nw-buddy-project-reading SKILL.md skillA
nw-buddy-project-reading from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-buddy-project-reading@git:20260611.3860ed5Pins git:20260611.3860ed5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nwave-ai/nwave
- Path
nWave/skills/nw-buddy-project-reading/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260611.3860ed5, committed Jun 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 7, 2026
- Size
- 6,693 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
How the nWave buddy agent reads a project to answer questions — detection, order of inspection, and citation discipline.
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
# Project Reading for the Buddy Agent The buddy agent answers questions about a project by *reading it*, not by guessing. Every answer must be traceable to a specific file and line. This skill is the reading protocol. ## Goals 1. Understand the project's architecture, current state, and methodology enough to answer the user's question. 2. Cite every claim (`path:line`) so the user can verify. 3. Avoid reading more than necessary — tokens and time both cost. 4. Never invent file contents, function names, or architecture claims. ## Order of inspection (cheap first) Read in this order. Stop as soon as you have enough context for the current question. ### 1. Project identity (always, <1s) - `README.md` — what is this project, for whom. - `CLAUDE.md` (project root) — how Claude-based tools should behave here. - `pyproject.toml` / `package.json` / `Cargo.toml` / equivalent — language, dependencies, versions, scripts. - `VERSION` or the version field in the package manifest. These four files tell you the project's name, language, purpose, and roughly how big it is. Skip nothing here. ### 2. Planning and state …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-buddy-project-reading@sha256:aacb24988ca658cfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260611.3860ed5, 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 4 versions of this file, between Apr 7, 2026 and Jun 11, 2026, about one every 21 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260611.3860ed5 latest | 2026-06-11 | 3860ed5 | 6,693 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260609.c723548 | 2026-06-09 | c723548 | 8,377 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260410.37670e3 | 2026-04-10 | 37670e3 | 6,656 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260407.2d944b1 | 2026-04-07 | 2d944b1 | 4,379 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6693 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
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gb7f64rwmdlr725i GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-buddy-project-reading GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aacb24988ca658cf3eff3c99fec1b53fb2d6480a4ea0cea1b327398990dace7e
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