ase-spec-activate SKILL.md skillA
ase-spec-activate from rse/ase is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rse/ase/ase-spec-activate@git:20261101.ed8a296Pins git:20261101.ed8a296 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rse/ase
- Path
plugin/skills/ase-spec-activate/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261101.ed8a296, committed Nov 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 8, 2026
- Size
- 9,209 bytes
- Repository stars
- 62
- License
- Apache-2.0
Activate Specification Know-How: load the SpecBook format contract, the SpecBook schema configuration of the project, and the list of specification (SPEC) artifacts into the context, so the specification can be read, queried, explained, and edited ad-hoc in plain conversation. Use *automatically* whenever the user wants to work with the specification files -- asks what the "spec" or "specification" says, wants to "look up", "query", "check", or "explain" specification content, or wants a small…
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What the file says
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md
<purpose name="ase-spec-activate">
Activate Specification Know-How
</purpose>
<expand name="getopt" arg1="ase-spec-activate">
$ARGUMENTS
</expand>
<objective>
*Activate* the know-how about the **SpecBook**-based specification --
the format contract, the schema configuration, and the artifact set --
so the specification can be worked with *ad-hoc* in plain conversation.
</objective>
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-format-meta.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-format-spec.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-tenets.md
Procedure
---------
This skill is *plan-less* and *read-mostly*: it *never* composes or
persists a task plan and *MUST* *NOT* call `ase_task_save(...)`. It
only *loads* know-how into the context and answers an optional *query*.
It modifies `SPEC` artifacts only when the *query* explicitly asks for
an ad-hoc change, and it *never* touches the artifact kinds `CODE`,
`DOCS`, `TASK`, `INFR`, and `OTHR`.
1. **Initialize:**
Set <query><getopt-arguments/></query> (with any leading and
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rse/ase/ase-spec-activate@sha256:88b818d4428d9f4fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261101.ed8a296, 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_cv4squmuwyldwbej)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Sep 8, 2026 and Nov 1, 2026, about one every 18 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261101.ed8a296 latest | 2026-11-01 | ed8a296 | 9,209 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260911.e0d3d84 | 2026-09-11 | e0d3d84 | 8,998 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260908.1a03130 | 2026-09-08 | 1a03130 | 8,871 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260908.864771e | 2026-09-08 | 864771e | 8,982 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 (9209 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
rse/ase · 62 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cv4squmuwyldwbej GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rse/ase/ase-spec-activate GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/88b818d4428d9f4f4f0ed7cbfd8bb05e5f32f0a7b9de43102da37a5fa21f33be
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