build-pkgdown-site SKILL.md skillA
build-pkgdown-site from pjt222/agent-almanac is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pjt222/agent-almanac/build-pkgdown-site@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pjt222/agent-almanac
- Path
i18n/caveman-lite/skills/build-pkgdown-site/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Aug 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 19, 2026
- Size
- 7,000 bytes
- Repository stars
- 43
- License
- MIT
Build and deploy a pkgdown documentation site for an R package to GitHub Pages. Covers _pkgdown.yml configuration, theming, article organization, reference index customization, and deployment methods. Use when creating a documentation site for a new or existing package, customizing layout or navigation, fixing 404 errors on a deployed site, or migrating between branch-based and GitHub Actions deployment methods.
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
# Build pkgdown Site
Configure and deploy a pkgdown documentation website for an R package.
## When to Use
- Creating a documentation site for an R package
- Customizing pkgdown layout, theme, or navigation
- Fixing 404 errors on a deployed pkgdown site
- Migrating between deployment methods
## Inputs
- **Required**: R package with roxygen2 documentation
- **Required**: GitHub repository
- **Optional**: Custom theme or branding
- **Optional**: Vignettes to include as articles
## Procedure
### Step 1: Initialize pkgdown
```r
usethis::use_pkgdown()
```
This creates `_pkgdown.yml` and adds pkgdown to `.Rbuildignore`.
**Got:** `_pkgdown.yml` exists in the project root. `.Rbuildignore` contains pkgdown-related entries.
**If fail:** Install pkgdown with `install.packages("pkgdown")`. If `_pkgdown.yml` already exists, the function will update `.Rbuildignore` without overwriting the config.
### Step 2: Configure `_pkgdown.yml`
```yaml
url: https://username.github.io/packagename/
development:
mode: release
template:
bootstrap: 5
bootswatch: flatly
navbar:
structure:
left: [intro, reference, articles, news]
right: [search, github]
components:
github:
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pjt222/agent-almanac/build-pkgdown-site@sha256:959d0495350a83f4The 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_hau34bbqcq663o7n)
4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Apr 19, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026, about one every 40 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0 latest | 2026-08-17 | a784899 | 7,000 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-06-05 | 33b561c | 6,971 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-04-19 | 239796d | 6,967 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-04-19 | e334ebd | 7,039 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 (7000 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
pjt222/agent-almanac · 43 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hau34bbqcq663o7n GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pjt222/agent-almanac/build-pkgdown-site GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/959d0495350a83f4fe8fb15b0f317f43e33d10ad5eaf8a6c50088028b174cf53
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