83d9ed69e6fc8b0
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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