skill-refine SKILL.md skillA
skill-refine from nyldn/claude-octopus is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-refine@git:20261107.fc2598cPins git:20261107.fc2598c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nyldn/claude-octopus
- Path
.claude/skills/skill-refine/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261107.fc2598c, committed Nov 7, 2026
- Size
- 15,070 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,409
- License
- MIT
Score and improve an artifact with a frozen rubric, independent models, implemented edits, and bounded rescoring.
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
# Rubric-guided refinement
Execute the workflow below when invoked through `/octo:refine` or
`/octo:ladder`. This is a host-managed workflow using real provider calls.
Never role-play other models or invent their scores. The score validator checks
structure and arithmetic; it does not verify the truth of a model's judgments.
Resolve the installed plugin root before reading its resources or running its
commands:
```bash
OCTO_ROOT="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-${CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT:-${HOME}/.claude-octopus/plugin}}"
```
Keep this absolute root in the workflow context and include its assignment in
each new shell invocation. Shell variables may not persist between tool calls.
If the judge adapter or score validator is missing at this root, stop and name
the missing component rather than running a command with an empty root.
## 1. Establish scope and budget
Read the supplied artifact and relevant project instructions. Accept text,
files, plans, code, images, or other artifacts the host can actually inspect.
For binary, visual, or remote artifacts, obtain a faithful readable or rendered
snapshot with the appropriate host tools. If you cannot inspect it, stop and
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-refine@sha256:6ff487aa108f183fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261107.fc2598c, 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 Nov 7, 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 (15070 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
nyldn/claude-octopus · 4,409 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fax3iq5xdgbikccl GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-refine GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6ff487aa108f183fe7f8ecda29f17e2be63a66e9050f524a73c155a19df76852
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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