where-are-we SKILL.md skillA
where-are-we from adamlinscott/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add adamlinscott/claude-skills/where-are-we@git:20261026.c0a4905Pins git:20261026.c0a4905 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- adamlinscott/claude-skills
- Path
skills/where-are-we/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261026.c0a4905, committed Oct 26, 2026
- Size
- 3,870 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
[Adam''s Skills] Quick status of the current session: what is done and what is left. Checks how long it has been since the last message before this one. If the user has been active within the last half hour, it answers with just the two lists. If they have been away longer, or the gap cannot be measured, it opens with a short paragraph on what the task actually is. Grounds the lists in git and files on disk, not memory. Report only: it changes nothing and does not resume work. Triggers on…
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
# Where Are We
The user wants to know how far the work in this session has got. How much they need depends on
how long they have been gone, so measure that first.
**Tune here:** the user counts as *still active* if the last message before this one was under
**30 minutes** ago.
## 1. Measure the gap
```
node <skill-dir>/idle.mjs ${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID}
```
`<skill-dir>` is the folder this file is in. Resolve it from **this file's real path**:
`~/.claude/skills/where-are-we` is usually a link, and the script sits beside its target. It
prints one line of JSON:
- `{"lastMessageAt": ..., "minutesAway": n}` — the gap between now and the last message before
the user's current one.
- `{"unknown": "<why>"}` — no transcript, or no earlier message. Treat as away.
Under the threshold: **active**. At or over it, or unknown: **away**. If in doubt, choose away.
## 2. Check the state before you write
Read the real state, not your memory of it: `git status`, `git diff --stat` against the base
branch, recent `git log`, the active todo list, and any plan or spec file written this session.
Do not call a piece of work done without confirming it is on disk. If a claim comes only from the
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add adamlinscott/claude-skills/where-are-we@sha256:716e91ea5fe9480bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261026.c0a4905, 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_f5tvq3zpzf5fw2u3)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 26, 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 (3870 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
adamlinscott/claude-skills · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_f5tvq3zpzf5fw2u3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=adamlinscott/claude-skills/where-are-we GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/716e91ea5fe9480ba09a9c733c613ca51b599597c3df5d876a8d6fc3b40f5461
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.