cross-squad-communication SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 4 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
cross-squad-communication from microsoft/waza is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoft/waza/cross-squad-communication@git:20261016.42d1b9fPins git:20261016.42d1b9f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/waza
- Path
.github/skills/cross-squad-communication/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261016.42d1b9f, committed Oct 16, 2026
- Size
- 19,570 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,424
- License
- MIT
Protocol for sending queries, delegating tasks, and sharing context between independent Squad instances across different repositories.
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
## Context When multiple repositories each have their own Squad (AI team), they need to exchange information: knowledge queries, PR reviews, task delegation, and dependency analysis. Each squad has its own agents, MCP tools, and issue tracker — there is no shared runtime. > **Companion skill — read first:** `cross-squad/SKILL.md` covers **discovery** of peer squads via `squad registry add/list/remove`. This skill picks up after a peer is known and covers the **communication protocols** themselves — the four numbered patterns below: Pattern 0 (synchronous CLI), Pattern 1 (read-only knowledge query), Pattern 2 (git-based async), and Pattern 3 (GitHub-issue-based delegation). A separate non-numbered appendix (Cross-Repo Dependency Scan) is provided as a related analysis tool, not a communication pattern. The two skills are designed to be used together. **When this skill applies:** - A squad agent needs information from another squad-enabled repo - A task needs to be delegated to another squad - Cross-repo dependency analysis is needed - PR review requests span repo boundaries …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoft/waza/cross-squad-communication@sha256:c8d7744cd194cf07The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.42d1b9f, 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_dpfryc2mjejxxf5u)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 16, 2026.
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 (19570 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
microsoft/waza · 1,424 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dpfryc2mjejxxf5u GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/waza/cross-squad-communication GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c8d7744cd194cf070ba53537586b6a4f19dfe09024b6cc18ffd85bd65f5aed70
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.