network-device-cli SKILL.md skillB
network-device-cli from dandi41/ntnroute is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dandi41/ntnroute/network-device-cli@v1.1.0Pins v1.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dandi41/ntnroute
- Path
skills/network-device-cli/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.1.0, committed Nov 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Nov 2, 2026
- Size
- 9,197 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Use when SSHing into a router, switch, or firewall CLI.
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
# Network Device CLI (Cisco IOS and other appliances) ## When to Use - The user gives a host + credentials and asks for a command (ping, show) to be run **on** the device — router, switch, firewall, appliance. - An SSH attempt to network gear fails with `Permission denied` or `no acceptable kex algorithm`. - You need device-side reachability (can the router reach 8.8.8.8?) rather than host-side. - A request wants device config **changed** (interface, VLAN, route, ACL), not just read — see "Before a config change" below. - You are rebuilding a device-inventory / automation workflow that must survive session resets — the inventory (hostname, ip, port, credentials, config_list, checkpoint) belongs on disk, never in the conversation. Not for a Linux server over SSH — plain `ssh user@host` works there. Network gear is not a Linux box. It runs an exec-mode CLI with paging, restricted exec commands, and — on anything a few years old — SSH algorithms that modern OpenSSH disables by default. Follow this order; each step fails in a way that misdiagnoses as "wrong password" if you skip it. ## 1. Confirm reachability, then read the banner ```bash ping -c1 -W2 <host> …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dandi41/ntnroute/network-device-cli@sha256:6c4b962af1f73f3aThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1.0, 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_hpcp52kucuofgm77)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026, about one every 2 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1.0 latest | 2026-11-05 | 49230fe | 9,197 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.1.0 | 2026-11-02 | d4e9d68 | 9,306 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.1.0 | 2026-11-02 | af687dd | 9,556 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No script tag (matched: <script)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9197 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
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
dandi41/ntnroute · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hpcp52kucuofgm77 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dandi41/ntnroute/network-device-cli GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6c4b962af1f73f3adfad05fec51ffd30bb5f18035fe26cf882f03f4d1bc9fbc5
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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.