nw-command-design-patterns-authoring SKILL.md skillA
nw-command-design-patterns-authoring from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-command-design-patterns-authoring@git:20261102.c67d57bPins git:20261102.c67d57b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nwave-ai/nwave
- Path
nWave/skills/nw-command-design-patterns-authoring/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261102.c67d57b, committed Nov 2, 2026
- Size
- 2,160 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
The v2.8+ new-command installation contract - which three files to produce and their frontmatter when creating a brand-new command.
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
# New-Command Authoring & Installation Format (KNOWLEDGE)
**Kind**: KNOWLEDGE (reference). Composed by `nw-command-design-patterns` core. Fires when: a brand-NEW command is being created and the question is "which files do I produce, in what format, where" (the v2.8+ install contract). Distinct from classification (sizing an existing command) and reduction (trimming a bloated one). No forced sequence.
## Command Installation Format (v2.8+)
Since v2.8.0, commands are installed as **skills**, not as separate command files. The installer reads from `nWave/skills/nw-{command-name}/SKILL.md`, NOT from `nWave/tasks/nw/{command-name}.md`. The legacy `tasks/nw/*.md` path is still supported but is NOT auto-installed.
**When creating a new command, produce THREE files:**
1. **`nWave/skills/nw-{name}/SKILL.md`** — the installable command skill. Frontmatter MUST include:
```yaml
---
name: nw-{name}
description: "One-line description for slash command menu"
user-invocable: true
argument-hint: "[args] - Example: \"example usage\""
---
```
Body: the full command definition (same content as the declarative template).
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-command-design-patterns-authoring@sha256:7e83a6514cba95b9The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.c67d57b, 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_m3fvl56v7w7chzuq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Nov 2, 2026.
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 (2160 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
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m3fvl56v7w7chzuq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-command-design-patterns-authoring GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7e83a6514cba95b9b365b111f825ae0cda728b212a3aaaa7a5bd101566fdef70
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.