hive.note-taking SKILL.md skillA
hive.note-taking from aden-hive/hive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.note-taking@git:20260417.803337ePins git:20260417.803337e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- aden-hive/hive
- Path
core/framework/skills/_default_skills/note-taking/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260417.803337e, committed Apr 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 14, 2026
- Size
- 1,368 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11,113
- License
- Apache-2.0
Maintain a free-form scratchpad of decisions, extracted values, and open questions so context pruning doesn't lose anything you still need.
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
## Operational Protocol: Structured Note-Taking Maintain free-form working notes in shared buffer key `_working_notes` for data that *you* need to remember but that isn't captured by the colony task queue. **Do not duplicate the queue in here.** Per-task goal, ordered steps, and SOP gates live in `progress.db` — use `hive.colony-progress-tracker` for those. These notes are for things the DB schema doesn't cover. Update at these checkpoints: - After receiving new information that changes how you plan to approach the current step - Before any tool call that will produce substantial output you'll need to reference later - When you make a non-obvious decision whose *why* would be lost if the tool call history gets pruned Structure: ### Key Decisions — decisions made and WHY ### Working Data — intermediate results, extracted values (URLs, IDs, key snippets — not full pages) ### Open Questions — uncertainties you plan to verify ### Blockers — anything preventing progress that isn't already captured in `tasks.last_error` Update incrementally — do not rewrite from scratch each time.
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.note-taking@sha256:476f7e41ac1a4b10The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260417.803337e, 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 4 versions of this file, between Mar 14, 2026 and Apr 17, 2026, about one every 11 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260417.803337e latest | 2026-04-17 | 803337e | 1,368 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260416.e719523 | 2026-04-16 | e719523 | 1,345 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260403.ec08ae7 | 2026-04-03 | ec08ae7 | 895 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260314.cdaec8a | 2026-03-14 | cdaec8a | 895 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 (1368 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
aden-hive/hive · 11,113 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kjjcwzdvq3roxox3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aden-hive/hive/hive.note-taking GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/476f7e41ac1a4b10369df40d10be28d43b5d9eea127f46f28fe3b037303e9673
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.