branch-reads SKILL.md skillA
branch-reads from dailydotdev/marketplace is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dailydotdev/marketplace/branch-reads@git:20261016.bb9a49fPins git:20261016.bb9a49f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dailydotdev/marketplace
- Path
plugins/branch-reads/skills/branch-reads/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261016.bb9a49f, committed Oct 16, 2026
- Size
- 6,713 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- none declared
Reads the diff on your current git branch (or a PR), works out which public libraries, APIs and patterns you are actually touching, and finds the 3-5 daily.dev posts most worth reading for that exact work. Can save them to a bookmark folder named after the branch. Use when starting, finishing or reviewing a branch.
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
# Branch Reads You are mid-branch, touching an API you half-know. Branch Reads looks at what you changed, not what you follow, and hands you the few posts that matter for this piece of work, each with a one-line reason tied to your code. ## Requirements - A git repository as the working directory. `gh` is optional (only for PR mode). - One of: - The daily.dev MCP server (`https://api.daily.dev/mcp`) connected to your agent, or - A daily.dev personal access token in `DAILY_DEV_TOKEN` (https://daily.dev/settings/api). Base URL `https://api.daily.dev/public/v1`, header `Authorization: Bearer $DAILY_DEV_TOKEN`. Never send the token anywhere except `api.daily.dev`. Each API step lists the MCP tool first and the REST call after it. ## Modes Pick from what the user said; default is **branch**. - **branch**: committed work on this branch vs. its base. - **wip**: uncommitted and staged changes only (`git diff HEAD`). - **pr N**: someone else's PR you are reviewing (`gh pr diff N`). Never save to bookmarks in this mode unless asked. ## Steps 1. **Get the diff.** Local git only; nothing from this step leaves the machine. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dailydotdev/marketplace/branch-reads@sha256:8590ed5cac62d7ffThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.bb9a49f, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 16, 2026.
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 (6713 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
dailydotdev/marketplace · 8 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_l4glymtd4lybnmai GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dailydotdev/marketplace/branch-reads GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8590ed5cac62d7ffb62daafb038c917183df6aa5943a146b963f2f66c13a5cbb
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.