skill-authoring SKILL.md skillA
skill-authoring from nyldn/claude-octopus is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-authoring@git:20260907.4febbb1Pins git:20260907.4febbb1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nyldn/claude-octopus
- Path
.claude/skills/skill-authoring/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260907.4febbb1, committed Sep 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 2, 2026
- Size
- 7,463 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,265
- License
- MIT
Principles for writing skills that behave the same way every run — use when adding, editing, or reviewing a skill in this plugin.
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
# Skill Authoring Load `skills/blocks/engineering-method-selection.md` from the installed plugin and apply only the methods relevant to this task. Preserve this entry point's execution contract and output format. Read referenced skills as instructions; do not invoke the current command recursively or add provider calls from a seat. ## Domain language Load `skills/blocks/domain-modeling.md` when a skill discusses providers, models, access, billing, reviewers, or votes. Reuse the shared definitions instead of inventing local synonyms. State the source and time of observations. Never infer authentication, entitlement, billing mode, quota, or model-family independence from a binary or transport name alone. A skill exists to get determinism out of a stochastic system. **Predictability** is the goal, and it means the agent takes the same *process* every run — not that it produces the same output. Every rule below serves that. `docs/PLUGIN-ASSEMBLY-STANDARD.md` already fixes the *structure* a skill body should take. This is about what makes the content inside that structure work. Adapted from `writing-great-skills` in …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-authoring@sha256:664244f50ed53593The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260907.4febbb1, 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 5 versions of this file, between Aug 2, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260907.4febbb1 latest | 2026-09-07 | 4febbb1 | 7,463 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260906.89d2d35 | 2026-09-06 | 89d2d35 | 7,146 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.14437ae | 2026-08-13 | 14437ae | 6,766 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260809.3b65826 | 2026-08-09 | 3b65826 | 6,869 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260802.542f71c | 2026-08-02 | 542f71c | 6,831 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 (7463 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
nyldn/claude-octopus · 4,265 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kfdsqoq2wxytgmz3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-authoring GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/664244f50ed5359302f4ebe35df81391cbbf833ebf4807414d55054e25dbcf87
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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