ralph-wiggum SKILL.md skillB
ralph-wiggum from jkitchin/knowhow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jkitchin/knowhow/ralph-wiggum@git:20261026.5e9a3faPins git:20261026.5e9a3fa in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jkitchin/knowhow
- Path
skills/development/ralph-wiggum/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261026.5e9a3fa, committed Oct 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 19, 2026
- Size
- 8,194 bytes
- Repository stars
- 42
- License
- MIT
Autonomous AI coding loop for unattended development - lets Claude work continuously on tasks while you sleep, with mandatory sandbox enforcement for safety.
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
# Ralph Wiggum Mode "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" - Ralph Wiggum Ralph Wiggum Mode is an autonomous AI coding loop that enables Claude Code to work continuously on tasks without human intervention. Named after the persistently optimistic Simpsons character, this technique lets Claude work "overnight shifts" while you sleep. ## Key Principle **Progress persists in files and git, not in the LLM's context window.** When context fills up, the loop restarts Claude with fresh context. The new instance picks up from the filesystem state (your code, git history, and task tracking files). ## When to Use This Skill Use Ralph Wiggum mode for: - Overnight feature development - Bug bashes (fixing multiple issues) - Test coverage improvement - Refactoring large codebases - Documentation generation - Any multi-step task you'd like completed while away ## Security Model **CRITICAL: Ralph requires a sandboxed environment.** Ralph uses `--dangerously-skip-permissions` which can: - Delete files without confirmation - Read credentials (~/.ssh, ~/.aws) - Make network requests - Run arbitrary commands **Ralph will REFUSE to start unless it detects:** …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jkitchin/knowhow/ralph-wiggum@sha256:86ed0b9bd38d6077The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261026.5e9a3fa, 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_cay33gpyxzgh6nko)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jan 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026, about one every 70 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261026.5e9a3fa latest | 2026-10-26 | 5e9a3fa | 8,194 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261026.7a89c23 | 2026-10-26 | 7a89c23 | 8,198 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261026.7e0bb8c | 2026-10-26 | 7e0bb8c | 8,194 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260119.556969a | 2026-01-19 | 556969a | 8,194 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260119.60aa346 | 2026-01-19 | 60aa346 | 8,162 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No instruction to read or print local credentials (matched: Read credentials (~/.ssh, ~/.aws)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8194 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 base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
jkitchin/knowhow · 42 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cay33gpyxzgh6nko GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jkitchin/knowhow/ralph-wiggum GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/86ed0b9bd38d6077277659f2dc36af64f286e173069174949f7165287096b007
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