sdlc-studio SKILL.md skillA

sdlc-studio from darrenbenson/sdlc-studio is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add darrenbenson/sdlc-studio/sdlc-studio@v6.1.0

Pins v6.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
darrenbenson/sdlc-studio
Path
.claude/skills/sdlc-studio/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
v6.1.0, committed Oct 3, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 12, 2026
Size
21,424 bytes
Repository stars
23
License
MIT

The antidote to vibe coding: a full software engineering team at your fingertips. Create or reverse-engineer PRDs, TRDs, personas, epics, and user stories with acceptance criteria, then plan, implement, test, and verify code against them - plus an autonomous Goal-Driven sprint loop that drives a prioritised batch to a goal, an adversarial audit, status dashboards, reconciliation, change requests, RFCs, test specs, test automation, and bug tracking. Use when asked about PRDs, requirements…

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

# SDLC Studio

Manage project specifications and test artifacts. Supports the full pipeline from PRD creation through Epic decomposition, User Story generation, and streamlined test automation.

This file is the always-loaded router. It carries only what is needed to route a request:
philosophy gates, the Progressive Loading Guide, and pointers. The full command catalogue,
argument reference, workflow diagrams, and reference index are loaded on demand from
`help/help.md`, `help/arguments.md`, and `help/references.md`.

## Critical Philosophy (Read This First)

**Two modes for every artifact type:**

| Mode | Purpose | When to Use |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **create** | Author new specifications from user input | Greenfield projects, new features |
| **generate** | Extract specifications from existing code | Brownfield projects, documentation gaps |

> **New to Create vs Generate?** Read `reference-philosophy.md` - it explains why these modes exist and how they differ fundamentally.
>
> **Using generate mode?** You MUST read `reference-philosophy.md#generate-mode` first - generated specs must be validated by tests.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add darrenbenson/sdlc-studio/sdlc-studio@sha256:250bc9dccddf5c9b

The line at the top of this page pins the label v6.1.0, 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 7 versions of this file, between Aug 12, 2026 and Oct 3, 2026, about one every 9 days.

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v6.1.0 latest2026-10-03 ddc3cda 21,424 BA view · diff
v6.0.02026-10-01 4ebc34b 21,424 BA view · diff
v6.0.02026-09-29 96bd94d 21,408 BA view · diff
v6.0.0-rc.12026-09-27 985917c 21,413 BA view · diff
v6.0.0-rc.12026-09-26 6ca07a9 21,356 BA view · diff
v5.1.02026-09-10 1a9f948 21,351 BA view · diff
v5.0.12026-08-12 23501bc 21,351 BA 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 (21424 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

darrenbenson/sdlc-studio · 23 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_d4r5n5ouxyginmdb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=darrenbenson/sdlc-studio/sdlc-studio
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/250bc9dccddf5c9ba4cda1387d7697796b7e76535a76a36295d99ef9bcfc8911

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