code-standards SKILL.md skillA
code-standards from metraton/gaia is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add metraton/gaia/code-standards@git:20260910.1cac472Pins git:20260910.1cac472 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- metraton/gaia
- Path
skills/code-standards/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260910.1cac472, committed Sep 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 14, 2026
- Size
- 10,551 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Use when writing, modifying, reviewing, or refactoring code — any language or stack, application, infrastructure, or configuration. Also when asked to apply, audit, or clean up the code standards of a file or module.
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
# Code Standards Code Standards governs how code is expressed — clarity, simplicity, safety, and maintainability — not which architectural pattern should exist. Use the applicable domain or pattern guidance to determine the design; use these standards to implement that design clearly and safely. Load and apply this discipline before generating a change, then check the result against it as well as the behavioral checks before calling the change done. Ordinary coding includes coherent local improvement and verification, not an automatic multi-reviewer audit. For an explicitly requested review, use `code-review` to organize the examination; this skill remains the owner of the quality criteria. ## Iron Law Write code so that its behavior, responsibility, and intent can be understood from the implementation itself. Prefer code that explains itself over explanations surrounding unclear code. ## Mental Model A good implementation lets another engineer — or another agent — determine what assumptions it relies on and where to look when behavior must change. Clarity reduces the amount of inference required to safely modify the system. ## Rules ### 1. Make responsibility visible …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add metraton/gaia/code-standards@sha256:198aac1d3e763c9aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260910.1cac472, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_kdzmpu3ax7vne6yz)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Aug 14, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026, about one every 27 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260910.1cac472 latest | 2026-09-10 | 1cac472 | 10,551 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260814.8461870 | 2026-08-14 | 8461870 | 7,390 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 (10551 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
metraton/gaia · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kdzmpu3ax7vne6yz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=metraton/gaia/code-standards GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/198aac1d3e763c9a9fbc9c6c25db6e08762e20dc76f80a92a14deb8cde3124c2
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.