asus-router-ops SKILL.md skillA
asus-router-ops from 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/asus-router-ops@git:20260708.e0b865fPins git:20260708.e0b865f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods
- Path
skills/asus-router-ops/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260708.e0b865f, committed Jul 8, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 10, 2026
- Size
- 7,740 bytes
- Repository stars
- 68
- License
- MIT
ASUS router config and hardening: Asuswrt-Merlin, security hardening, encrypted DNS (DoT/DoH), VPN (WireGuard/OpenVPN), guest networks, VLAN/IoT isolation, AiMesh, AiProtection. Triggers on: asus router, asuswrt, merlin, wireguard router, AiProtection, AiMesh, nvram, jffs, IoT isolation.
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
# ASUS Router Operations > Facts verified as of 2026-07. Authoritative guidance for configuring and hardening ASUS routers — stock **Asuswrt** and **Asuswrt-Merlin** firmware — via the web UI and SSH/nvram. Covers security hardening, encrypted DNS, VPN, network segmentation, AiMesh, AiProtection, and JFFS scripting. > **Safety first.** Changes here can lock you out or drop the network. Test during low-usage windows, document the before value, and know how to undo. Cite official docs, not folklore. --- ## Stock Asuswrt vs Asuswrt-Merlin | | Stock Asuswrt | Asuswrt-Merlin | |---|---|---| | Base | ASUS official | Community fork of ASUS source (same core, more control) | | Scripting | Limited | **JFFS custom scripts**, cron, `services-start`, `firewall-start`, nat-start | | DNS control | Basic | **DNS Director** (per-client/global DNS redirection, DoT) | | VPN | OpenVPN/WireGuard server+client | + **VPN Director** (policy/split-tunnel routing) | | Best for | Most users | Power users wanting scripts, fine-grained DNS/VPN routing | **Never mix stock and Merlin nodes in the same AiMesh network.** Keep the firmware family consistent across mesh nodes. --- …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/asus-router-ops@sha256:fcce439c50aae7aaThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260708.e0b865f, 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_lp2uajjteltvkhkq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jun 10, 2026 and Jul 8, 2026, about one every 14 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260708.e0b865f latest | 2026-07-08 | e0b865f | 7,740 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260705.b7cf013 | 2026-07-05 | b7cf013 | 8,174 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260610.5b06327 | 2026-06-10 | 5b06327 | 7,859 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 (7740 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
0xdarkmatter/claude-mods · 68 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lp2uajjteltvkhkq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/asus-router-ops GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fcce439c50aae7aa70283b2ab6743f9a315f97d4fd5900936b4a638d228e8e4d
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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.