nz-ferries SKILL.md skillA

nz-ferries from thecolab-ai/.skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add thecolab-ai/.skills/nz-ferries@git:20261008.1dd7e68

Pins git:20261008.1dd7e68 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: thecolab-ai/.skills
Path: skills/nz-ferries/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 5
Latest version: git:20261008.1dd7e68, committed Oct 8, 2026
First version recorded: May 23, 2026
Size: 8,081 bytes
Repository stars: 33
License: MIT

Query NZ ferry schedules, fare snapshots, and service alerts: Cook Strait Interislander/Bluebridge, SeaLink Waiheke/Great Barrier, Fullers360/AT Metro Auckland ferries. Optional --browser mode probes Fullers public timetable pages with CloakBrowser while keeping AT GTFS fallback. Read-only; no booking or payment. Use at-transport for AT Metro real-time positions.

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

# NZ Ferries

## Goal

Query live public ferry schedule and alert surfaces across major NZ ferry operators through a small deterministic CLI with human-readable and JSON output. Direct public HTTP/GTFS is the default; optional `--browser` probes Fullers public timetable pages with CloakBrowser while keeping AT GTFS fallback. No login, booking, payment, or CAPTCHA bypass.

This skill is deliberately separate from `at-transport`:

- `nz-ferries` = sailing schedules, fare snapshots, availability signals, and service alerts across NZ ferry operators
- `at-transport` = live Auckland Metro public transport data, including ferry `route_type=4` vehicle positions and stop departures

## Use this when

- A user asks for Cook Strait ferry sailings between Wellington and Picton
- A user wants a combined Interislander + Bluebridge view for a travel date
- A user asks for SeaLink Waiheke Island or Great Barrier Island vehicle/passenger ferry times
- A user asks for Fullers360/AT Metro Auckland ferry schedules such as Devonport, Waiheke, Half Moon Bay, Hobsonville, Bayswater, Birkenhead, Northcote, Pine Harbour, West Harbour, or Rangitoto
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add thecolab-ai/.skills/nz-ferries@sha256:026e2ff6750bfd8a

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261008.1dd7e68, 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](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_lqrgz6mjehxv5iam.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_lqrgz6mjehxv5iam)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 23, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026, about one every 34 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261008.1dd7e68 latest	2026-10-08	1dd7e68	8,081 B	A	view · diff
git:20260719.1748a98	2026-07-19	1748a98	8,081 B	A	view · diff
git:20260530.5a33922	2026-05-30	5a33922	7,190 B	A	view · diff
git:20260525.2852069	2026-05-25	2852069	6,334 B	A	view · diff
git:20260523.a94d20c	2026-05-23	a94d20c	6,527 B	A	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 (8081 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

thecolab-ai/.skills · 33 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-12 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lqrgz6mjehxv5iam
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thecolab-ai/.skills/nz-ferries
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/026e2ff6750bfd8aef3eff9427204cc17cb4ea4aeaa1cbf61c23021415e89b48

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