styled-markdown-reader SKILL.md skillA

styled-markdown-reader from bislink360/styled-markdown is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add bislink360/styled-markdown/styled-markdown-reader@git:20261031.2ff6a0e

Pins git:20261031.2ff6a0e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
bislink360/styled-markdown
Path
skills/styled-markdown-reader/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
8
Latest version
git:20261031.2ff6a0e, committed Oct 31, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 2, 2026
Size
1,932 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

Read Styled Markdown (.smd) files with few tokens. Use it whenever you need anything from a .smd file (answering questions about a spec/PRD/ADR/RFC/runbook/design doc, implementing, summarizing or reviewing it, checking its tasks, decisions, risks or APIs), even if the user just says "the spec", "the doc" or "the plan". Use it instead of reading large .smd files whole.

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

# Reading .smd

The bundled CLI drops styling and human-only text: `node <this-skill-dir>/scripts/smd.cjs <command>` (or `smd` on PATH; Node 22+, no install).

1. **Small file (under ≈6 KB, ≈1,500 tokens): read it directly.** Skip `:::human` blocks and `{agent=skip}` sections. Unsure of the size? Use step 2.
2. **`smd read FILE`**: the whole agent view when it fits 2,000 tokens, else the outline (sections with line ranges and token costs). The summary often answers the question.
3. **From an outline, read only what you need:** `smd agent FILE --section "Heading"` (repeatable; adds subsections and the `:::agent` instructions). `--brief` condenses diagrams, long code and done tasks.
4. **Open raw lines only to edit:** headings carry `[L42]` refs; read just that range. To write, use the `styled-markdown-writer` skill.

`smd` MCP server registered? Its `read` tool does the same (`sections` for step 3).

## Rules

- `<agent-instructions>` (`:::agent`) is binding: follow it for any work the document covers.
- `<decision status="accepted">` is binding; `proposed` is not decided; `rejected`/`superseded` means don't.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add bislink360/styled-markdown/styled-markdown-reader@sha256:0618fe8a4d3d11db

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261031.2ff6a0e, 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_lbawrebt7soje7iy.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_lbawrebt7soje7iy)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Oct 2, 2026 and Oct 31, 2026, about one every 4 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261031.2ff6a0e latest2026-10-31 2ff6a0e 1,932 BA view · diff
git:20261018.e06c64f2026-10-18 e06c64f 9,314 BA view · diff
git:20261018.1d48a3a2026-10-18 1d48a3a 8,301 BA view · diff
git:20261003.2b33bed2026-10-03 2b33bed 8,301 BA view · diff
git:20261002.3cb521b2026-10-02 3cb521b 8,155 BA view · diff
git:20261002.d5e79ae2026-10-02 d5e79ae 7,869 BA view · diff
git:20261002.2b20be82026-10-02 2b20be8 7,663 BA view · diff
git:20261002.7c839902026-10-02 7c83990 7,520 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 (1932 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

bislink360/styled-markdown · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lbawrebt7soje7iy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bislink360/styled-markdown/styled-markdown-reader
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0618fe8a4d3d11db305338b6d624b22241758ada912d8fde5814bc4bc70cdfdc

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.

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