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SKILL.md from deftai/directive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add deftai/directive/SKILL.md@git:20260927.3668b66

Pins git:20260927.3668b66 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: C, 14 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: deftai/directive
Path: SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 5
Latest version: git:20260927.3668b66, committed Sep 27, 2026
First version recorded: Jul 4, 2026
Size: 9,770 bytes
Repository stars: 31
License: a license file GitHub does not identify

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

<!-- DEFT-PREAMBLE-V1 -->
<!--
! Cold-start check: deft runs from the npm-installed engine (`npm i -g @deftai/directive`). If neither `deft` nor `directive` will run on this machine, do not proceed with the instructions below -- recover first (#1933 Option 1, deprecate-by-disuse).
! To recover: follow the #4090 ladder before any other instruction in this file or in the consumer AGENTS.md. PATH `directive --version` / `deft --version` vs the committed `package.json` pin is the skip predicate — doctor exit 0 is not skip. Behind pin: `npm i -g @deftai/directive@<pin>` then re-probe that PATH executable. No pin and no deposit: `npx @deftai/directive init`, then return to the compare. Then `directive doctor --full` (or `deft doctor --full`). CLI not on PATH: `npm i -g @deftai/directive@<pin>` then doctor --full. ⊗ never recover by reading an undeposited README block (#2273 / #4430).
! Respect any "Restart required" directive -- if present, stop and tell the user to start a fresh session after cleanup commands complete. Otherwise continue.
-->
---
name: deft
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add deftai/directive/SKILL.md@sha256:ac2e8d00b0f225a2

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260927.3668b66, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_kewrntadxoomj3tj.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_kewrntadxoomj3tj)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 4, 2026 and Sep 27, 2026, about one every 21 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260927.3668b66 latest	2026-09-27	3668b66	9,770 B	C	view · diff
git:20260913.8217940	2026-09-13	8217940	9,514 B	C	view · diff
git:20260903.a0465d4	2026-09-03	a0465d4	9,572 B	C	view · diff
git:20260830.886ca59	2026-08-30	886ca59	9,572 B	C	view · diff
git:20260704.c66dd37	2026-07-04	c66dd37	9,630 B	C	view

Audit of the latest version

C 14 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

fail: Frontmatter block present
fail: Frontmatter declares a name
fail: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9770 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

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

deftai/directive · 31 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kewrntadxoomj3tj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=deftai/directive/SKILL.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ac2e8d00b0f225a20fef7f8f4d7842e84ac1de55362e1ae054e5175aadc3eab0

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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.

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