using-ao SKILL.md skillA

using-ao from untrivial-ai/agent-orchestrator is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add untrivial-ai/agent-orchestrator/using-ao@git:20261025.3cc605a

Pins git:20261025.3cc605a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
untrivial-ai/agent-orchestrator
Path
backend/internal/skillassets/using-ao/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
15
Latest version
git:20261025.3cc605a, committed Oct 25, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 3, 2026
Size
5,637 bytes
Repository stars
13,954
License
Apache-2.0

Catalog of the AO (Agent Orchestrator) `ao` CLI: spawning workers, managing sessions and projects, creating reusable Cues, sending messages, controlling the shared browser, previewing pages, and daemon control. Use when using the ao CLI, creating Cues, spawning workers, or managing AO sessions in an AO workspace.

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

# AO CLI Catalog

`ao` is a thin CLI over the local AO daemon. Every command is `ao <command> --help` for the authoritative flag list.

| Command | What it does | When to use | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| `spawn` | Spawn a project worker, orchestrator, or projectless standalone worker | Starting a new task or issue | [commands/spawn.md](commands/spawn.md) |
| `session` | Manage agent sessions (list, kill, rename, restore, history, etc.) | Inspecting or controlling running/terminated sessions, or reading the full conversation after taking over from another agent | [commands/session.md](commands/session.md) |
| `agent` | Inspect installed harnesses and launch readiness | Choosing or diagnosing an agent harness | `ao agent ls --refresh` |
| `pr` | Merge a PR or resolve its review threads | Completing a reviewed change | `ao pr merge` / `ao pr resolve-comments` |
| `project` | Register, inspect, configure, or remove projects | Setting up or managing repos AO knows about | [commands/project.md](commands/project.md) |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add untrivial-ai/agent-orchestrator/using-ao@sha256:069bdb47ecbf7a9b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261025.3cc605a, 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 15 versions of this file, between Jul 3, 2026 and Oct 25, 2026, about one every 8 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 (5637 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

untrivial-ai/agent-orchestrator · 13,954 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_elp2jeqfjmuxrtnu
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=untrivial-ai/agent-orchestrator/using-ao
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/069bdb47ecbf7a9b5589f8c3da50df173888fd4450b104db678079a047c0fa03

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