sdd-propose SKILL.md skillA

sdd-propose from ahgraber/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add ahgraber/skills/sdd-propose@git:20261027.a1c31e2

Pins git:20261027.a1c31e2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
ahgraber/skills
Path
skills/sdd-propose/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
11
Latest version
git:20261027.a1c31e2, committed Oct 27, 2026
First version recorded
May 21, 2026
Size
20,054 bytes
Repository stars
6
License
CC0-1.0

Use when creating a new change with all SDD artifacts — proposal, delta specs, design, and tasks. Triggers: "propose a change", "create a change for X", "I want to implement feature Y", "start a new change", "let's build X".

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

# SDD Propose

Create a change directory with all SDD artifacts.
Generates artifacts in dependency order: proposal → delta specs → design → tasks.

> `SPECS_ROOT` is resolved by the `sdd` router before this skill runs.
> Replace `.specs/` with your project's actual specs root in all paths below.

## Writing Style

Write the proposal, delta specs, design, and tasks in the voice of a professional technical writer.
Prefer ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English: short sentences, one instruction per sentence, active voice, and one term per concept.
Keep identifiers, commands, paths, and RFC 2119 keywords exact.

## When to Use

- Starting a new feature or behavioral change
- User knows what they want to build and is ready to create a full change
- No active change exists for this work

## When Not to Use

- Existing specs to convert from another tool — use `sdd-translate`
- Deriving specs from code analysis — use `sdd-derive`
- A change already exists and needs implementation — use `sdd-apply`
- Need to think before speccing — use `sdd-explore` first

## Invocation Notice

- Tell the user when this skill is running: `sdd-propose`.
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add ahgraber/skills/sdd-propose@sha256:d54438f48ca82b18

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261027.a1c31e2, 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 11 versions of this file, between May 21, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026, about one every 16 days.

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git:20261027.a1c31e2 latest2026-10-27 a1c31e2 20,054 BA view · diff
git:20261018.75266b42026-10-18 75266b4 19,131 BA view · diff
git:20261017.d9ba0062026-10-17 d9ba006 17,774 BA view · diff
git:20261011.101da9c2026-10-11 101da9c 16,487 BA view · diff
git:20261004.eaab92b2026-10-04 eaab92b 15,757 BA view · diff
git:20261003.bbf0aa12026-10-03 bbf0aa1 15,026 BA view · diff
git:20260910.5fa2be42026-09-10 5fa2be4 14,407 BA view · diff
git:20260819.209d97b2026-08-19 209d97b 13,474 BA view · diff
git:20260807.1a09fb82026-08-07 1a09fb8 13,270 BA view · diff
git:20260617.5b2fd9a2026-06-17 5b2fd9a 12,952 BA view · diff
git:20260521.a7893b62026-05-21 a7893b6 11,452 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the 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 (20054 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

ahgraber/skills · 6 stars · license CC0-1.0 · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_k7w24qnnwzrcfsdb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ahgraber/skills/sdd-propose
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d54438f48ca82b1820304bbb74bb82ed986dac27a0fd08253443d793e1d212ef

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