work-on SKILL.md skillA
work-on from etr/groundwork is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add etr/groundwork/work-on@git:20261023.5f1d1f9Pins git:20261023.5f1d1f9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- etr/groundwork
- Path
skills/work-on/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261023.5f1d1f9, committed Oct 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 22, 2026
- Size
- 14,694 bytes
- Repository stars
- 45
- License
- MIT
skill to "execute a task", "work on task N", or "implement TASK-NNN" - orchestrates worktree isolation, TDD implementation, validation, and merge.
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
# Execute Task Skill Thin orchestrator that delegates to `plan-task`, `implement-task`, and `validate` skills for the three phases of task execution. ## Token Discipline This skill orchestrates long multi-agent workflows. Every turn re-reads the full context window, so unnecessary turns are expensive. 1. **No narration turns.** Do not output text-only turns like "Let me load the task" or "Now I'll launch the plan agent." Combine text with a tool call in the same turn, or skip the text entirely. 2. **Batch tool calls.** When multiple tool calls are independent, issue them all in one turn. 3. **No waiting updates.** Do not output "Waiting for results..." turns. Wait silently until results arrive. 4. **Keep context lean.** Do not read file contents you won't use directly. Pass file paths to subagents and let them read in their own context windows. ## Delegation Ownership Keep implementation and validation delegated to fresh, isolated contexts. The executor owns implementation and test monitoring; the validation coordinator owns its reviewer/fixer loop. The root owns dispatch, required decisions, and phase transitions. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add etr/groundwork/work-on@sha256:3c38c263eaeadd97The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.5f1d1f9, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_lasto4w6qsl3tkml)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jun 22, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026, about one every 25 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261023.5f1d1f9 latest | 2026-10-23 | 5f1d1f9 | 14,694 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.b1b01f7 | 2026-10-07 | b1b01f7 | 13,729 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.480a145 | 2026-09-12 | 480a145 | 13,011 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260624.e533827 | 2026-06-24 | e533827 | 12,773 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.bb3a55a | 2026-06-22 | bb3a55a | 12,092 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.e142476 | 2026-06-22 | e142476 | 12,092 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 (14694 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
etr/groundwork · 45 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lasto4w6qsl3tkml GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=etr/groundwork/work-on GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3c38c263eaeadd973b7ed7958687d2566288e91935b55b07e18636f85dfb8c7b
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.