nz-buses SKILL.md skillA

nz-buses from thecolab-ai/.skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add thecolab-ai/.skills/nz-buses@git:20260719.1748a98

Pins git:20260719.1748a98 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: thecolab-ai/.skills
Path: skills/nz-buses/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20260719.1748a98, committed Jul 19, 2026
First version recorded: May 23, 2026
Size: 4,692 bytes
Repository stars: 33
License: MIT

Query Wellington-region Metlink bus data through a lightweight read-only CLI for stops, routes, arrivals, service alerts, and vehicle positions. Use for Wellington buses only; do not use for Wellington trains, ferries, cable car, or Auckland Transport.

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

# NZ Buses

## Goal

Query live Wellington-region bus data through a small deterministic CLI with human-readable and JSON output.

Metlink Wellington is the v1 source. This skill intentionally filters the shared Metlink GTFS and GTFS-Realtime feeds to bus routes only.

## Use this when

- A user asks about Wellington region Metlink buses
- A user asks for live Metlink bus arrivals from a known stop
- A user wants to search Wellington region stops or routes
- A user asks about Metlink bus service alerts or live bus vehicle positions
- A workflow needs lightweight machine-readable Wellington bus data

## Do not use this for

- Auckland buses, trains, or ferries; use `at-transport` instead
- Wellington trains or other rail-specific tasks; use a train-specific skill if available
- Wellington ferries or cable car; they are separate modes and are not covered here
- Journey planning, route directions, fares, tickets, or account actions
- Historical timetable claims or punctuality analysis unless another dataset provides history
- High-volume mirroring of Metlink data

## Preferred workflow

1. Confirm the request is for Wellington-region Metlink buses
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add thecolab-ai/.skills/nz-buses@sha256:4604877e30965407

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260719.1748a98, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_ixd4aetjmaw7wg5a.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ixd4aetjmaw7wg5a)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 23, 2026 and Jul 19, 2026, about one every 57 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260719.1748a98 latest	2026-07-19	1748a98	4,692 B	A	view · diff
git:20260523.d4adb06	2026-05-23	d4adb06	3,937 B	A	view

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 (4692 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

thecolab-ai/.skills · 33 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-12 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ixd4aetjmaw7wg5a
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thecolab-ai/.skills/nz-buses
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4604877e309654073a2507313c974c3a14c059b1fb1355b0d0254ec95044ffdf

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