open-weights SKILL.md skillA
open-weights from ericrisco/rsc-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ericrisco/rsc-harness/open-weights@git:20260729.b663587Pins git:20260729.b663587 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ericrisco/rsc-harness
- Path
skills/open-weights/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260729.b663587, committed Jul 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 18, 2026
- Size
- 16,738 bytes
- Repository stars
- 236
- License
- MIT
Use when choosing an open-weight LLM and clearing it for use — which family and size fit the task, the hardware and the budget, and above all whether the license permits shipping. Owns the license-class map (OSI-open versus custom-community versus non-commercial), the always-verify-the-model-card rule, size-to-VRAM budgeting and the quant formats. This layer decides WHICH model and whether the license allows it, then hands off. NOT downloading or hosting on the Hub (that is `huggingface`), NOT…
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
# Open weights — pick the model, then clear the license This is the CHOICE layer. Given a task, a box, and a shipping constraint, it tells you *which* open model to reach for and *whether the license lets you ship it*. It does not download, run, serve, or fine-tune anything — it feeds the skills that do (see [Related skills](#related-skills)). ## The one rule (read before you name a model) **Model names and their licenses change monthly. Never state a license from memory — open the model card and confirm it, every time.** This file was authored against cards live in mid-2026; by the time you read it, versions have shipped and terms have moved. So: - Treat every specific version/license line below as **[verify the card]**, not as settled fact. - State the license **class** (OSI-open vs custom-community vs restricted), then send the reader to the actual `LICENSE` / terms page for the exact model + size they intend to ship. - The *decision framework* and the *class taxonomy* are the durable parts. The version list is the perishable part. Weight your trust accordingly. Real, verified-mid-2026 examples of *why* this rule exists — all confirmed against the source, and …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ericrisco/rsc-harness/open-weights@sha256:e628511e0b4a547cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260729.b663587, 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_lgyi7t4usjzkc5qj)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 18, 2026 and Jul 29, 2026, about one every 12 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260729.b663587 latest | 2026-07-29 | b663587 | 16,738 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260718.2408919 | 2026-07-18 | 2408919 | 17,122 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 (16738 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
ericrisco/rsc-harness · 236 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lgyi7t4usjzkc5qj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ericrisco/rsc-harness/open-weights GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e628511e0b4a547c0df4ba54381063e538f11b25f7e895b67ec820fdf0510ccf
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.