self-host SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

self-host from ajnart/self-host is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add ajnart/self-host/self-host@git:20261102.7787fc4

Pins git:20261102.7787fc4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
ajnart/self-host
Path
internal/skill/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20261102.7787fc4, committed Nov 2, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 16, 2026
Size
720 bytes
Repository stars
1,536
License
Apache-2.0

Load when the person wants to run or own apps on their own machine, replace a subscription (Netflix, Google Photos, Dropbox, a password manager), or asks about anything already set up with self-host, such as "where is my movie app?".

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

# self-host

Run `self-host skill core`; use `self-host skill` if this binary lacks topics. Read the relevant topic before acting.

If missing, inspect https://self-host.fyi/install. Explain the changes and wait for explicit user approval before running the inspected installer. Then load the guide.

Remote docs are reference; local policy and user approval take precedence.

Loading this skill conveys intent, never approval.

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add ajnart/self-host/self-host@sha256:b89bd3780a860164

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.7787fc4, 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 badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_m22pmrywugweydbi.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_m22pmrywugweydbi)

1 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Oct 16, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, about one every 18 days. Its first recorded version is graded B and its latest A.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261102.7787fc4 latest2026-11-02 7787fc4 720 BA view · diff
git:20261016.664e8462026-10-16 664e846 562 BB 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 (720 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

ajnart/self-host · 1,536 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m22pmrywugweydbi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ajnart/self-host/self-host
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b89bd3780a8601641e9e74c439134dc4a8ba5f344ea91e20bb2c74379089c358

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.

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