new-adr SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

new-adr from evolvehq/docflow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add evolvehq/docflow/new-adr@git:20260915.9b63e7a

Pins git:20260915.9b63e7a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
evolvehq/docflow
Path
plugins/docflow/workspace/repository-fixtures/sources/plugins/docflow/skills/new-adr/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260915.9b63e7a, committed Sep 15, 2026
Size
12,044 bytes
Repository stars
16
License
MIT

Author a new ADR — record a DECISION (what the system must do, or how it is built) in a documentation-led repo. Picks the next contiguous number, chooses the shape (capability vs technology), fills the template, sets status Proposed, regenerates INDEX, updates domain READMEs, handles supersede/deprecate linkage, commits. Use when the user says "add an ADR", "new ADR", "record a decision", "create an architecture decision record", or invokes /new-adr. NOT for queueing a unit of work against an…

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

# new-adr

Author one new ADR, consistent with this repo's conventions.

## Step 0 — Preconditions and context

1. Confirm the repo is bootstrapped: `AGENTS.md`, `CONVENTIONS.md`, and
   an `adr/` directory with at least `adr/0000-template.md` must exist.
   If not, stop and offer to run the **bootstrap** skill first.
2. Read `CONVENTIONS.md` to learn this repo's choices: the **ADR shape
   scheme** — a single shape, or two shapes (capability and technology)
   declared by a `shape:` field in each ADR's metadata block; there is
   no number boundary to read — status lifecycle, language mandate (if
   any), whether `domains/` groupings exist (and, if so, which domain this ADR belongs to — ask if
   it isn't obvious), the multi-agent mode, and the **artefact root**
   (default: repository root) — resolve `adr/` and `INDEX.md` against it
   (`AGENTS.md`/`CLAUDE.md` stay at the repo root).
   **Legacy range encoding.** A repo scaffolded before the shape became
   a declared field encodes it in the number instead — §ADR Shapes
   records a cutoff, or `adr/` holds a template numbered other than
   `0000` (e.g. `adr/0100-template.md`); either signal alone identifies
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add evolvehq/docflow/new-adr@sha256:3b8ac8e05f48e599

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260915.9b63e7a, 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 Sep 15, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
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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 (12044 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

evolvehq/docflow · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_faxa7bwu6zme2opk
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=evolvehq/docflow/new-adr
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3b8ac8e05f48e599f07b3e590776841736f82f61d00e994ae0ef3a48f2f9f005

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.

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