cad-pause SKILL.md skillA
cad-pause from crenshawdev/cadence is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add crenshawdev/cadence/cad-pause@git:20261030.b9e5c9fPins git:20261030.b9e5c9f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- crenshawdev/cadence
- Path
skills/cad-pause/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261030.b9e5c9f, committed Oct 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 5, 2026
- Size
- 2,487 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Pause work cleanly - a WIP commit of in-flight changes plus a STATE cursor set to paused with a one-line resume pointer (/cad-progress offers to resume it).
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
<objective>
Stop mid-work without losing the thread. Two small acts: commit the in-flight
changes as WIP so nothing is lost, and write the STATE cursor so the next
session (via /cad-progress, which finds it and offers to resume) knows exactly
where to pick up.
Tiny by design - no Stop hook, no handoff document, no activity log.
</objective>
<execution_context>
@${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/cadence-core/references/git-guard.md
</execution_context>
<process>
1. **WIP commit.** If the tree has changes, stage exactly what the user was
working on and commit `wip: <short description>` (protected-branch guard
applies - references/git-guard.md). If the tree is clean, skip this; there is
nothing to preserve.
2. **Set the cursor** through the seam (never hand-edit STATE.md):
```
node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/cadence-core/bin/planning.mjs" cursor set \
--phase <current> --status paused --next-file <path>
```
The resume pointer is a one-line "where I was" naming the next concrete
action (from `$ARGUMENTS`, or ask via the ask-user seam if not given) -
the user's own sentence, so write it to a scratch file and pass the PATH
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add crenshawdev/cadence/cad-pause@sha256:47af45f5f46fe99aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261030.b9e5c9f, 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_edj4lcq2n3w27u4m)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Aug 5, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, about one every 14 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261030.b9e5c9f latest | 2026-10-30 | b9e5c9f | 2,487 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261029.0ae5ff0 | 2026-10-29 | 0ae5ff0 | 2,172 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260901.7e3e23a | 2026-09-01 | 7e3e23a | 2,181 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260816.7d95784 | 2026-08-16 | 7d95784 | 2,155 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.6a63445 | 2026-08-05 | 6a63445 | 2,031 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.bb1bc24 | 2026-08-05 | bb1bc24 | 2,087 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.43a55f2 | 2026-08-05 | 43a55f2 | 2,090 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 (2487 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
crenshawdev/cadence · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_edj4lcq2n3w27u4m GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=crenshawdev/cadence/cad-pause GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/47af45f5f46fe99a0e28db41b933fa95a56e8be24cabd6687b2c3bb145a17747
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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.