init-first-agent SKILL.md skillA
init-first-agent from nanocoai/nanoclaw is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nanocoai/nanoclaw/init-first-agent@git:20260823.8141d2ePins git:20260823.8141d2e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nanocoai/nanoclaw
- Path
.claude/skills/init-first-agent/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260823.8141d2e, committed Aug 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 30, 2026
- Size
- 9,907 bytes
- Repository stars
- 31,085
- License
- MIT
Walk the operator through wiring the first NanoClaw agent to a DM channel — resolve the operator's channel identity, select or create the agent, and trigger a welcome DM via the normal delivery path. Use after channel credentials are configured and the service is running.
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
# Init First Agent Wire the first NanoClaw agent to a channel and verify end-to-end delivery by having the agent DM the operator. Everything the skill does is idempotent — rerunning is safe. ## Prerequisites - **Service running.** Check: `launchctl list | grep "$(. setup/lib/install-slug.sh && launchd_label)"` (macOS) or `systemctl --user status "$(. setup/lib/install-slug.sh && systemd_unit)"` (Linux). If stopped, tell the user to run `/setup` first. - **Target channel installed.** At least one `/add-<channel>` skill has run, credentials are in `.env`, and the adapter is uncommented in `src/channels/index.ts`. - **Adapter connected.** Tail `logs/nanoclaw.log` — look for a recent `channel setup` / `adapter connected` line for the target channel. ## 1. Pick the channel Read `src/channels/index.ts` to find enabled channels (uncommented imports). Cross-check `.env` for the relevant credentials. AskUserQuestion: "Which channel should host the welcome DM?" with one option per enabled channel (Discord, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Webex, Teams, Google Chat, Matrix, iMessage, Resend, …). Record the choice as `CHANNEL` (lowercase, e.g. `discord`). …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nanocoai/nanoclaw/init-first-agent@sha256:d238431d14374e62The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260823.8141d2e, 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 23, 2026, about one every 13 days.
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| git:20260823.8141d2e latest | 2026-08-23 | 8141d2e | 9,907 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260811.b550f6f | 2026-08-11 | b550f6f | 9,615 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260713.b0badca | 2026-07-13 | b0badca | 8,641 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260710.40a21fe | 2026-07-10 | 40a21fe | 8,538 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260630.ec35d9c | 2026-06-30 | ec35d9c | 8,378 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 (9907 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
nanocoai/nanoclaw · 31,085 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ksgmdikt62qmdls2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nanocoai/nanoclaw/init-first-agent GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d238431d14374e626a3e595cf0b219825f5d3e7c9600118e53beeb5d59a440b0
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.