write-skill SKILL.md skillA

write-skill from apache/magpie is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add apache/magpie/write-skill@git:20261027.5395957

Pins git:20261027.5395957 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
apache/magpie
Path
plugins/magpie-utilities/skills/write-skill/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
13
Latest version
git:20261027.5395957, committed Oct 27, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 13, 2026
Size
11,339 bytes
Repository stars
133
License
Apache-2.0

Write a new skill for the Apache Magpie framework, or bring an existing one up to current conventions. Scaffolds the directory, walks the house style and the prompt-injection defences, and validates before it ships.

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

<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 -->

<!-- Placeholder convention (see AGENTS.md#placeholder-convention-used-in-skill-files):
     <project-config> → per file: the personal layer, else `.apache-magpie-overrides/`
     <tracker>        → value of `tracker_repo:` in <project-config>/project.md
     <upstream>       → value of `upstream_repo:` in <project-config>/project.md
     <framework>      → `.` standalone, `.apache-magpie/` (snapshot),
                        `~/.cache/apache-magpie/framework/current` (marketplace) -->

# write-skill

<!-- BEGIN MAGPIE PREFLIGHT — generated from tools/dev/preflight-block.md -->

## Pre-flight — is this project set up?

Do this **first, before anything else in this skill**, and do it silently.
One command answers it and carries its own rules; there is nothing else to
read.

Run the checker with this skill's own frontmatter `name:` and
`surface_hash:`, and one `--requires` for each `requires_config:` entry:

```bash
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add apache/magpie/write-skill@sha256:dea337f862e9ed76

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261027.5395957, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_fvk4dc6sv5pvkqk6.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_fvk4dc6sv5pvkqk6)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 13 versions of this file, between Sep 13, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026, about one every 4 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261027.5395957 latest2026-10-27 5395957 11,339 BA view · diff
git:20261027.4fc00322026-10-27 4fc0032 10,894 BA view · diff
git:20261025.cb51b532026-10-25 cb51b53 10,834 BA view · diff
git:20261024.c1a5a0a2026-10-24 c1a5a0a 10,700 BA view · diff
git:20261016.b4fca1e2026-10-16 b4fca1e 10,644 BA view · diff
git:20261005.3ac6eee2026-10-05 3ac6eee 10,493 BA view · diff
git:20260926.eca20092026-09-26 eca2009 10,000 BA view · diff
git:20260923.f4df4522026-09-23 f4df452 9,978 BA view · diff
git:20260922.dc454fb2026-09-22 dc454fb 9,985 BA view · diff
git:20260922.c951c892026-09-22 c951c89 8,808 BA view · diff
git:20260922.5a5e1d62026-09-22 5a5e1d6 22,429 BA view · diff
git:20260918.f4a4abb2026-09-18 f4a4abb 27,010 BA view · diff
git:20260913.a4dd8ba2026-09-13 a4dd8ba 25,229 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 (11339 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

apache/magpie · 133 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fvk4dc6sv5pvkqk6
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=apache/magpie/write-skill
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dea337f862e9ed76f4ccb0df1c41cbf972c7ebe839e9036d97e7ca8d8c041e59

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