ralph-specum-start SKILL.md skillA
ralph-specum-start from tzachbon/smart-ralph is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/ralph-specum-start@git:20260902.ac7251aPins git:20260902.ac7251a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tzachbon/smart-ralph
- Path
plugins/ralph-specum-codex/skills/ralph-specum-start/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260902.ac7251a, committed Sep 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 8, 2026
- Size
- 8,665 bytes
- Repository stars
- 567
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used only when the user explicitly asks to use `$ralph-specum-start`, or explicitly asks Ralph Specum in Codex to start or resume a spec.
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
# Ralph Specum Start Use this for the `start` and `new` entrypoints. Derive `RALPH_CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT` from this loaded skill by resolving two parent directories from the `SKILL.md` directory. Never derive it from the project working directory. ## Contract - Read `.claude/ralph-specum.local.md` when present - Default specs root is `./specs` - Keep `.current-spec` in the default specs root - Keep the standard Ralph files stable - Merge `.ralph-state.json`. Do not replace the full object ## Action 1. Parse explicit name, goal, exact `--quick` or exact `--interactive`, `--resume <prototype-id>`, commit flags, optional specs root, and optional `--tasks-size fine|coarse`. Reject both mode flags together, `-q`, variants, and natural-language substitutes. 2. Classify new versus resume intent, then resolve the classified target by explicit path, exact name, or `.current-spec`. A new-spec request does not inherit or recover the existing current spec. 3. If the same name exists in multiple configured roots, stop and require a full path. 4. Check active epic context from `specs/.current-epic` when no explicit spec was chosen. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/ralph-specum-start@sha256:e193a8c5f1de5953The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260902.ac7251a, 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 8, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026, about one every 49 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260902.ac7251a latest | 2026-09-02 | ac7251a | 8,665 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.4890dd3 | 2026-08-28 | 4890dd3 | 7,812 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.cbfd12c | 2026-08-28 | cbfd12c | 4,787 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260408.1b33202 | 2026-04-08 | 1b33202 | 2,925 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 (8665 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
tzachbon/smart-ralph · 567 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ge6j5zucjrhcow4r GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tzachbon/smart-ralph/ralph-specum-start GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e193a8c5f1de59531db664238a5ebf1d9a510d5ad1e4a300ab7307f17730954b
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