REPLACE-WITH-SKILL-NAME SKILL.md skillA

REPLACE-WITH-SKILL-NAME from nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank/REPLACE-WITH-SKILL-NAME@git:20260803.03f2daa

Pins git:20260803.03f2daa in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank
Path
templates/skill-skeleton/minimal/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260803.03f2daa, committed Aug 3, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 2, 2026
Size
1,508 bytes
Repository stars
95
License
Apache-2.0

One-to-three-sentence description of what the skill does and when to use it. Use when the user asks to "REPLACE-WITH-INTENT-1", "REPLACE-WITH-INTENT-2", or mentions REPLACE-WITH-DOMAIN-TERMS. Include literal trigger phrases the user is likely to say.

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 Name

> **Standalone install?** If this session was not initialized by the TAO skill bank plugin, run the `tao-setup` skill first (host preflight, credentials, cross-skill discovery).

## Quick start

```bash
docker run --gpus all --rm \
  -e <REQUIRED_ENV_VARS> \
  -v /path/to/input:/input \
  -v /path/to/output:/output \
  <container_image> \
  <command>
```

See `tao-skill-bank:tao-run-on-docker` for `docker run` conventions (NGC auth, --gpus, mount patterns).

## Inputs

What the user must provide.

## Outputs

What the skill produces and where to find it.

## Credentials

Env vars the container reads at runtime.

- **`<VAR_NAME>`** — what it's for.

## Known pitfalls

| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| ... | ... | ... |

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank/REPLACE-WITH-SKILL-NAME@sha256:654c1a7cd93f4fe9

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260803.03f2daa, 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

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_aphc2zmkvxl6shvp.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_aphc2zmkvxl6shvp)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 2, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026, about one every 63 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260803.03f2daa latest2026-08-03 03f2daa 1,508 BA view · diff
git:20260602.118d51e2026-06-02 118d51e 1,327 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 (1508 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

nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank · 95 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_aphc2zmkvxl6shvp
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank/REPLACE-WITH-SKILL-NAME
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/654c1a7cd93f4fe94ff3f6a0ce4aad24aecec985fd61001cc1eaa8905a443223

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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