ticker SKILL.md skillA
ticker from marcsky/loanword is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add marcsky/loanword/ticker@git:20260905.fe1a1afPins git:20260905.fe1a1af in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- marcsky/loanword
- Path
skills/ticker/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260905.fe1a1af, committed Sep 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 4, 2026
- Size
- 2,603 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
A vocabulary widget inside Claude Code — one card at a time in the status line under the prompt, the weakest words of the open deck, a new one every few seconds, so a working session teaches you words while you work. Use when the user asks for words in the status line, a vocabulary ticker, or to turn it off.
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
# /loanword:ticker — a card in the status line
Claude Code's status line re-runs a command every `refreshInterval` seconds and
prints its first line under the prompt. Loanword has a command that prints one
card from the open deck's snapshot — weakest first, cycling on a fixed clock,
never opening the database:
```bash
node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/peek.mjs" --line
```
How long a word stays is the `tickerEvery` setting (seconds, 5…300, default
30), changed in the trainer's Settings or with `ticker_every` in the plugin
options. `--interval=N` on the command line overrides it; leave the flag off so
the setting rules. The status line cannot redraw faster than its own
`refreshInterval`, so keep that at or below `tickerEvery`.
It prints `Loanword · front — back · reading · 63%` (or `· new`, `· leech`),
or an empty line when there is nothing to show. `--pick=` narrows it like the
peek setting (`starred,slipping,B2`).
## Turning it on
1. Resolve `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}` to an absolute path now — `settings.json`
does not substitute variables.
2. Read `~/.claude/settings.json` (create `{}` if missing). Ask the user once,
in one line, before writing to it.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add marcsky/loanword/ticker@sha256:71f97ad88c00195bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260905.fe1a1af, 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_jqffkjgomebgfh72)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 4, 2026 and Sep 5, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260905.fe1a1af latest | 2026-09-05 | fe1a1af | 2,603 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260904.2059218 | 2026-09-04 | 2059218 | 2,110 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 (2603 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
marcsky/loanword · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jqffkjgomebgfh72 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=marcsky/loanword/ticker GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/71f97ad88c00195b606405d372f407dc5bd54fd641ac8a5243520a6f11514dde
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.