synthesize SKILL.md skillA
synthesize from ahgraber/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ahgraber/skills/synthesize@git:20260819.209d97bPins git:20260819.209d97b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ahgraber/skills
- Path
skills/synthesize/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260819.209d97b, committed Aug 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 21, 2026
- Size
- 8,042 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- CC0-1.0
Use when distilling the through-line gist of one or more sources — the spine, argument, tension, or recurring frame running through a set of documents, notes, research, or transcripts, OR across the ideas within a single rich piece — into a few concise paragraphs. Triggers: "synthesize", "what's the through-line/gist", "extract the insight", "pull these together". Not for faithful summary or condensation that covers what a source says, nor for comparisons or catalogs where enumeration is the…
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
# Synthesize: Distill a Spine-Led Gist from One or More Sources Distill the through-line of one or more sources — a set of documents, or the ideas within a single rich piece — into a short, spine-led gist: a few tight paragraphs built around a **spine** drawn from the material, where support is insight on its own and the reader is pointed to the source, not served a copy. Tell the user when this skill is running: `synthesize`. Skip the notice when the user asked for the skill by name or slash command; spelling and spacing need not match. A phrase from this skill's own trigger list is not a name — naming the work is not naming the skill. Two modal failure modes pull against this and **both reassert at draft time, even after a spine is chosen** — defeating them is the whole job, not a one-time setup step: - **Listicle** — an enumerated march through themes; the model's reflex for "synthesize." - **Fluff** — padded coverage that reproduces sources instead of distilling them. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ahgraber/skills/synthesize@sha256:181df6c8ab42dbe5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260819.209d97b, 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_dtjjnc3jqa5hkv4e)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between May 21, 2026 and Aug 19, 2026, about one every 45 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260819.209d97b latest | 2026-08-19 | 209d97b | 8,042 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260715.883fbe1 | 2026-07-15 | 883fbe1 | 7,834 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260521.1be8506 | 2026-05-21 | 1be8506 | 7,822 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 (8042 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
ahgraber/skills · 6 stars · license CC0-1.0 · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dtjjnc3jqa5hkv4e GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ahgraber/skills/synthesize GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/181df6c8ab42dbe5ded19b60600dd2f40c70806a399d617554cc945cae67fd5d
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.