init SKILL.md skillA

init from ariaxhan/kernel-claude is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add ariaxhan/kernel-claude/init@git:20260711.24dac3b

Pins git:20260711.24dac3b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
ariaxhan/kernel-claude
Path
skills/init/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260711.24dac3b, committed Jul 11, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 11, 2026
Size
3,653 bytes
Repository stars
14
License
MIT

Initialize KERNEL links and AgentDB in a confirmed Vaults directory.

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

# KERNEL init

Explicit, once-per-machine setup. This skill never moves or replaces the whole
`~/.claude` directory.

## Requirements

Git, SQLite 3, `jq`, Python 3, and Bash. Install the plugin first with the exact ID:

```text
/plugin marketplace add ariaxhan/kernel-claude
/plugin install kernel@kernel-marketplace
/reload-plugins
```

## Detection and confirmation

Locate the runtime selector at
`$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache/kernel-marketplace/kernel/current`, source its
`hooks/scripts/common.sh`, and call `kernel_validate_runtime_root` on the selected
root. Stop if validation fails.

Call `detect_vaults`. Its order is: an existing valid `KERNEL_VAULTS`,
`$HOME/Documents/Vaults`, `$HOME/Vaults`, `$HOME/Downloads/Vaults`, then the
reported `$HOME/Documents/Vaults` fallback.

Before writing, show the exact Vaults path and ask:

> Set up KERNEL in this Vaults directory?

Continue only after confirmation. A different path must be exported as
`KERNEL_VAULTS` and detected again.

## Writes

After confirmation, create only these directories when absent:

```text
$VAULTS/_meta/agentdb
$VAULTS/_meta/research
$VAULTS/_meta/plans
$VAULTS/_meta/handoffs
$VAULTS/_meta/checkpoints
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add ariaxhan/kernel-claude/init@sha256:dd3e0c8f79fdd25e

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260711.24dac3b, 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 3 versions of this file, all committed on Jul 11, 2026.

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git:20260711.24dac3b latest2026-07-11 24dac3b 3,653 BA view · diff
git:20260711.61fff1c2026-07-11 61fff1c 3,582 BA view · diff
git:20260711.c23e6cb2026-07-11 c23e6cb 4,145 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 (3653 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

ariaxhan/kernel-claude · 14 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dremk6o52jfinevt
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ariaxhan/kernel-claude/init
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dd3e0c8f79fdd25e45f3cbcb4e3d5fba6d64d24949d5c67cef184ebc78014155

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.

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