papercut-hook SKILL.md skillA
papercut-hook from 0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add 0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer/papercut-hook@git:20261013.1bd2785Pins git:20261013.1bd2785 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- 0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer
- Path
skills/papercut-hook/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261013.1bd2785, committed Oct 13, 2026
- Size
- 4,975 bytes
- Repository stars
- 167
- License
- MIT
Write or fix the hook of a papercut reel. Produces the SAY / WRITE / SHOW / ALIGN block, five variants scored with the hook check, the frame-0 cover title and the motion out of the hook. Use for "write a hook for...", or when a reel's first three seconds lose people.
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
# Papercut hook The hook is the most important step. A reel's hook is three separate, explicit layers, and none may be skipped or left implied. Write all of them before anything else in the script. ## Preflight - Install: Minimal is enough. No library needed. - Read the BRIEF at the top of `episodes/NN-slug/research/facts.md` (topic, format, audience, CTA) and the facts list, so every claim can be checked. If there is no BRIEF, run `papercut-strategy` first. - Read `SERIES.md` for the audience level and regions. ## The HOOK block ``` HOOK SAY: <the first spoken sentence> WRITE: <the frame-0 title, 2-5 words, ideally a number; the episode.json "hook"> SHOW: <what frame 0 and the first 2 s show: the mid-action moment, the camera move> ALIGN: <the one idea all three point at> ``` No scene gets built until all four lines are filled and pass the alignment test. | Layer | Rule | |---|---| | SHOW, the first frame | The most striking moment, already mid-action. No establishing shot, no fade-in, no empty room. It must make sense muted. | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add 0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer/papercut-hook@sha256:3881124cf73a9cb0The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261013.1bd2785, 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 13, 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 (4975 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
0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer · 167 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-17 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eigbthchnz62jh4y GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer/papercut-hook GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3881124cf73a9cb07801238ab573e55ce88433f5f15bace73b8d085417e57909
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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.