context-retrieval-loop SKILL.md skillA

context-retrieval-loop from yeaight7/agent-powerups is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/context-retrieval-loop@git:20260606.07591ea

Pins git:20260606.07591ea in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
yeaight7/agent-powerups
Path
plugins/documentation-systems/skills/context-retrieval-loop/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260606.07591ea, committed Jun 6, 2026
First version recorded
May 3, 2026
Size
1,877 bytes
Repository stars
8
License
Apache-2.0

Use when about to write a new doc, README section, or ADR, updating existing documentation with unclear scope, or spawning a documentation subagent that needs file context.

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

# Context Retrieval Loop (Documentation)

Gather documentation context before writing or updating docs. Prevents duplicating existing content or violating project conventions.

## When to Use

- About to write a new doc, README section, or ADR
- Updating existing documentation and unsure of scope
- Spawning a documentation subagent that needs file context

## The 3-Cycle Loop

### Cycle 1 — Broad Search

```bash
# Find existing docs
find . -name "*.md" -not -path "*/node_modules/*" | head -30
rg "<topic>" docs/ *.md -l 2>/dev/null
```

Stop here if you find the existing doc that covers this topic.

### Cycle 2 — Source and Existing Docs

Read the source files the docs will describe. Find existing docs for the same area:

```bash
rg "<module-name>" docs/ -l
cat README.md | head -60
```

Stop here if you understand the scope of what needs to be written or updated.

### Cycle 3 — Conventions and Setup

```bash
ls docs/ .github/ 2>/dev/null
cat AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null | head -40
```

Check: Is there a doc style guide? A template? A contribution guide with doc requirements?

## Output

```
Context gathered:
  <file-path> — <reason>

Missing context (if any):
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/context-retrieval-loop@sha256:1e3c53702c83848f

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260606.07591ea, 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 2 versions of this file, between May 3, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026, about one every 34 days.

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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 (1877 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

yeaight7/agent-powerups · 8 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ecr4mu632337mmip
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yeaight7/agent-powerups/context-retrieval-loop
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1e3c53702c83848f3ad2d6ae441fc98dbc11426111f1a38988b26063b6f11294

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