red-flags SKILL.md skillA
red-flags from codybrom/clairvoyance is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/red-flags@git:20260920.b11ca93Pins git:20260920.b11ca93 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- codybrom/clairvoyance
- Path
skills/red-flags/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260920.b11ca93, committed Sep 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 27, 2026
- Size
- 11,413 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15
- License
- MIT
Scans code against 17 design smells (the book's 14 named Red Flags plus 3 process-stage signals) and produces a structured diagnostic report. Use when the user asks for a red flags or design smell scan, asks to check code against a checklist, is evaluating unfamiliar code, or asks open-endedly whether anything is off in a named or pasted file, class, or function, or asks you to look it over. Not for a specific bug, error, or failing test the user has already identified. Not for a plain diff or…
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
# Red Flags Diagnostic When invoked with $ARGUMENTS, scope the scan to the specified file or directory. Read the target code first, then run every flag below against it. Each flag points to a deeper lens from Clairvoyance (https://clairvoyance.fyi). This skill works best when the full collection is installed. A red flag is a signal, not a diagnosis. It tells you something is wrong but not why. Each flag below points to a deeper lens that identifies the root cause. ## When to Apply - Before merging a PR or completing a design review - When code "feels wrong" but the specific problem is unclear - When evaluating unfamiliar code for design quality - When asked for a "red flags check" or "design diagnostic" ## The Red Flags ### Structural (4) #### 1. Shallow Module Interface isn't much simpler than implementation. - **Check:** → **deep-modules**, **error-design** - Could a caller skip this module and do the work directly? - **Signals:** - More public methods than meaningful internal state - Abstract class with only one implementation and no prospect of more - Layer that exists "for testability" but adds no abstraction value …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/red-flags@sha256:a72890a6ffa13d3dThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260920.b11ca93, 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_dpqz3eo5hfhg5z42)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Feb 27, 2026 and Sep 20, 2026, about one every 51 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260920.b11ca93 latest | 2026-09-20 | b11ca93 | 11,413 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260919.b55f118 | 2026-09-19 | b55f118 | 11,215 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260722.fcfda01 | 2026-07-22 | fcfda01 | 11,158 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260701.ba096c5 | 2026-07-01 | ba096c5 | 11,200 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260227.455211b | 2026-02-27 | 455211b | 11,082 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 (11413 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
codybrom/clairvoyance · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dpqz3eo5hfhg5z42 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codybrom/clairvoyance/red-flags GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a72890a6ffa13d3d110a71b7ee51205ead7199320fdf66440211e9c127ce8ab3
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.