Home / tjcages / skills · linear-methodology/skills/linear-discipline/SKILL.md · GitHub

linear-discipline skillA

linear-discipline is agent-read markdown (skill) from tjcages/skills: Always-on Linear session discipline and one-time soft nudge for untracked repos. Use whenever non-trivial work is happening in a repo that already has a Linear tracking protocol in CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, or .cursor/rules; or when opening/working in a repo with no protocol and no .linear-tracking-skip file (ask once to run linear-setup). Enforces search-before-create, lifecycle, and close-the-loop. NOT for full bootstrap, sync, or monitor runs..

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.

What the file says

# Linear discipline (always-on)

Chat rules: [RESPONSE.md](./RESPONSE.md). Auth before Linear calls: [AUTH.md](./AUTH.md).

## Detect tracking

**Tracked** if the repo has a “Linear tracking” (or equivalent) section in `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`, or `.cursor/rules/*` that names team + project.

**Skipped** if `.linear-tracking-skip` exists at repo root.

## If tracked

Follow the protocol written in-repo:

1. Search before create.
2. Non-trivial work → file/update an issue in the named project + milestone.
3. `Backlog` → `In Progress` at start → `Done` only when shipped.
4. Close the loop before session end (state and/or comment).
5. Prefer Linear’s generated branch names.

Before any Linear tool call: Step 0 auth.

## If untracked and not skipped (soft nudge — 1B)

Ask **once**, one line, no preamble:

> This repo isn’t tracked in Linear. Set it up now? (~10–20 min)

- **Yes** → hand off to `linear-setup` (do not bootstrap inline without that skill’s gates).
- **No** → create `.linear-tracking-skip` at repo root; stay quiet next time.
- Never auto-create Linear projects or issues from a nudge alone.
- Never nudge from Automation / `linear-monitor` runs.

## If skipped
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

Latest version
mdr add tjcages/skills/linear-discipline@v1.0.2
Exact content
mdr add tjcages/skills/linear-discipline@sha256:357c246ea2f487e5

Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_jthyrzqhj6detdcz.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_jthyrzqhj6detdcz)

0 badge views in 30 days

Versions

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.0.2 latest2026-08-25 b7cbce9 1,955 BA view · diff
v1.0.22026-07-29 6e8c949 1,928 BA view · diff
v1.0.12026-07-21 07b7a5a 1,928 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, 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 (1955 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

tjcages/skills · 4 stars · license none · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jthyrzqhj6detdcz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tjcages/skills/linear-discipline
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/357c246ea2f487e59ef405db4e15f5d078daee92c62ac3869d6634ab34199845

Your agent 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.

More from tjcages/skills

AGENTS.md agents
tjcages/skills · AGENTS.md
git:20260918.148eea5 · audit A · 4 stars
CLAUDE.md claude
tjcages/skills · CLAUDE.md
git:20260825.4659652 · audit A · 4 stars
accept-gated-ai skill
tjcages/skills · accept-gated-ai/skills/accept-gated-ai/SKILL.md · Make write-access AI trustworthy: every edit diffed, accept-gated, reversible, proportional, and willing to do nothing…
v0.2.0 · audit A · 4 stars
CLAUDE.md@apple-native claude
tjcages/skills · apple-native/CLAUDE.md
git:20260918.96bdb18 · audit A · 4 stars
apple-native skill
tjcages/skills · apple-native/skills/apple-native/SKILL.md · Build, adapt, or review native iOS and iPadOS apps with Apple frameworks and selectively retrieved components…
v0.1.0 · audit A · 4 stars
behavior-contracts skill
tjcages/skills · behavior-contracts/skills/behavior-contracts/SKILL.md · Keep multi-platform products behaviorally one product: write platform-neutral behavior contracts per form/primitive…
v0.1.0 · audit A · 4 stars
constitution-first skill
tjcages/skills · constitution-first/skills/constitution-first/SKILL.md · Author and govern a product North Star (constitution) that every feature is judged against — premise, non-negotiables…
v0.1.0 · audit A · 4 stars
CLAUDE.md@ea claude
tjcages/skills · ea/CLAUDE.md
git:20260918.ca4af95 · audit A · 4 stars
ea skill
tjcages/skills · ea/skills/ea/SKILL.md · Route routine agent work to deterministic tools and bounded JEV decisions through the user’s preferred connection. Use…
v0.2.1 · audit A · 4 stars
CLAUDE.md@linear-methodology claude
tjcages/skills · linear-methodology/CLAUDE.md
git:20260729.1d36dbe · audit A · 4 stars
linear-finish-install skill
tjcages/skills · linear-methodology/skills/linear-finish-install/SKILL.md · Finish Linear tracking pack install after skills are present: write always-on rules (Linear = default source of truth…
v1.0.2 · audit A · 4 stars
linear-methodology skill
tjcages/skills · linear-methodology/skills/linear-methodology/SKILL.md · Proven methodology for building and tracking features, projects, and issues in Linear. Use when the user wants to set…
v1.0.2 · audit A · 4 stars

Every file in tjcages/skills

Browse by kind, by grade A, or by owner.