ashlr-search SKILL.md skillA
ashlr-search from ashlrai/ashlr-plugin is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ashlrai/ashlr-plugin/ashlr-search@git:20260601.33fc708Pins git:20260601.33fc708 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ashlrai/ashlr-plugin
- Path
skills/ashlr-search/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260601.33fc708, committed Jun 1, 2026
- Size
- 2,486 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Genome-aware search habits for Claude Code. Prefer ashlr__grep and ashlr__glob over native scans; compose multi-term queries; trust genome summaries; orient once before searching. Reduces redundant reads and search token cost 40–70%.
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
# Ashlr Search
Shift every search operation to the genome-aware layer so redundant file reads are eliminated before they happen.
## Core rules (active when this skill is enabled)
1. **Orient first.** Run `ashlr__orient` once at the start of each task — before any grep or glob. The genome overview often answers the "where does X live?" question without a single file read.
2. **Prefer `ashlr__grep` over native `Grep`.** `ashlr__grep` is genome-aware: when a `.ashlrcode/genome/` directory exists it returns pre-summarized relevant sections instead of raw ripgrep output. The token cost is 70–90% lower on large repos.
3. **Prefer `ashlr__glob` over native `Glob`.** Same reason — genome-aware glob filters to relevant paths and avoids returning thousands of lines for broad patterns.
4. **Compose multi-term queries with `|` alternation.** A single call `ashlr__grep("auth|session|token")` is cheaper than three sequential calls. Combine related terms whenever the goal is "find anything touching X".
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ashlrai/ashlr-plugin/ashlr-search@sha256:261c4f609fd9eb1eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260601.33fc708, 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_dqnkjmnltcxtlkp3)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 1, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- 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
ashlrai/ashlr-plugin · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dqnkjmnltcxtlkp3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ashlrai/ashlr-plugin/ashlr-search GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/261c4f609fd9eb1ec4c6f968776a67644cec0f0cdf4c586052341d7bece2496b
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.