cross-squad SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 4 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
cross-squad from microsoft/waza is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoft/waza/cross-squad@git:20261016.42d1b9fPins git:20261016.42d1b9f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/waza
- Path
.github/skills/cross-squad/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261016.42d1b9f, committed Oct 16, 2026
- Size
- 10,010 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,424
- License
- MIT
Coordinating work across multiple Squad instances — discovery, delegation, and disambiguation when the user says 'squad' (the product) vs casual English 'group of agents'.
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
## Context > **Read this FIRST any time the user says "squad" as a thing to spawn, delegate to, address, or fan out to** — e.g., *"spawn two squads of designers and devs"*, *"ask the other squad"*, *"delegate to a squad"*. In Squad-PRODUCT vocabulary, "squad" is a **peer** (an independent installation with its own `.squad/`, `team.md`, MCP server, and agents) — NOT a generic English synonym for "team" or "group". Do not fan out raw `task` agents inside your own coordinator context when the user means "another squad". Use the discovery and communication patterns below (and the companion `cross-squad-communication` skill for the actual protocols). When an organization runs multiple Squad instances (e.g., platform-squad, frontend-squad, data-squad), those squads need to discover each other, share context, and hand off work across repository boundaries. This skill teaches agents how to coordinate across squads without creating tight coupling. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoft/waza/cross-squad@sha256:8f62616ee39835c8The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.42d1b9f, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_iiqb5674viq53ekb)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 16, 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 (10010 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
microsoft/waza · 1,424 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_iiqb5674viq53ekb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/waza/cross-squad GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8f62616ee39835c8e2954cb9327cf813cf1c6d5f6d8652773c82f042aa076270
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.