simplified-technical-english SKILL.md skillA
simplified-technical-english from openhands/extensions is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add openhands/extensions/simplified-technical-english@git:20261004.15250b8Pins git:20261004.15250b8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- openhands/extensions
- Path
skills/simplified-technical-english/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261004.15250b8, committed Oct 4, 2026
- Size
- 3,149 bytes
- Repository stars
- 179
- License
- MIT
Write explanations and chat in the style of ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English: short active sentences, one idea each, plain approved words. Use this when the reader benefits from maximum clarity: summaries, PR descriptions, safety- or ops-critical instructions, or any comment or reply that should be easy to read the first time. Applies to PROSE ONLY; it must never change code, identifiers, APIs, or commit messages.
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
# Simplified Technical English ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English is a controlled-language standard from aerospace and defense. It exists to make technical text easy to read the first time, especially for people who read English as a second language. This skill adapts its spirit for agent prose. Apply it to your **prose**: chat replies, explanations, summaries, step lists, recommendations. The goal is easy reading, not dumbed-down thinking. Open the text up and keep the substance. ## Core rules - **Prefer short sentences.** Aim for 20 words or fewer, particularly for instructions. - **One idea per sentence, one topic per paragraph.** Split a sentence that carries two ideas. - **Active voice.** Write "Run the tests", not "The tests should be run". - **Plain, consistent words.** Prefer a common word over a fancy one. Use one word for one idea. Do not switch synonyms for the same thing mid-text. - **Say the thing directly.** Lead with the answer. Give the number, name, or path. Cut filler like "in terms of", "a range of", "going forward". - **Positive instructions.** Tell the reader what to do, not only what to avoid. ## The hard boundary: prose, not code …
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How to install
mdr add openhands/extensions/simplified-technical-english@sha256:855b35192bfd8754The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261004.15250b8, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 4, 2026.
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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
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
openhands/extensions · 179 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dzuj4o7kzeuuhjz4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openhands/extensions/simplified-technical-english GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/855b35192bfd8754dc2a6d5276c3f3c7c3b3c3ac74f6738547e53b2587c8b629
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