nixpkgs-review SKILL.md skillB
nixpkgs-review from ryan4yin/nix-config is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ryan4yin/nix-config/nixpkgs-review@git:20261010.0e70582Pins git:20261010.0e70582 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ryan4yin/nix-config
- Path
.agents/skills/nixpkgs-review/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261010.0e70582, committed Oct 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 2, 2026
- Size
- 10,207 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2,104
- License
- MIT
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
# Reviewing nixpkgs changes Use `nixpkgs-review` to review an upstream nixpkgs PR before it is merged. It compares package changes against a PR base and can build selected packages and passthru tests. It is not the normal way to build a package for local use or validate a nix-config lock update. For local use, build the needed package or test directly with the project's Nix commands. Review only the package(s) changed by the PR that are relevant to the review question. Add `--tests` when the selected package's passthru tests are part of the review. Do not broaden a review to unrelated packages; selecting a large source package can trigger substantial downloads and builds. ## Choose the runner - One package, one Linux architecture, local debugging: local `nixpkgs-review` - Need to inspect the package interactively: local review shell - Need aarch64/Darwin or a reproducible remote build: `just pkg-review <pr>` - Only one package's passthru tests matter: `just pkg-test <pr> <pname>` or local `--package`/`--tests` - Review a local commit proposed for an upstream PR: `nixpkgs-review rev <rev>` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ryan4yin/nix-config/nixpkgs-review@sha256:65fbb8bdc3a76359The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261010.0e70582, 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_m2blgqcxqmj6zbol)
2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Oct 2, 2026 and Oct 10, 2026, about one every 2 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261010.0e70582 latest | 2026-10-10 | 0e70582 | 10,207 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261010.a2cfa55 | 2026-10-10 | a2cfa55 | 11,152 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261004.ac18edd | 2026-10-04 | ac18edd | 11,105 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261002.54aacd1 | 2026-10-02 | 54aacd1 | 10,789 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261002.2b0f01d | 2026-10-02 | 2b0f01d | 9,187 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261002.b2ec56d | 2026-10-02 | b2ec56d | 9,193 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10207 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
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
ryan4yin/nix-config · 2,104 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m2blgqcxqmj6zbol GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ryan4yin/nix-config/nixpkgs-review GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/65fbb8bdc3a76359e1452a0fcabb970638c3561c281cbf43c8bd02ae1f924cb7
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