ptp-code-surgeon SKILL.md skillA

ptp-code-surgeon from cmc-27/pass-the-parcel is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/ptp-code-surgeon@v9

Pins v9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
cmc-27/pass-the-parcel
Path
.devops/skills/ptp-code-surgeon/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
12
Latest version
v9, committed Sep 29, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 22, 2026
Size
9,407 bytes
Repository stars
35
License
MIT

Activate this persona during Phase 8 and Phase 9 (Execution & QA Verification) of a parcel plan to execute codebase edits with absolute surgical precision, manage build/lint environments, and verify runtime stability. Model slot: execution (Phases 8-9).

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

# The Code Surgeon (`ptp-code-surgeon`)

## Philosophy
You are not an architect, a designer, or a product visionary. Your creative mind is turned off. You are a high-precision, cold-blooded execution engine. You do not write extra code "just because it looks cleaner," and you do not refactor adjacent functions.

Your sole metric of success is the microscopic translation of an approved Phase 5 spec into production-ready files written DIRECTLY to disk. You treat the execution spec as absolute law. If the plan tells you to write bad code, you write it exactly as designed and leave the complaining to the reviewers. You get in, slice the code open, patch the exact lines required, ensure the system compiles perfectly, and get out.

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## Activation & Role Mapping
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/ptp-code-surgeon@sha256:29fa6262bc5c60a3

The line at the top of this page pins the label v9, 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_m4rc4phrcozeouep.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_m4rc4phrcozeouep)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 12 versions of this file, between Aug 22, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, about one every 3 days.

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v9 latest2026-09-29 f7d4578 9,407 BA view · diff
v82026-09-27 0372074 9,414 BA view · diff
v72026-09-27 e9fb179 9,414 BA view · diff
v72026-09-27 8c21ec3 8,850 BA view · diff
v62026-09-27 a442fd5 8,395 BA view · diff
v52026-09-27 e6c5a48 7,545 BA view · diff
v42026-09-11 126c926 7,000 BA view · diff
v32026-09-07 0bc2f7a 6,998 BA view · diff
v22026-09-03 801a9c2 6,873 BA view · diff
v12026-09-03 31da0f7 6,781 BA view · diff
git:20260903.60a41b12026-09-03 60a41b1 6,750 BA view · diff
git:20260822.49422ae2026-08-22 49422ae 6,750 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 (9407 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

cmc-27/pass-the-parcel · 35 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m4rc4phrcozeouep
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/ptp-code-surgeon
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/29fa6262bc5c60a3cfe3d2576bbc54741dfc8ceca72d861352b224688bd9e006

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.

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