ast-grep SKILL.md skillA

ast-grep from outlinedriven/outline-driven-development is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add outlinedriven/outline-driven-development/ast-grep@git:20260905.1f63894

Pins git:20260905.1f63894 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

outlinedriven/outline-driven-development

Path

.devin/skills/ast-grep/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

2

Latest version

git:20260905.1f63894, committed Sep 5, 2026

First version recorded

Sep 2, 2026

Size

4,966 bytes

Repository stars

56

License

Apache-2.0

Use when asked to run AST-based structural search, lint, or rewrite of code when regex is too fragile. Not for remote, credential, publish, deploy, or irreversible changes.

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

# ast-grep

## Contract

| Field | Bound contract |
|---|---|
| Trigger | AST-based modification, structural search, lint, or replacement too fragile for regex. |
| Authority | Reversible local: writes only VCS-tracked source files (search is read-only; rewrites apply only through the helper after dry-run review); rollback is version control. No remote mutation. |
| Side effect | Local file writes through the helper two-pass validate/dry-run/apply flow; no remote, credential, or published mutation. |
| Done | Pattern validated and blast radius reviewed; any rewrite landed at the correct scope (search/lint-only runs are valid). |

## Inputs

- An ast-grep pattern, single-quoted in the shell so `$VAR` reaches ast-grep unexpanded.
- A language (`--lang`) or a single target path whose extension auto-detects it; required for stdin patterns.
- For rewrites: a rewrite template and one or more target paths (defaults to the current directory).
- Optional: include/exclude globs (repeatable, prefix `!` to exclude), context lines, JSON output mode.

## Procedure
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

mdr add outlinedriven/outline-driven-development/ast-grep@sha256:83937c99021c839a

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_g5l5sdty4ve2fdd3.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_g5l5sdty4ve2fdd3)

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 2, 2026 and Sep 5, 2026, about one every 3 days.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_g5l5sdty4ve2fdd3
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=outlinedriven/outline-driven-development/ast-grep
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/83937c99021c839ac22b7f3bed933a627c8b1010a949548e72bd85d57639eaa2

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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