groove-builder SKILL.md skillA
groove-builder from glincker/ableton-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add glincker/ableton-skills/groove-builder@git:20260427.43d4669Pins git:20260427.43d4669 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- glincker/ableton-skills
- Path
skills/groove-builder/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260427.43d4669, committed Apr 27, 2026
- Size
- 3,589 bytes
- Repository stars
- 45
- License
- MIT
Use when the user wants drum patterns by genre - kick, snare, hi-hat, percussion. Examples - "give me a trap beat", "house drum pattern", "DnB drums at 174", "lo-fi drums with swing", "boom-bap pattern".
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
# Groove Builder Generate idiomatic drum patterns by genre with proper humanization. Writes to MIDI clips on the user's drum track. ## Workflow ### 1. Identify genre + tempo Required: genre. Optional: tempo (use genre defaults). | Genre | Default tempo | Time sig | | --- | --- | --- | | Lo-fi hip-hop | 70-90 | 4/4 | | Boom-bap | 85-95 | 4/4 | | Trap | 130-150 (half-time feel) | 4/4 | | House | 120-128 | 4/4 | | Tech house | 124-128 | 4/4 | | Techno | 125-135 | 4/4 | | DnB / Jungle | 165-180 | 4/4 | | UK garage | 130-138 | 4/4 (shuffled) | | Drill (UK) | 140-145 (half-time) | 4/4 | | Reggaeton | 95-100 | 4/4 (dembow) | ### 2. Verify drum rack `get_track_info` on the drum track. Confirm a drum rack is loaded with at least kick (C1), snare (D1), hat (F#1), and optionally clap (D#1), open hat (A#1), perc (G1+). If no kit loaded → ask user, or load stock Ableton Drum Kit. ### 3. Write the pattern For a 1-bar (16-step) pattern, here are tested templates: #### Lo-fi hip-hop ``` Kick: X . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . Snare: . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . . (snare on 5 & 13 for half-time feel) Hat: X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . (8th notes) ``` - Kick: vel 100-110 …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add glincker/ableton-skills/groove-builder@sha256:1e63db88020af2aeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260427.43d4669, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 27, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source
glincker/ableton-skills · 45 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_i5zz3mkxttjtij4z GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=glincker/ableton-skills/groove-builder GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1e63db88020af2ae343171a6d29dc3db49238b7303252fe422c62055d8c7f2b3
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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.