eco-mode SKILL.md skillA
eco-mode from tmusser/ai-engineering-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/eco-mode@git:20261026.2efd117Pins git:20261026.2efd117 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tmusser/ai-engineering-skills
- Path
skills/eco-mode/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261026.2efd117, committed Oct 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 9, 2026
- Size
- 5,479 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- MIT
Keep a small, budgeted working context for low-cost model execution without weakening task contracts, required sources, or verification.
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
# Eco Mode ## Purpose Make bounded agent work economical through source selection, fresh-context discipline, and a measurable preflight. This is an opt-in working-set policy, not a second workflow, model switch, or replacement for verification. ## When to use Use when the operator invokes eco mode, asks to minimize context costs, or runs a bounded task on a fast inexpensive model. Especially useful for maintenance, well-scoped coding, extraction, and small-model delegated work. Do not force it on ambiguous research, incident response, high-stakes decisions, or tasks whose required evidence cannot fit. Escalate when necessary. ## Inputs - Objective, current source of truth, scope and acceptance/proof targets - Only the selected relevant code/docs and durable state files - Optional provider/model choice outside this skill - Local selected-content budget, default 60,000 UTF-8 bytes - Optional, explicitly named required source files and literal proof anchors ## Workflow 1. Resolve the route first, or honor an already explicit route. Do not append ceremony to a sufficient workflow. 2. Load only the current authority-bearing task sources, relevant file sections, …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/eco-mode@sha256:d992f86c25ed27b3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261026.2efd117, 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_jsj6hvipjulwo3r5)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Oct 9, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261026.2efd117 latest | 2026-10-26 | 2efd117 | 5,479 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261021.1a23e23 | 2026-10-21 | 1a23e23 | 5,291 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261009.a19a21d | 2026-10-09 | a19a21d | 4,248 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 (5479 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
tmusser/ai-engineering-skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jsj6hvipjulwo3r5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/eco-mode GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d992f86c25ed27b374d555fdab84535ff1455fb0a6bcce2b3288d1e8d5ed8fdd
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.