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deft-directive-setup from deftai/directive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add deftai/directive/deft-directive-setup@git:20261018.f51ccc7

Pins git:20261018.f51ccc7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: deftai/directive
Path: content/skills/deft-directive-setup/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 12
Latest version: git:20261018.f51ccc7, committed Oct 18, 2026
First version recorded: Sep 24, 2026
Size: 106,345 bytes
Repository stars: 31
License: a license file GitHub does not identify

Set up a new project with Deft Directive framework standards. Use when the user wants to bootstrap user preferences, configure a project, or generate a project specification. Walks through setup conversationally — no separate CLI needed.

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

<!-- AUTO-GENERATED by task packs:render -- DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY -->
<!-- Purpose: rendered skill -->
<!-- Source of truth: packs/skills/skills-pack-0.1.json -->
<!-- Regenerate with: task packs:render -->
<!-- Edit the source, not this file. Slice instead of loading every SKILL.md: task packs:slice skills by-trigger --trigger <kw> (or list) -->

# Deft Directive Setup

Agent-driven alternative to `directive init` plus setup Phases 1-3 (`task project:render` / spec interview).

Legend (from RFC2119): !=MUST, ~=SHOULD, ≉=SHOULD NOT, ⊗=MUST NOT, ?=MAY.

## When to Use

- User says "set up deft", "configure deft", or "bootstrap my project"
- User asks to create USER.md, PROJECT-DEFINITION.xbrief.json, or a specification
- User clones a deft-enabled repo for the first time with no config
- User says "revisit experimental rules", "toggle experimental meta", "enable SOUL", "disable morals", or wants to change Experimental Rules after bootstrap (#46)

## Opt-out flag (`.no-deft-directive`) (#2926)
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add deftai/directive/deft-directive-setup@sha256:d2406c078aab8770

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261018.f51ccc7, 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.

Badge

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

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 12 versions of this file, between Sep 24, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026, about one every 2 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261018.f51ccc7 latest	2026-10-18	f51ccc7	106,345 B	A	view · diff
git:20261016.c2d5651	2026-10-16	c2d5651	104,482 B	A	view · diff
git:20261013.41f3278	2026-10-13	41f3278	100,767 B	A	view · diff
git:20261005.283bfab	2026-10-05	283bfab	99,937 B	A	view · diff
git:20261005.3c1ce6d	2026-10-05	3c1ce6d	98,948 B	A	view · diff
git:20261005.0ab3db2	2026-10-05	0ab3db2	94,859 B	A	view · diff
git:20260930.54a4252	2026-09-30	54a4252	93,130 B	A	view · diff
git:20260927.d9b031c	2026-09-27	d9b031c	92,345 B	A	view · diff
git:20260925.a9874ee	2026-09-25	a9874ee	91,647 B	A	view · diff
git:20260925.60245c4	2026-09-25	60245c4	91,001 B	A	view · diff
git:20260924.84e6381	2026-09-24	84e6381	88,774 B	A	view · diff
git:20260924.00f7d47	2026-09-24	00f7d47	88,621 B	A	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 (106345 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

deftai/directive · 31 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hnxnnyzmqfaewdyg
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=deftai/directive/deft-directive-setup
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d2406c078aab8770650ddc7b939151dd122656605484edd4d284a4cf64ddc8e8

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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