ca-init SKILL.md skillA
ca-init from arbiterforge/codearbiter is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add arbiterforge/codearbiter/ca-init@git:20261101.11940bfPins git:20261101.11940bf in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- arbiterforge/codearbiter
- Path
plugins/ca-codex/skills/ca-init/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 10
- Latest version
- git:20261101.11940bf, committed Nov 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 12, 2026
- Size
- 7,086 bytes
- Repository stars
- 152
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Opt this repo into codeArbiter — scaffold the root-level .codearbiter/ state store.
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
# $ca-init — first-run scaffold Stand up the root-level `.codearbiter/` project-state store that opts a repo into arbiter management. This is the v2 replacement for vendoring/`init-vendor`: no symlinks, no shims, no dual root. It writes the activation flag and the empty state files, then hands off to the populator. `.codearbiter/CONTEXT.md` frontmatter `arbiter: enabled` is the single activation flag — it gates the SessionStart persona injection. The scaffolded `CONTEXT.md` is a **stub** (no initialization sentinel), so after scaffolding the project still needs populating before normal operation. <!-- catalog-command-modes:start --> ## Explicit population strategies <!-- command-mode:--greenfield legacy-route:decompose --> `--greenfield` selects the exact [skills/ca-decompose/SKILL.md](../ca-decompose/SKILL.md) workflow. <!-- command-mode:--brownfield legacy-route:create-context --> `--brownfield` selects the exact [skills/ca-create-context/SKILL.md](../ca-create-context/SKILL.md) workflow. That workflow populates an uninitialized stub. For an initialized brownfield project, keep the existing marker and route source-observed acquisition and …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add arbiterforge/codearbiter/ca-init@sha256:10ac7467cda5c172The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261101.11940bf, 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 10 versions of this file, between Jul 12, 2026 and Nov 1, 2026, about one every 12 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261101.11940bf latest | 2026-11-01 | 11940bf | 7,086 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261031.1a23fd3 | 2026-10-31 | 1a23fd3 | 6,856 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261025.6e96d09 | 2026-10-25 | 6e96d09 | 6,612 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261016.5e637bb | 2026-10-16 | 5e637bb | 6,163 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.886d5fa | 2026-10-12 | 886d5fa | 7,418 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.4c2529e | 2026-10-12 | 4c2529e | 7,380 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.4a578c5 | 2026-10-04 | 4a578c5 | 5,093 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.bc9c216 | 2026-09-03 | bc9c216 | 3,810 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260830.00ec49f | 2026-08-30 | 00ec49f | 2,838 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260712.eee3949 | 2026-07-12 | eee3949 | 2,845 B | A | view |
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 (7086 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
arbiterforge/codearbiter · 152 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ayalme5yn3w4nbry GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=arbiterforge/codearbiter/ca-init GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/10ac7467cda5c1723463226f8d2f618fd2e0143dd6a033318714fb13583201c9
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