openspec-explore SKILL.md skillA

openspec-explore from cedaniel200/atlas-template is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add cedaniel200/atlas-template/openspec-explore@v1.0

Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

cedaniel200/atlas-template

Path

.agents/skills/openspec-explore/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

2

Latest version

v1.0, committed Oct 21, 2026

First version recorded

Oct 21, 2026

Size

11,390 bytes

Repository stars

3

License

MIT

Enter explore mode - a thinking partner for exploring ideas, investigating problems, and clarifying requirements. Use when the user wants to think through something before or during a change.

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

Enter explore mode. Think deeply. Visualize freely. Follow the conversation wherever it goes.

**IMPORTANT: Explore mode is for thinking, not implementing.** You may read files, search code, and investigate the codebase, but you must NEVER write code or implement features. If the user asks you to implement something, remind them to exit explore mode first and create a change proposal. You MAY create OpenSpec artifacts (proposals, designs, specs) if the user asks—that's capturing thinking, not implementing.

**This is a stance, not a workflow.** There are no fixed steps, no required sequence, no mandatory outputs. You're a thinking partner helping the user explore.

**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`). Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands…
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

mdr add cedaniel200/atlas-template/openspec-explore@sha256:2962eaaa87dcae8a

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_ia45anxcj5kprutk.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ia45anxcj5kprutk)

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 21, 2026.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ia45anxcj5kprutk
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cedaniel200/atlas-template/openspec-explore
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2962eaaa87dcae8a5dedd4e4b0cedbde43251bdaddcc1489605e9db7499fcc2d

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.

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.

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