nsf-proposal-composer SKILL.md skillA

nsf-proposal-composer from yzhao062/agent-config is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add yzhao062/agent-config/nsf-proposal-composer@git:20260406.2404ea5

Pins git:20260406.2404ea5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
yzhao062/agent-config
Path
reference-skills/nsf-proposal-composer/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260406.2404ea5, committed Apr 6, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 2, 2026
Size
17,830 bytes
Repository stars
16
License
none declared

Compose NSF proposal outlines and section drafts from a project idea, prior proposal examples, and solicitation requirements. Use when Codex needs to choose between ecosystem-building and methodology-driven proposal families, turn a brief into a proposal structure, draft or refresh LaTeX sections, introduce an optional cross-section running example for abstract infrastructure proposals, or keep summary, aims, evaluation, and impact sections aligned during proposal writing.

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

# NSF Proposal Composer

## Overview

Use this skill to turn an early proposal idea into a concrete NSF writing plan
and section draft sequence. Treat `nsf-proposal-guardrail` as the compliance
layer and this skill as the composition layer.

This skill is optimized for NSF proposal structure. It can still be reused for
other calls when explicit sponsor requirements are present in
`<proposal-dir>/context/solicitation/`, but those requirements should override
default NSF conventions instead of turning the skill into a generic
multi-sponsor composer.

Primary use case:

- the user gives a core proposal concept, or Codex reads the current
  introduction from an active proposal folder as the seed idea
- Codex improves the introduction architecture so it clearly moves from
  importance, to gaps or challenges, to a coherent thrust sequence
- Codex chooses the proposal family and target structure
- Codex generates or refreshes numbered aim files in the active proposal folder
- Codex syncs the introduction back to the generated aims so the narrative
  stays aligned

Treat this as a bidirectional sync skill, not a one-shot drafter:

- intro-framing mode: `importance -> gaps -> thrust chain`
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add yzhao062/agent-config/nsf-proposal-composer@sha256:0cd0e35833429c48

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260406.2404ea5, 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

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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 (17830 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

yzhao062/agent-config · 16 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-23 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_i3vljpmt2jhafwro
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yzhao062/agent-config/nsf-proposal-composer
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0cd0e35833429c481295fe422bbadab21a9a8fcb65319414597b889c0cd6642d

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.

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