sendmux-token-efficient-usage SKILL.md skillA

sendmux-token-efficient-usage from sendmux/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add sendmux/skills/sendmux-token-efficient-usage@v1.0

Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
sendmux/skills
Path
plugins/sendmux/skills/sendmux-token-efficient-usage/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
v1.0, committed Sep 15, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 1, 2026
Size
17,968 bytes
Repository stars
18
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Use when the question is about *how to call* Sendmux cheaply, not what to send: choosing batch vs. looped sends, mailbox search/count/batch-read vs. full fetches, sync deltas, cursor pagination, ETags/conditional requests, idempotency keys, or picking between MCP, the sendmux CLI, an SDK, or direct HTTP. Trigger for reducing token/round-trip/API-call cost, avoiding broad mailbox or log fetches, or optimising a polling/sync loop.\n\nThis is a routing/cost-decision skill, never a…

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

# Sendmux token-efficient usage

Use this skill to choose the lowest-cost Sendmux route that still answers the task correctly.

## Boundaries

- Do not ask the user to paste an API key.
- For API-key authentication, use `smx_mbx_*` keys for normal Mailbox calls.
- For a self-registered agent, reuse one durable CLI profile. Mailbox reads become available after provisioning, before owner approval; Sending stays blocked until owner approval.
- For API-key authentication, use `smx_root_*` for Management calls.
- Do not default to MCP for every task. MCP is best when the required tool is curated; CLI and SDK cover broader surfaces.
- Keep real attachment bytes outside model context and route their mechanics to `sendmux-attachments`; use the attachment route reference below.
- Do not read full mailbox bodies, every message, or every log row unless the user asks for full content and narrower calls cannot answer.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add sendmux/skills/sendmux-token-efficient-usage@sha256:dc71d5b01735a0a1

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, 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 5 versions of this file, between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 15, 2026, about one every 4 days.

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v1.0 latest2026-09-15 1ac1ffc 17,968 BA view · diff
v1.02026-09-15 3de00a3 17,968 BA view · diff
v1.02026-09-11 4b98e93 10,990 BA view · diff
v1.02026-09-01 dba9ca4 10,532 BA view · diff
v1.02026-09-01 fb0f3a5 10,500 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 (17968 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

sendmux/skills · 18 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-15 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gjllp4ssc6puib2c
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sendmux/skills/sendmux-token-efficient-usage
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dc71d5b01735a0a1c4f6d9577c719f8302f5411a66ea173e50db2c2091ed8458

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