prepare-paperclip-pr SKILL.md skillA

prepare-paperclip-pr from paperclipai/paperclip is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add paperclipai/paperclip/prepare-paperclip-pr@git:20260912.9132e82

Pins git:20260912.9132e82 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
paperclipai/paperclip
Path
.agents/skills/prepare-paperclip-pr/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260912.9132e82, committed Sep 12, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 15, 2026
Size
3,825 bytes
Repository stars
105,684
License
MIT

Prepare a Paperclip branch for PR with commits, template body, and checks.

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

# Prepare Paperclip PR

The standard Paperclip procedure for turning branch work into a reviewed,
green pull request against `paperclipai/paperclip` master. Apply it once per
PR (if a task splits a branch into several PRs, run the whole procedure for
each one).

## 0. Preconditions — worktree safety

* Do all PR work in a **git worktree** on a dedicated branch. The main
  `~/paperclip` checkout typically runs the live Paperclip server — never
  check out branches there. If you are already on a worktree/branch, verify it
  (`git rev-parse --git-dir`, `git branch --show-current`) and proceed.
* If the main checkout is unexpectedly off `master`, fix that first without
  losing work (usually: move that branch's work into a worktree).
* Confirm which remote/ref you are targeting (normally `master` on the
  `paperclipai/paperclip` repo; the task may name a specific remote such as
  `origin` or `public-gh`).

## 1. Commit everything — lose no work

* Make **logical commits** of all uncommitted changes before anything else.
  Do not stash and forget; do not leave files behind. If commits are missing,
  make them.
* Commit messages must end with exactly:
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add paperclipai/paperclip/prepare-paperclip-pr@sha256:53e86a5ae756e817

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260912.9132e82, 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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The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 15, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026, about one every 59 days.

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3825 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
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Source

GitHub

paperclipai/paperclip · 105,684 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_k7exnkbdqfn6qjf5
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=paperclipai/paperclip/prepare-paperclip-pr
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/53e86a5ae756e817c7bfa5679cb24fcc6edf18ff29de11c8d5ffc0f721bf06f3

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