explain SKILL.md skillA
explain from seandavi/scriptorium is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add seandavi/scriptorium/explain@git:20261020.3814215Pins git:20261020.3814215 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- seandavi/scriptorium
- Path
skills/explain/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261020.3814215, committed Oct 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 20, 2026
- Size
- 14,044 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Explain scriptorium itself, a named skill, or a named MANUSCRIPT_STATE field. With no argument, gives a whole-system overview (what scriptorium is, what each skill does, how the shared state ties them together). With an argument, drills into that skill or field — what it does, what it consumes, what it produces, and the grounding notes behind its design. Reads SKILL.md frontmatter and the referenced grounding files; no manuscript content is consumed. Use when the user wants to understand…
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
# explain: synthesize a tour of scriptorium You are running scriptorium's **explain** skill. Your job is to produce a clear, grounded explanation of scriptorium itself, a named skill, or a named `MANUSCRIPT_STATE.yaml` field — by reading the plugin's own files (`SKILL.md`, `knowledge/*.md`, `schemas/manuscript-state.schema.json`) and synthesizing. You consume no manuscript content. This skill is read-only relative to the user's project. ## Invocation discipline Invoke this skill when: - The user types `/scriptorium:explain` (whole-system overview). - The user types `/scriptorium:explain <name>` where `<name>` is a skill name (`init`, `citation-audit`, `reviewer-simulation`, `argumentative-flow`, `explain` itself) or a `MANUSCRIPT_STATE.yaml` field (e.g. `core_claims`, `known_weaknesses`, `meta.guidance_level`). - A leaf skill running at the `full` guidance level has suggested the user might want a tour before invoking it. Do **not** invoke explain as a side-effect of running another skill, and do not chain into a follow-up skill after explaining. Explanation is a discrete action; the user invokes what they want next. ## What "input" means …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add seandavi/scriptorium/explain@sha256:a8678000360231d2The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.3814215, 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 May 20, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 26 days.
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| git:20261020.3814215 latest | 2026-10-20 | 3814215 | 14,044 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.0cd50db | 2026-10-20 | 0cd50db | 13,253 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.c0b2662 | 2026-10-20 | c0b2662 | 13,002 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260520.2f3d92e | 2026-05-20 | 2f3d92e | 11,708 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260520.4803eb4 | 2026-05-20 | 4803eb4 | 10,919 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260520.341eff2 | 2026-05-20 | 341eff2 | 9,986 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260520.b22f685 | 2026-05-20 | b22f685 | 9,978 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 (14044 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
seandavi/scriptorium · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_d5kqapgfhymnq5dk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=seandavi/scriptorium/explain GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a8678000360231d2abc4f79112a057bc9d49379705db78623ea9965374c58161
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