yao-daemon SKILL.md skillA

yao-daemon from yaoapp/yao is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add yaoapp/yao/yao-daemon@git:20261005.9696ccb

Pins git:20261005.9696ccb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
yaoapp/yao
Path
tools/skills/yao-daemon/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20261005.9696ccb, committed Oct 5, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 1, 2026
Size
4,536 bytes
Repository stars
8,284
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Daemon process management — start, monitor, restart, stop long-running services. ALWAYS invoke this skill when the user asks to start, check, restart, or stop background services, dev servers, or daemon processes.

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

# Daemon Management

## Tools

- `yao_daemon_start` — Start a long-running service. Always runs in background; returns `daemon_id` immediately.
- `yao_daemon_list` — List daemons. Supports `--status` filter and `--limit`/`--offset` pagination.
- `yao_daemon_status` — Get full details for a daemon (`daemon_port`, `daemon_url`, `started_at`, `daemon_restarts`).
- `yao_daemon_stop` — Stop a running daemon.
- `yao_daemon_restart` — Restart a daemon (preserves the same ID, increments `daemon_restarts`).
- `yao_job_output` — Read daemon output (pass `daemon_id` as `job_id`).

## Parameters

### yao_daemon_start

| Param | Required | Default | Description |
|-------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `command` | yes | — | Shell command to execute |
| `description` | yes | — | Concise 5–10 word summary |
| `port` | no | auto-detect | Expected listen port; the system verifies the port is ready before reporting it |
| `args` | no | — | Additional arguments |
| `working_dir` | no | workspace | Working directory |

### yao_daemon_list

| Param | Default | Description |
|-------|---------|-------------|
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add yaoapp/yao/yao-daemon@sha256:1494ce44746f4e54

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261005.9696ccb, 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 2 versions of this file, between Oct 1, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 4 days.

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git:20261005.9696ccb latest2026-10-05 9696ccb 4,536 BA view · diff
git:20261001.898b3222026-10-01 898b322 4,400 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 (4536 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

yaoapp/yao · 8,284 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fqb4qyxviyj4knbz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yaoapp/yao/yao-daemon
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1494ce44746f4e54b5e8921e85bd285fb2aed5eab79435dc39a0ce9a4ff3c994

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