repo-ship SKILL.md skillA

repo-ship from aethrox/doctrine is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add aethrox/doctrine/repo-ship@git:20260809.2a45dbb

Pins git:20260809.2a45dbb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
aethrox/doctrine
Path
skills/repo-ship/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260809.2a45dbb, committed Aug 9, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 9, 2026
Size
4,426 bytes
Repository stars
19
License
MIT

Split existing repository work into commits by intent as it happens, or give a new repository its name, visibility, description, and topics at creation. Use the matching path when work is about to be committed or pushed, before a push that would otherwise land as one large commit, or when a new repository is being created.

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

# Repo Ship

A commit history and a repository's first impression are both easy to get right at the moment they are made and expensive to fix afterward. This skill's defining constraint, extending Conventional Commits from classifying already-made commits into shaping how they get made in the first place: split by intent as work happens, not by file count after the fact, and treat a new repository's metadata as part of creating it, not a task for later. Write generated commit messages and repository metadata without em dashes, using a comma, colon, period, or a reworded sentence instead.

This is a different job from `release-versioning`, which classifies already-made commits into a version bump and changelog entry for a release that is shipping now. This skill governs the commits themselves while work is in progress, and a repository's first creation; `release-versioning` takes over once code already exists and a release is being cut.

## Path A: Commit by intent for existing repository work

Use this path when existing work is about to be committed or pushed.

### Phase A1: Split commits by intent, not by file count
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add aethrox/doctrine/repo-ship@sha256:29d14ffff71579f3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260809.2a45dbb, 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 3 versions of this file, all committed on Aug 9, 2026.

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git:20260809.2a45dbb latest2026-08-09 2a45dbb 4,426 BA view · diff
git:20260809.ffadeff2026-08-09 ffadeff 4,289 BA view · diff
git:20260809.a4c55702026-08-09 a4c5570 3,625 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4426 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

GitHub

aethrox/doctrine · 19 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-11 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kxhrxt3m6wuunyaq
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aethrox/doctrine/repo-ship
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/29d14ffff71579f338835444f707a7028d5ee5e75ac240490ef916fbed0ee8c7

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