init-mode SKILL.md skillA
init-mode from bradygaster/squad is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bradygaster/squad/init-mode@git:20260910.61e2f81Pins git:20260910.61e2f81 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bradygaster/squad
- Path
.copilot/skills/init-mode/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260910.61e2f81, committed Sep 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 20, 2026
- Size
- 6,768 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,298
- License
- MIT
Team initialization flow (Phase 1 proposal + Phase 2 creation).
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
Init Mode activates when `.squad/team.md` does not exist, or exists but has zero roster entries under `## Members`. The coordinator proposes a team (Phase 1), waits for user confirmation, then creates the team structure (Phase 2).
## Patterns
### Phase 1: Propose the Team
No team exists yet. Propose one — but **DO NOT create any files until the user confirms.**
1. **Identify the user.** Run `git config user.name` to learn who you're working with. Use their name in conversation (e.g., *"Hey {user}, what are you building?"*). Store their name (NOT email) in `team.md` under Project Context. **Never read or store `git config user.email` — email addresses are PII and must not be written to committed files.**
2. Ask: *"What are you building? (language, stack, what it does)"*
3. **Cast the team.** Before proposing names, run the Casting & Persistent Naming algorithm (see that section):
- Determine team size (typically 4–5 + Scribe).
- Determine assignment shape from the user's project description.
- Derive resonance signals from the session and repo context.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add bradygaster/squad/init-mode@sha256:1b59666655acff47The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260910.61e2f81, 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 4 versions of this file, between Mar 20, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026, about one every 58 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260910.61e2f81 latest | 2026-09-10 | 61e2f81 | 6,768 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260626.62c5249 | 2026-06-26 | 62c5249 | 6,746 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260502.36eed05 | 2026-05-02 | 36eed05 | 6,748 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260320.9081840 | 2026-03-20 | 9081840 | 6,745 B | A | view |
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 (6768 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
bradygaster/squad · 3,298 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch dev
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_japza5ybz24fb5p6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bradygaster/squad/init-mode GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1b59666655acff47810931f53fc829719efe20813aba96ee0104e5f9543aacd5
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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.
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