api-cms-payload SKILL.md skillA
api-cms-payload from agents-inc/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add agents-inc/skills/api-cms-payload@git:20261016.afd0e14Pins git:20261016.afd0e14 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- agents-inc/skills
- Path
src/skills/api-cms-payload/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261016.afd0e14, committed Oct 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 20, 2026
- Size
- 18,173 bytes
- Repository stars
- 26
- License
- MIT
Payload CMS v3 — TypeScript-native headless CMS with code-first collections, hooks, access control, Local/REST/GraphQL APIs, admin panel, and database adapter pattern.
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
# Payload CMS Patterns
> **Quick Guide:** Use Payload for code-first content management with TypeScript. Define collections and globals as config objects with typed fields, hooks, and access control functions. Prefer the Local API (`payload.find`, `payload.create`) for server-side operations. Always generate TypeScript types from your config. Use database adapters (Postgres or MongoDB) and never hardcode credentials. Access control functions receive `{ req }` with the authenticated user. Hooks run at the document lifecycle level (beforeChange, afterChange, etc.) and must not have side effects that block the request unless intentional.
---
<critical_requirements>
## CRITICAL: Before Using This Skill
**(You MUST define access control on every collection — open collections are a security risk)**
**(You MUST use the Local API (`payload.find`, `payload.create`) for server-side data operations — it is zero-latency and fully typed)**
**(You MUST generate TypeScript types with `payload generate:types` after every schema change)**
**(You MUST keep JSX/React component imports OUT of the Payload config file — separate config and UI concerns)**
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add agents-inc/skills/api-cms-payload@sha256:a706cee0ca309facThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.afd0e14, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_c55sh3mvwnk7timf)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Mar 20, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 105 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261016.afd0e14 latest | 2026-10-16 | afd0e14 | 18,173 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260328.3208c13 | 2026-03-28 | 3208c13 | 18,449 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260320.7c261c3 | 2026-03-20 | 7c261c3 | 27,363 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 (18173 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
agents-inc/skills · 26 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_c55sh3mvwnk7timf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=agents-inc/skills/api-cms-payload GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a706cee0ca309facc99e48dc5bb5106190d6660d03733928d998486d906018f4
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.