ml-failfast-validation SKILL.md skillA
ml-failfast-validation from terrylica/cc-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add terrylica/cc-skills/ml-failfast-validation@git:20260506.c488415Pins git:20260506.c488415 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- terrylica/cc-skills
- Path
plugins/devops-tools/skills/ml-failfast-validation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260506.c488415, committed May 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 31, 2026
- Size
- 16,896 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2
- License
- MIT
POC validation patterns to catch issues before committing to long-running ML experiments. TRIGGERS - fail-fast, POC validation, preflight check.
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
# ML Fail-Fast Validation POC validation patterns to catch issues before committing to long-running ML experiments. > **Self-Evolving Skill**: This skill improves through use. If instructions are wrong, parameters drifted, or a workaround was needed — fix this file immediately, don't defer. Only update for real, reproducible issues. ## When to Use This Skill Use this skill when: - Starting a new ML experiment that will run for hours - Validating model architecture before full training - Checking gradient flow and data pipeline integrity - Implementing POC validation checklists - Debugging prediction collapse or gradient explosion issues --- ## 1. Why Fail-Fast? | Without Fail-Fast | With Fail-Fast | | ------------------------- | ---------------------- | | Discover crash 4 hours in | Catch in 30 seconds | | Debug from cryptic error | Clear error message | | Lose GPU time | Validate before commit | | Silent data issues | Explicit schema checks | **Principle**: Validate everything that can go wrong BEFORE the expensive computation. --- ## 2. POC Validation Checklist ### Minimum Viable POC (5 Checks) ```python …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add terrylica/cc-skills/ml-failfast-validation@sha256:20c71b95399603e3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260506.c488415, 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 Jan 31, 2026 and May 6, 2026, about one every 24 days.
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| git:20260506.c488415 latest | 2026-05-06 | c488415 | 16,896 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260401.b664eaf | 2026-04-01 | b664eaf | 16,982 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260401.6be22af | 2026-04-01 | 6be22af | 16,760 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260220.1e9f460 | 2026-02-20 | 1e9f460 | 16,190 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260131.6c12174 | 2026-01-31 | 6c12174 | 16,158 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 (16896 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
terrylica/cc-skills · 2 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ko2vy7j3pkwbxkwy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=terrylica/cc-skills/ml-failfast-validation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/20c71b95399603e3a478ce9314c39de5240992db18e609105ff4a1cb8b93d067
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