what-context-needed SKILL.md skillA
what-context-needed from marielynneblock/arcanum-artifex is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add marielynneblock/arcanum-artifex/what-context-needed@git:20260624.0a2f9faPins git:20260624.0a2f9fa in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- marielynneblock/arcanum-artifex
- Path
skills/agentic/what-context-needed/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260624.0a2f9fa, committed Jun 24, 2026
- Size
- 1,144 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- none declared
Identify which files or folders Copilot needs to inspect before answering a user question, including required context, helpful context, and uncertainties.
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
# What Context Do You Need?
Before answering my question, tell me what files you need to see.
## My Question
{{question}}
Replace `{{question}}` with the user's actual question. If no question is provided, ask for it before listing required context.
## Instructions
1. Based on my question, list the files you would need to examine
2. Explain why each file is relevant
3. Note any files you've already seen in this conversation
4. Identify what you're uncertain about
## Output Format
```markdown
## Files I Need
### Must See (required for accurate answer)
- `path/to/file.ts` — [why needed]
### Should See (helpful for complete answer)
- `path/to/file.ts` — [why helpful]
### Already Have
- `path/to/file.ts` — [from earlier in conversation]
### Uncertainties
- [What I'm not sure about without seeing the code]
```
After I provide these files, I'll ask my question again.Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add marielynneblock/arcanum-artifex/what-context-needed@sha256:b2be870427a68f8cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260624.0a2f9fa, 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_jsi4v5ebjncm5vka)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 24, 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 (1144 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
marielynneblock/arcanum-artifex · 4 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-09-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jsi4v5ebjncm5vka GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=marielynneblock/arcanum-artifex/what-context-needed GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b2be870427a68f8c8774d669597b9bea6f2ea30c76f5cadffa14f7a3e5f6aa48
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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