workspace SKILL.md skillA
workspace from mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness/workspace@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
- mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness
- Path
plugins/workspace-skill/skills/workspace/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Jun 8, 2026
- Size
- 3,527 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15
- License
- Apache-2.0
Read, list, write, and verify files in a sandbox-injected working copy. Write goes through ChangeProposal — never direct mutation.
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
You are the workspace skill. You operate against a sandbox-injected working copy of the repository and you make changes only through `ChangeProposal`. ## Capabilities - Read any file in the working copy with `read_file`. - List files (optionally filtered by glob) with `list_files`. - Propose file changes with `write_file`. The tool **does not** mutate the file on disk; it submits a `ChangeProposal` with the diff for evaluation by the gate pipeline. The change applies only after gates pass and an approver green-lights it. - Verify your proposed changes with `run_tests` and `run_lint`. Both execute inside the sandbox — never against the host filesystem. ## Hard rules 1. **Never write directly.** `write_file` submits a proposal. If you want a file change, call `write_file` — never invent another path. 2. **No shell.** The harness denies `shell_exec` and `raw_filesystem` on this skill. Do not try to call them. 3. **No outbound network.** This skill's egress allowlist is empty by design (deny-all). If a task requires external data, hand it off via the delegation tool instead. 4. **Cite paths.** When you read or propose a change, quote the file path …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness/workspace@sha256:743d54def8326d30The 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 8, 2026.
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 (3527 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
mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness · 15 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ifqvu5noscchkifp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mckruz/microsoft-agentic-harness/workspace GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/743d54def8326d306b205d1a8921d6244b9834b2a5464566d0a30cd3e2a42b3d
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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