tidb-cloud-zero SKILL.md skillA
tidb-cloud-zero from pingcap/agent-rules is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pingcap/agent-rules/tidb-cloud-zero@v1.3.1Pins v1.3.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pingcap/agent-rules
- Path
skills/tidb-cloud-zero/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.3.1, committed Mar 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 6, 2026
- Size
- 4,497 bytes
- Repository stars
- 27
- License
- none declared
Provision a disposable MySQL-compatible database instantly with no auth required. Includes a claim URL to convert Zero instances into regular TiDB Starter instances when the user needs persistence or more quota.
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
# TiDB Cloud Zero Provisions an ephemeral TiDB database via a single unauthenticated API call. No sign-up or billing is required to start. Instances auto-expire in 30 days unless claimed. Treat Zero as disposable infrastructure, not an unlimited long-running environment. TiDB is MySQL-compatible and also supports vector search (`VECTOR` type + vector indexes), full-text search, and horizontal scaling. Use standard MySQL clients/drivers to connect. ## Important Notes - The API is unauthenticated and free to start. Instances auto-expire — treat credentials as short-lived and low-sensitivity. - Prefer environment variables (e.g. `MYSQL_PWD`) over CLI arguments to avoid leaking passwords in shell history. - Always connect with TLS (`--ssl-mode=REQUIRED` for CLI, `ssl: true` for drivers). - Do not promise unlimited usage. Zero is a disposable sandbox, and claimed TiDB Cloud Starter instances have finite free quota: 5 GiB row storage, 5 GiB columnar storage, and 50 million RUs per month for each of the first five Starter clusters in an organization. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pingcap/agent-rules/tidb-cloud-zero@sha256:79d7e3630972d306The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.3.1, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Mar 6, 2026 and Mar 13, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v1.3.1 latest | 2026-03-13 | 1eef459 | 4,497 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.2.0 | 2026-03-06 | 34f4dea | 2,952 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 (4497 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
pingcap/agent-rules · 27 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ltmoifolcq36qjfn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pingcap/agent-rules/tidb-cloud-zero GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/79d7e3630972d3067c9bb7610daa56a2a0ba698e5febef7c31b0bc407778e93b
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