thin-plan SKILL.md skillA
thin-plan from tmusser/ai-engineering-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/thin-plan@git:20260809.4494132Pins git:20260809.4494132 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tmusser/ai-engineering-skills
- Path
skills/thin-plan/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260809.4494132, committed Aug 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 13, 2026
- Size
- 1,358 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- MIT
Convert a mini-spec into 3-7 vertical implementation slices.
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
# Thin Plan ## Purpose Convert the mini-spec into 3-7 vertical implementation slices. ## When to use Use when `SPEC.md` exists and implementation needs a short, ordered path. ## Inputs - `SPEC.md` - `CONTEXT.md` - Existing repo structure - Available verification commands ## Workflow 1. If `SPEC.md` has an active Contract ID, copy that ID exactly into `PLAN.md`. Do not invent an ID when SPEC has none. 2. Identify the smallest end-to-end behavior. 3. Create 3-7 slices that each produce observable behavior. 4. Make every slice independently verifiable. 5. Keep each slice to the fewest files possible. 6. Avoid horizontal architecture-only tasks unless required. 7. Record dependencies, risks, and verification strategy. 8. Write `PLAN.md` and `TODO.md`. ## Outputs - `PLAN.md` - `TODO.md` - Active Contract ID in `PLAN.md` only when SPEC opted into contract identity ## Stop conditions - Each task has a visible result and a check. - Planning reveals a missing spec decision. ## Anti-patterns - Planning all backend, then all frontend, then all tests. - Creating broad tasks that cannot be finished in one session. - Treating setup work as progress when no behavior changes. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/thin-plan@sha256:414700479f5ee0e2The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260809.4494132, 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 May 13, 2026 and Aug 9, 2026, about one every 22 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260809.4494132 latest | 2026-08-09 | 4494132 | 1,358 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260518.0d37b7d | 2026-05-18 | 0d37b7d | 1,094 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260513.f998546 | 2026-05-13 | f998546 | 1,165 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260513.58e49a6 | 2026-05-13 | 58e49a6 | 1,089 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260513.29c281c | 2026-05-13 | 29c281c | 1,166 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 (1358 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
tmusser/ai-engineering-skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hpny3xbvxicul2xe GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/thin-plan GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/414700479f5ee0e2821c181713c44d7461f5c78fe2351794c77daae3141d9e32
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