papercut-script SKILL.md skillA

papercut-script from 0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add 0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer/papercut-script@git:20261013.1bd2785

Pins git:20261013.1bd2785 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer
Path
skills/papercut-script/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261013.1bd2785, committed Oct 13, 2026
Size
6,823 bytes
Repository stars
167
License
MIT

Turn a link into a papercut reel script. Researches a sourced facts list, writes the 75-95 word script on the 10-beat spine, a banner fact track, a staging table with one set per banner, and the humour pass. Use for "write the script", "research this repo for a reel".

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

# Papercut script

Research, script, banner track, staging and gags are written together, because each one feeds the others. The full system, with the phrase bank and two staged examples, is `references/storytelling.md`. Gag and format banks: `references/comedy.md`.

Every beat runs three tracks that do different jobs:
- **Voiceover** (shown as caption tags): tells the story, casual and second person, changes every sentence.
- **Banner**: adds the hard fact, number or honest caveat the voiceover skips, changes every 1.8-3 s.
- **Set**: literally illustrates a concrete noun from the voiceover, with the product UI doing the demo, changes with the banner.

## Preflight

- Install: Minimal is enough. Resolve `$PAPERCUT_LIB` only if you want the backdrop sheet (`library/papercut/public/bg/backdrops/_sheet.jpg`) when choosing sets. Each image costs about 0.7-1.5k tokens, so open only what the step needs.
- Needs the BRIEF at the top of `episodes/NN-slug/research/facts.md` and the HOOK block at the top of `episodes/NN-slug/papercut/STORYBOARD.md`. Missing one: run `papercut-strategy` or `papercut-hook` first.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add 0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer/papercut-script@sha256:f024173c96e31fe3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261013.1bd2785, 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 Oct 13, 2026.

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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 (6823 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

0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer · 167 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-17 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fdn4qy5zrfelskpn
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=0xs4n4tg/papercut-explainer/papercut-script
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f024173c96e31fe33ac833438aa35e9b5571ebede32e2e1ca0d609ff1b86c8e0

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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