commit-gate SKILL.md skillA

commit-gate from arbiterforge/codearbiter is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add arbiterforge/codearbiter/commit-gate@git:20261016.79d996f

Pins git:20261016.79d996f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
arbiterforge/codearbiter
Path
core/surface/skills/commit-gate/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
14
Latest version
git:20261016.79d996f, committed Oct 16, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 12, 2026
Size
23,909 bytes
Repository stars
149
License
AGPL-3.0

Create a verified local Git commit when committing changes is requested. Not for explaining commit history, drafting a message only, or postponing a commit. Applies every commit gate and never implies a push or PR.

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

# commit-gate

The only permitted path to a commit. Bypassing it is a hard-rule violation. Routed to when the user invokes `/commit` or any equivalent instruction to persist staged changes.

No command arguments are required; inspect current Git state. Test-only requests use the
recorded invocation in `tech-stack.md` without entering this committing procedure. PR
readiness belongs to the existing PR workflow; an informational or message-only request
must not reach staging, commit, or this procedure's writing close.

## Pre-flight

Read these, or STOP and surface the gap — never guess a command:

- `{{PROJECT_DIR}}/.codearbiter/tech-stack.md` — test, lint, and secrets-scan invocations. Stop if missing; do not guess.
- `{{PLUGIN_ROOT}}/includes/verification-boundary.md` — the required split between focused local proof and exhaustive exact-head hosted CI.
- A git repository must be present and `git status` available.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add arbiterforge/codearbiter/commit-gate@sha256:836fc5619f7d67dd

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.79d996f, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_eoirvc5qhvzp5wbg.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_eoirvc5qhvzp5wbg)

6 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 14 versions of this file, between Jul 12, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 7 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261016.79d996f latest2026-10-16 79d996f 23,909 BA view · diff
git:20261016.a9f63fc2026-10-16 a9f63fc 21,369 BA view · diff
git:20261014.24845e82026-10-14 24845e8 21,132 BA view · diff
git:20261012.886d5fa2026-10-12 886d5fa 21,181 BA view · diff
git:20261012.4c2529e2026-10-12 4c2529e 20,482 BA view · diff
git:20261004.4a578c52026-10-04 4a578c5 18,744 BA view · diff
git:20260924.cf90ce42026-09-24 cf90ce4 17,491 BA view · diff
git:20260919.b68a77b2026-09-19 b68a77b 17,308 BA view · diff
git:20260917.8f295372026-09-17 8f29537 16,736 BA view · diff
git:20260915.43b15042026-09-15 43b1504 15,592 BA view · diff
git:20260808.362892a2026-08-08 362892a 14,934 BA view · diff
git:20260805.e24f9ec2026-08-05 e24f9ec 14,856 BA view · diff
git:20260724.a3a2df22026-07-24 a3a2df2 14,674 BA view · diff
git:20260712.eee39492026-07-12 eee3949 14,639 BA view

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 (23909 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

arbiterforge/codearbiter · 149 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eoirvc5qhvzp5wbg
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=arbiterforge/codearbiter/commit-gate
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/836fc5619f7d67dd67b95a8982d05b80b6bb122756b94fe6c87760b82b020fe2

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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.

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