dekko-orient skillB
dekko-orient is agent-read markdown (skill) from aahlijia/dekko: Use dekko's tools instead of grep/Read whenever a repo has a .dekko/ directory — not just at session start. Trigger before any Grep/Glob/Read of a source file, before a `grep`/`rg`/`find`/`cat` in Bash, and on any "find/locate/understand this symbol," "what does this file/dir contain," "who calls this," "what will this change break," or "which tests should I run" impulse. dekko has already parsed and indexed the repo; grepping or reading whole files re-does work dekko already did, at higher toke.
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# Orienting with dekko (read less of the repo) A repo with a `.dekko/` directory is already parsed and indexed. Call dekko's MCP tools or CLI **before** grepping for a symbol or reading a whole file — that is the token cost this skill exists to avoid. The MCP tools appear as `mcp__dekko__*` (standalone `claude mcp add` install) or `mcp__plugin_dekko_dekko__*` (plugin install); this skill writes the short form. If neither shows up in your toolset yet, they may be deferred behind a tool search — search for "dekko" before falling back to Read/Grep, don't give up after one miss. With no MCP tools at all, every tool below has the CLI form shown next to it. No `.dekko/` directory yet? Run `dekko map .` (or the `/map` command) once, then use the tools below. ## The default ladder Work top-down. Each rung is roughly an order of magnitude cheaper than the one it replaces, and most tasks never need the bottom rung on more than one or two files: 1. **Orient** — `summary` (or the session-start hook's preamble, if it is already in context; don't pay for it twice). 2. **Locate** — `search_code` when you know what the code does, …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add aahlijia/dekko/dekko-orient@git:20260922.4966520mdr add aahlijia/dekko/dekko-orient@sha256:152a33902918e602Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_hxlgn7x4eqrodxj6)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260922.4966520 latest | 2026-09-22 | 4966520 | 12,709 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260818.a4b8914 | 2026-08-18 | a4b8914 | 8,305 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260812.c7a7642 | 2026-08-12 | c7a7642 | 6,631 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260806.77ba1b2 | 2026-08-06 | 77ba1b2 | 5,243 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260803.ca49afc | 2026-08-03 | ca49afc | 4,158 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No instruction to read or print local credentials (matched: read anywhere) | grepping `getenv`/`process.env)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12709 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 base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
aahlijia/dekko · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hxlgn7x4eqrodxj6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aahlijia/dekko/dekko-orient GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/152a33902918e602ae01175a3d32e4047d81b31c73ff403ac9fa6be91868832d
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