external-resource-context is agent-read markdown (skill) from shinpr/claude-code-workflows: Records where resources outside the repository live (design source, design system, API schema, IaC source, secret store) and how design, implementation, and verification reach them. Use when work depends on an external resource, or when the user mentions design source, design system, API schema, IaC source, secret store, or canonical source..
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What the file says
# External Resource Context
## Purpose
Repository evidence does not contain every external resource surrounding a system. This skill captures, in a deterministic location, the **access methods** to resources outside the repository so downstream work (design, planning, implementation, review) can reach them without repeatedly rediscovering access details.
Resources covered: design origin (where the canonical visual specification lives), design system (component library and tokens), guidelines (usage docs, accessibility rules), visual verification environment (how to confirm rendering), database schema source, migration history, secret store location, API schema source (OpenAPI / proto / GraphQL SDL), mock environment, IaC source, environment configuration.
## Storage Locations (Two-Tier)
| Tier | Location | Holds | Update Frequency |
|------|----------|-------|------------------|
| Project | `docs/project-context/external-resources.md` | Environment-stable facts: which resources exist for this project and how to access them (URL, MCP name, file path, command) | Rare — only when the project's environment changes |
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Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ly2kqhdwm6dtqs7n
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=shinpr/claude-code-workflows/external-resource-context
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/93782b1f75bff4b619c7cd22d1aef7a76d3165610b4bb2b1a55381276ae5c151
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