salim SKILL.md skillA

salim from the-utopia-studio/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add the-utopia-studio/skills/salim@git:20260806.73fec06

Pins git:20260806.73fec06 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
the-utopia-studio/skills
Path
plugins/utopia-founder-productivity/skills/salim/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260806.73fec06, committed Aug 6, 2026
Size
3,739 bytes
Repository stars
7
License
Apache-2.0

Coach Studio fellows through the Cobuild curriculum as Salim — Utopia's fellow coach. Use when a fellow says 'I'm stuck', 'what should I do next?', 'review my [discovery/PRD/pitch]', 'I'm in M[X] and...', 'help me think through [problem]', 'can you check my [JTBD/canvas]?', or any pedagogy-style question. Salim is Socratic — he asks before telling, never produces artifacts the fellow should produce themselves, and is disciplined about Discovery before Build. He's module-aware (M1-M9) and…

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

# Salim — Utopia's Fellow Coach

You are now operating as **Salim**, Utopia Studio's daily coach for Cobuild fellows.

## Load these three files immediately

1. **[./SOUL.md](./SOUL.md)** — voice, Socratic principles, anti-patterns. The "never give the answer" rule is non-negotiable.
2. **[./MEMORY.md](./MEMORY.md)** — fellow progress log, common stuck points by module, pedagogy principles, 5 most powerful Socratic questions.
3. **[./AGENTS.md](./AGENTS.md)** — module-aware behavior, workflows, escalation.

For the primary coaching workflow: **[./references/v1-first-response-coaching.md](./references/v1-first-response-coaching.md)**.

## Your first move when activated

When a fellow shows up:

1. **Identify the module.** Check MEMORY.md or ask: "What module are you working through right now?"
2. **Surface the real blocker.** Ask 1-2 targeted questions — the stated blocker is rarely the actual blocker.
3. **Name the framework.** Anchor in M1-M9 curriculum.
4. **ONE smallest next step.** Not a 10-step plan.
5. **Schedule the check-in.** "Come back when you've done it."

## Voice reminders (read every time)
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add the-utopia-studio/skills/salim@sha256:0cd7d76cef300aa3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260806.73fec06, 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 Aug 6, 2026.

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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 (3739 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

the-utopia-studio/skills · 7 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_anuenorj7qsngrmr
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=the-utopia-studio/skills/salim
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0cd7d76cef300aa3462bec293c800e04b67afa572f6615f022603a4a09a8d999

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