apex-methodology SKILL.md skillA

apex-methodology from fusengine/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add fusengine/agents/apex-methodology@git:20261012.499a4d1

Pins git:20261012.499a4d1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: fusengine/agents
Path: plugins/ai-pilot/skills/apex-methodology/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 3
Latest version: git:20261012.499a4d1, committed Oct 12, 2026
First version recorded: Jul 5, 2026
Size: 6,963 bytes
Repository stars: 34
License: MIT

Use when starting ANY development task -- feature, bug fix, refactor, hotfix (triggers: implement, create, build, fix, add feature, refactor, develop).

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

<objective>
APEX Methodology drives the full Analyze -> Plan -> Execute -> eLicit -> eXamine workflow for any development task -- new features, bug fixes, refactors, hotfixes. It auto-detects the project type (Laravel, Next.js, React, Swift) and loads the matching framework-specific reference set, then walks through branch creation, brainstorming, codebase analysis, planning, TDD execution, expert self-review (eLicit), functional verification, and sniper validation (eXamine) through to PR creation.

It enforces the project's hard constraints throughout: every file within `FUSE_SOLID_MAX_LINES` (the hook ceiling), interfaces kept out of component files, SOLID principles, and a mandatory sniper pass after every Edit/Write (blocked by PostToolUse hooks until it runs). Three modes control how much is automatic: `--auto` (default, no prompts), `--manual` (step-by-step confirmation), and `--skip-elicit` (bypasses the self-review phase).
</objective>

**Current Task:** $ARGUMENTS

# APEX Methodology Skill

**Analyze → Plan → Execute → eLicit → eXamine**

Complete development workflow for features, fixes, and refactoring.

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## Step 0: Initialize Tracking (MANDATORY FIRST ACTION)
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add fusengine/agents/apex-methodology@sha256:b6268daa3016e6b4

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261012.499a4d1, 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](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_bbgrat5udkxr3hwn.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_bbgrat5udkxr3hwn)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jul 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, about one every 49 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261012.499a4d1 latest	2026-10-12	499a4d1	6,963 B	A	view · diff
git:20260729.3b91eed	2026-07-29	3b91eed	6,829 B	A	view · diff
git:20260705.8c2f9bc	2026-07-05	8c2f9bc	6,257 B	A	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 (6963 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

fusengine/agents · 34 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bbgrat5udkxr3hwn
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=fusengine/agents/apex-methodology
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b6268daa3016e6b4e1996698bf1323672639c6458ab952a1ce6fc2450475d7d2

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