Plugin Settings SKILL.md skillA
Plugin Settings from tzachbon/smart-ralph is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/Plugin Settings@v0.1.0Pins v0.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tzachbon/smart-ralph
- Path
.agents/skills/Plugin Settings/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v0.1.0, committed Jan 22, 2026
- Size
- 12,101 bytes
- Repository stars
- 567
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks about "plugin settings", "store plugin configuration", "user-configurable plugin", ".local.md files", "plugin state files", "read YAML frontmatter", "per-project plugin settings", or wants to make plugin behavior configurable. Documents the .claude/plugin-name.local.md pattern for storing plugin-specific configuration with YAML frontmatter and markdown content.
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
# Plugin Settings Pattern for Claude Code Plugins ## Overview Plugins can store user-configurable settings and state in `.claude/plugin-name.local.md` files within the project directory. This pattern uses YAML frontmatter for structured configuration and markdown content for prompts or additional context. **Key characteristics:** - File location: `.claude/plugin-name.local.md` in project root - Structure: YAML frontmatter + markdown body - Purpose: Per-project plugin configuration and state - Usage: Read from hooks, commands, and agents - Lifecycle: User-managed (not in git, should be in `.gitignore`) ## File Structure ### Basic Template ```markdown --- enabled: true setting1: value1 setting2: value2 numeric_setting: 42 list_setting: ["item1", "item2"] --- # Additional Context This markdown body can contain: - Task descriptions - Additional instructions - Prompts to feed back to Claude - Documentation or notes ``` ### Example: Plugin State File **.claude/my-plugin.local.md:** ```markdown --- enabled: true strict_mode: false max_retries: 3 notification_level: info coordinator_session: team-leader --- # Plugin Configuration …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/Plugin Settings@sha256:03edd6f2bbf24994The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.1.0, 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 Jan 22, 2026.
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 (12101 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
tzachbon/smart-ralph · 567 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_e4h5j6tr4yypjsdr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tzachbon/smart-ralph/Plugin Settings GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/03edd6f2bbf2499468e9ee8cfb75b34b4fbe04dd43b9133d94920db71459306d
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