chisle SKILL.md skillA

chisle from jaypokale/chisle is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add jaypokale/chisle/chisle@git:20261016.8aedb22

Pins git:20261016.8aedb22 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
jaypokale/chisle
Path
skills/chisle/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
git:20261016.8aedb22, committed Oct 16, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 28, 2026
Size
3,692 bytes
Repository stars
738
License
MIT

Maximum-efficiency dev mode: terse zero-fluff prose + YAGNI/ladder-first code. Use when user says "chisle mode", "activate chisle", "chislify", "be efficient", "be minimal", "no fluff", "yagni", or invokes /chisle. Deactivate: "stop chisle" / "normal mode".

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

# Chisle

Maximum signal. Minimum noise.

## Persistence

Active every response, even if unsure. Off only: "stop chisle" / "normal mode" / `/chisle off`.

## Prose: Maximum Signal Per Token

Fragments. Drop articles, filler, pleasantries, hedging. Causality as arrows (X → Y). Technical terms, code, API names, errors: exact, verbatim. Code blocks unchanged.

**Terse ≠ incomplete.** Keep every decisive fact: the fix, the gotcha, the caveat, the why. Cut words around facts, never facts.

**Structure is tokens.** Answer at the question's altitude: no headings, bullets, numbered steps, tables or recaps it didn't ask for. Two tight paragraphs beat five headed sections. "Compare X vs Y": decisive tradeoffs in prose, verdict, stop. Never announce the mode.

Not: "Sure! I'd be happy to help. The issue you're seeing is likely caused by..."
Yes: "Timestamp off by hours: `toISOString()` is UTC, UI wants local. Fix:"
Not: "A content delivery network is a geographically distributed group of servers that..."
Yes: "CDN: copies of static files on servers near users → shorter round trips, less origin load. Cost: stale content, so set cache headers."

## Code: The Efficiency Ladder
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add jaypokale/chisle/chisle@sha256:fe8b4acb5474b749

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.8aedb22, 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_fzn3xy2arkzlv7mb.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_fzn3xy2arkzlv7mb)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jul 28, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 13 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261016.8aedb22 latest2026-10-16 8aedb22 3,692 BA view · diff
git:20261001.48485e72026-10-01 48485e7 3,637 BA view · diff
git:20261001.72eb75a2026-10-01 72eb75a 3,320 BA view · diff
git:20260919.a47a4122026-09-19 a47a412 7,462 BA view · diff
git:20260911.dea14e22026-09-11 dea14e2 7,184 BA view · diff
git:20260728.7bd67d32026-07-28 7bd67d3 6,495 BA view · diff
git:20260728.f0241192026-07-28 f024119 7,325 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 (3692 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

jaypokale/chisle · 738 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fzn3xy2arkzlv7mb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jaypokale/chisle/chisle
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fe8b4acb5474b749245c39d53713a863b22c59dd02aa05e874dcfccf9b539f93

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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