architecture SKILL.md skillA
architecture from hdl-tools/digital-chip-design-agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add hdl-tools/digital-chip-design-agents/architecture@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- hdl-tools/digital-chip-design-agents
- Path
plugins/architecture/skills/architecture/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Oct 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 17, 2026
- Size
- 14,721 bytes
- Repository stars
- 220
- License
- MIT
Microarchitecture exploration, PPA estimation, risk assessment, and architecture sign-off for digital chip design. Use when evaluating design candidates, estimating power/area/performance, assessing technical risk, or producing a microarchitecture document for handoff to RTL design.
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
# Skill: Architecture Evaluation ## Invocation - **If invoked by a user** presenting a design task: immediately spawn the `digital-chip-design-agents:architecture-orchestrator` agent and pass the full user request and any available context. Do not execute stages directly. - **If invoked by the `architecture-orchestrator` mid-flow**: do not spawn a new agent. Treat this file as read-only — return the requested stage rules, sign-off criteria, or loop-back guidance to the calling orchestrator. Spawning the orchestrator from within an active orchestrator run causes recursive delegation and must never happen. ## Pre-run Context Before executing or advising on **any** stage, read the following files if they exist: 1. `memory/architecture/knowledge.md` — known failure patterns, successful tool flags, PDK/tool quirks. Incorporate its guidance into every stage decision. If absent, proceed without it. 2. `memory/architecture/run_state.md` — current run identity (`run_id`, `design_name`, `tool`, `last_stage`). Use this to resume correctly after interruption. If absent, a new run is starting; the orchestrator will create this file before the first stage. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add hdl-tools/digital-chip-design-agents/architecture@sha256:d889f399bb1be986The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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_hrq4bs2brsypempx)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Apr 17, 2026 and Oct 3, 2026, about one every 28 days.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-10-03 | 436ef2e | 14,721 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-10-02 | e243902 | 14,016 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-31 | 9bdd652 | 13,920 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-04-25 | 4f954e2 | 12,510 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-04-25 | b61e057 | 12,479 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-04-25 | d3eabae | 12,322 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-04-17 | ac5c224 | 8,355 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 (14721 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
hdl-tools/digital-chip-design-agents · 220 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hrq4bs2brsypempx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hdl-tools/digital-chip-design-agents/architecture GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d889f399bb1be9861d6de682d336c462bde921076a9e9388add88436ca1f9771
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