runpod-usage SKILL.md skillA
runpod-usage from runpod/runpod-plugins-official is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add runpod/runpod-plugins-official/runpod-usage@"1.8.0" # x-release-please-versionPins "1.8.0" # x-release-please-version in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- runpod/runpod-plugins-official
- Path
plugins/runpod/skills/runpod-usage/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 9
- Latest version
- "1.8.0" # x-release-please-version, committed Oct 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 8, 2026
- Size
- 4,041 bytes
- Repository stars
- 46
- License
- Apache-2.0
Explain Runpod architecture and design choices: Pods versus Serverless, GPU/VRAM, image construction, storage, networking, and workload development. For creating or improving a complete template project use runpod-build-template; execute infrastructure with runpodctl/runpod-mcp and code-first work with flash.
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
# Runpod usage (concepts) Background knowledge for making the right choice before you act. This skill runs nothing — once you know what to do, execute with **runpod-mcp**/**runpodctl** (infra), **flash** (your own code), or **companion-clis** (models/images/data). **This skill explains; the golden paths demonstrate.** When the question is really "how do I do X" rather than "how does X work", the verified end-to-end example is the faster answer — [runpod/golden-paths/README.md](../runpod/golden-paths/README.md). Read the concept here, then follow the path. To author files for a custom template, use [runpod-build-template](../runpod-build-template/SKILL.md); this lane supplies the shared concepts, not a competing packaging workflow. Read the one reference file that matches the question: | Question | Read | | --- | --- | | First-run setup / auth — get + set `RUNPOD_API_KEY`, SSH, companion creds | `reference/getting-started.md` | | Pods vs serverless, workers, cold starts, FlashBoot, queue vs load-balanced | `reference/concepts.md` | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add runpod/runpod-plugins-official/runpod-usage@sha256:bd3b755cf3f744b4The line at the top of this page pins the label "1.8.0" # x-release-please-version, 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 9 versions of this file, between Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026, about one every day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "1.8.0" # x-release-please-version latest | 2026-10-19 | f66d200 | 4,041 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.7.4" # x-release-please-version | 2026-10-19 | c4b771a | 4,041 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.7.4" # x-release-please-version | 2026-10-15 | 8f3bfec | 3,998 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.7.3" # x-release-please-version | 2026-10-14 | 8ac02b7 | 3,998 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.7.2" # x-release-please-version | 2026-10-13 | 97221eb | 3,998 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.7.1" # x-release-please-version | 2026-10-09 | 05b0b53 | 3,998 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.7.0" # x-release-please-version | 2026-10-09 | 3325793 | 3,998 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.6.0" # x-release-please-version | 2026-10-09 | 0db94d9 | 3,998 B | A | view · diff |
| "1.6.0" # x-release-please-version | 2026-10-08 | 0fbb21b | 3,973 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 (4041 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
runpod/runpod-plugins-official · 46 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kcmixgosgxusp2mq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=runpod/runpod-plugins-official/runpod-usage GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bd3b755cf3f744b4673361dbfbffd756c982b6d320958f7025edbc7b53aed7e4
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