lsp-edit-symbol SKILL.md skillA
lsp-edit-symbol from blackwell-systems/agent-lsp is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add blackwell-systems/agent-lsp/lsp-edit-symbol@git:20261104.5790d48Pins git:20261104.5790d48 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- blackwell-systems/agent-lsp
- Path
skills/lsp-edit-symbol/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261104.5790d48, committed Nov 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 22, 2026
- Size
- 3,826 bytes
- Repository stars
- 173
- License
- MIT
Edit a named symbol without knowing its file or position. Use when you want to change a function, type, or variable by name and don't have exact coordinates. Resolves the symbol to its definition, retrieves its full range, and applies the edit.
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
# lsp-edit-symbol
Edit a named symbol (function, type, variable) without needing its exact file path
or line/column. Primary path uses `replace_symbol_body` for direct symbol replacement.
Falls back to `find_symbol` + `list_symbols` + `apply_edit` when
the server does not support document symbols well.
## Workflow
### Step 1 — Locate the file
```json
{ "tool": "find_symbol", "query": "MyFunc" }
```
Returns a list of matching symbols with file URI and position. Pick the definition
(not a test file, not a stub). If multiple matches, use the container name or file
path to disambiguate.
### Step 2 — Replace the symbol body (primary path)
Use `replace_symbol_body` to replace the entire function/method/type body by name:
```json
{
"tool": "replace_symbol_body",
"file_path": "/path/to/file.go",
"symbol_path": "MyFunc",
"new_body": "func MyFunc() error {\n\treturn nil\n}"
}
```
For methods, use dot notation: `"MyStruct.Method"`.
This resolves the symbol by name within the file, finds its full range, and replaces
it atomically. No position math required.
**If `replace_symbol_body` fails** (e.g., the server cannot resolve document symbols
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add blackwell-systems/agent-lsp/lsp-edit-symbol@sha256:85957650ff2ac033The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261104.5790d48, 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 6 versions of this file, between Apr 22, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026, about one every 39 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261104.5790d48 latest | 2026-11-04 | 5790d48 | 3,826 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260510.2c5eef2 | 2026-05-10 | 2c5eef2 | 3,802 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260510.dea1f15 | 2026-05-10 | dea1f15 | 3,884 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260423.17e71a8 | 2026-04-23 | 17e71a8 | 3,006 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260423.0c48c28 | 2026-04-23 | 0c48c28 | 2,985 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260422.b42794c | 2026-04-22 | b42794c | 2,926 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 (3826 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
blackwell-systems/agent-lsp · 173 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jxnvfcuppibjb6di GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=blackwell-systems/agent-lsp/lsp-edit-symbol GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/85957650ff2ac03343524da178344f080a86e2f21b389d22f17f2f2d1c2e34b5
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