dev-conventions SKILL.md skillA
dev-conventions from rashadansari/myagents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rashadansari/myagents/dev-conventions@git:20260612.6176a4dPins git:20260612.6176a4d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rashadansari/myagents
- Path
plugins/albino/skills/dev-conventions/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260612.6176a4d, committed Jun 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 16, 2026
- Size
- 7,972 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- MIT
Development conventions: think before coding, simplicity first, reuse and duplication discipline, surgical scope, localization, UI consistency, validation, data alignment, and verifiable success criteria. Activate when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code in any project, or when the user asks to "improve reusability", "reduce duplication", or "DRY this up".
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
# Development Conventions General rules that apply across all projects. Read and follow before making any code change. **Tradeoff:** These rules bias toward caution over speed. For trivial tasks, use judgment. ## Think Before Coding **Don't assume. Don't hide confusion. Surface tradeoffs.** Before implementing: - State your assumptions explicitly. If uncertain, ask. - If multiple interpretations exist, present them - don't pick silently. - If a simpler approach exists, say so. Push back when warranted. - If something is unclear, stop. Name what's confusing. Ask. ## Simplicity First **Minimum code that solves the problem. Nothing speculative.** - No features beyond what was asked. - No abstractions for single-use code. - No "flexibility" or "configurability" that wasn't requested. - No error handling for impossible scenarios. - If you write 200 lines and it could be 50, rewrite it. Ask yourself: "Would a senior engineer say this is overcomplicated?" If yes, simplify. ## Reuse Before Creating - Before adding a component, helper, constant, service, or utility: search the codebase first - If an equivalent already exists, import and reuse it …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rashadansari/myagents/dev-conventions@sha256:e50668ff47a3a708The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260612.6176a4d, 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 4 versions of this file, between May 16, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026, about one every 9 days.
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| git:20260612.6176a4d latest | 2026-06-12 | 6176a4d | 7,972 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260522.6137508 | 2026-05-22 | 6137508 | 4,527 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260522.78724cd | 2026-05-22 | 78724cd | 4,596 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260516.5a6b0ae | 2026-05-16 | 5a6b0ae | 4,324 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 (7972 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
rashadansari/myagents · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-16 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bkumk7252ks4hcym GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rashadansari/myagents/dev-conventions GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e50668ff47a3a708e3652b58e128eb1aa665c20f47644671441b10c1728b685f
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.
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