procedures-manual SKILL.md skillA

procedures-manual from lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel/procedures-manual@v1.5.0

Pins v1.5.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel
Path
src/lingtai/intrinsic_skills/system-manual/reference/procedures-manual/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
10
Latest version
v1.5.0, committed Oct 17, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 28, 2026
Size
14,646 bytes
Repository stars
11
License
Apache-2.0

Nested system-manual reference: the expanded form of the resident procedures prompt — progressive disclosure, responsiveness and side-effect authorization, the daemon workflow methodology, depositing work, idle/lifecycle, skill routing, deliverables, artifact sharing, and issue reporting. Route via `system-manual` when it is unclear whether this is the right node.

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

# Procedures Manual

This is the expanded form of the resident `procedures` action checklist — a
nested skill-reference owned by `system-manual`, not a top-level catalog skill.
The resident section's common operator rule is the always-loaded anchor for
scope, authority, origin-channel replies, result verification, untrusted input,
schema/manual choice, and parent-owned synthesis. Read this reference when the
short procedure tells you *what* to do but you need routing logic, edge-case
discipline, or a deliverable checklist behind it.

## 1. Progressive disclosure

Keep resident prompt small. Use it for invariant rules and routing. Put examples,
command recipes, troubleshooting, and long rationale in skills or references.

The normal ladder is:

`resident prompt` → `system-manual` router → `reference/<topic>.md` → anatomy/code/tests.

Ask three questions before adding resident text:

1. Must every agent always remember this exact rule?
2. Does it decide when to load a manual/reference?
3. Is it a short default that prevents common harm?

If the answer is no, put it in a skill/reference and leave a one-line route. Do
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel/procedures-manual@sha256:bfae962ff2c390c2

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.5.0, 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 10 versions of this file, between Jul 28, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every 9 days.

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v1.5.0 latest2026-10-17 4082087 14,646 BA view · diff
v1.5.02026-09-15 6a7c067 14,681 BA view · diff
v1.5.02026-09-09 336ec0e 14,464 BA view · diff
v1.5.02026-09-09 115c1a7 14,453 BA view · diff
v1.5.02026-09-09 5fdf8d1 14,438 BA view · diff
v1.4.12026-09-05 628458c 14,222 BA view · diff
v1.4.02026-08-08 cee7c9f 12,515 BA view · diff
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v1.4.02026-08-07 51139ee 12,320 BA view · diff
v1.3.02026-07-28 07a7447 16,187 BA 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 (14646 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

lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel · 11 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m3mprggpepja5m7v
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel/procedures-manual
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bfae962ff2c390c2756afbe7dbfcf57f8f1972a79d7c0751539d2f494a24875d

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