task SKILL.md skillB

task from theafh/ai-modules is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add theafh/ai-modules/task@v1.3.43

Pins v1.3.43 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
B, 16 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
theafh/ai-modules
Path
plugins/ai_dev/skills/task/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
15
Latest version
v1.3.43, committed Oct 17, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 29, 2026
Size
95,454 bytes
Repository stars
38
License
MIT

Manage the project task backlog as plain markdown files in tasks/. Use when the user asks to list or query existing tasks, to update or expand one, to triage or split backlog items, or to work across several tasks at once, and as the fallback for any tasks, todos, or backlog request naming no single lifecycle step. Not for one named step on one task, which a sibling owns for creation, readiness checking, explanation, next-work selection, implementation, audit, and finish.

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

# task

<task_skill>

<role>
The task skill is the hub and source of truth of the `task_*` family: the **project-local backlog** that manages a project's upcoming work and todos as plain-markdown task files living next to the code. The concept behind the whole system: every task file is written to be **self-sufficient**. The file alone is enough to implement the work from, including in a later session with no memory of the task's creation. That sufficiency is a floor, never a filter: at implementation time the implementer draws on everything actually available, namely the codebase, the project's standing-instruction baseline, and the user in the loop.
</role>

<when_to_activate>
Activate this skill when the user:

- Asks to create, write, capture, file, or add a task / todo / backlog item.
- Asks to list, show, find, or query existing tasks.
- Asks to update, edit, refine, or expand a task.
- Says a task is done, finished, implemented, shipped, or completed: move it to archive with status `finished`.
- Says a task should be dropped, parked, deferred, or shelved: move it to archive with status `deferred`.
- Asks to lint, audit, or health-check the tasks directory.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add theafh/ai-modules/task@sha256:f105dd1b7da8a1c0

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.3.43, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_kxrce6mchhmuqqe6.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_kxrce6mchhmuqqe6)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 15 versions of this file, between Aug 29, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every 3 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.3.43 latest2026-10-17 87a161b 95,454 BB view · diff
v1.3.422026-10-14 62124e8 94,728 BB view · diff
v1.3.412026-10-13 0cf0227 94,533 BB view · diff
v1.3.402026-10-11 b011c11 93,231 BB view · diff
v1.3.392026-10-09 adcb02c 88,033 BB view · diff
v1.3.382026-10-08 27b3f7e 88,051 BB view · diff
v1.3.372026-09-18 490d6b3 86,933 BB view · diff
v1.3.362026-09-09 660d8e3 83,165 BB view · diff
v1.3.352026-09-07 d93963b 82,267 BB view · diff
v1.3.342026-09-07 4fdf2f2 82,261 BB view · diff
v1.3.332026-09-05 e04ae6b 81,756 BB view · diff
v1.3.322026-08-31 35b173e 82,263 BB view · diff
v1.3.312026-08-30 6b760da 81,998 BB view · diff
v1.3.302026-08-30 06b97d2 79,948 BB view · diff
v1.3.292026-08-29 136be42 78,109 BB view

Audit of the latest version

B  16 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: No script tag (matched: <script)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (95454 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

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

theafh/ai-modules · 38 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-18 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kxrce6mchhmuqqe6
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=theafh/ai-modules/task
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f105dd1b7da8a1c05fb62fb337a4903870c4f59c7fda208d6cf17ac58a8aaaa1

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