yao-job SKILL.md skillA
yao-job from yaoapp/yao is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add yaoapp/yao/yao-job@git:20261005.9696ccbPins git:20261005.9696ccb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- yaoapp/yao
- Path
tools/skills/yao-job/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261005.9696ccb, committed Oct 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 1, 2026
- Size
- 4,189 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8,284
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Background job management — start, monitor, wait, stop long-running commands. ALWAYS invoke this skill when the user asks to run background tasks, check job status, read job output, or manage long-running commands.
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
# Background Jobs ## Tools - `yao_job_start` — Start a command. `background false` (default) blocks until done and returns `output_tail`; `background true` returns `job_id` immediately. - `yao_job_list` — List jobs. Supports `--status` filter and `--limit`/`--offset` pagination. - `yao_job_get` — Get full details for a job (or daemon by ID). - `yao_job_output` — Read process output (works for both job and daemon IDs). - `yao_job_wait` — Block until a background job finishes or timeout expires. Jobs only, not daemons. - `yao_job_stop` — Kill a running job. ## Parameters ### yao_job_start | Param | Required | Default | Description | |-------|----------|---------|-------------| | `command` | yes | — | Shell command to execute | | `description` | yes | — | Concise 5–10 word summary | | `background` | no | `false` | `true` returns immediately; `false` blocks until done | | `args` | no | — | Additional arguments (rarely needed; prefer inline in `command`) | | `working_dir` | no | workspace | Working directory | | `max_duration_ms` | no | — | Kill the job after this many milliseconds | ### yao_job_list | Param | Default | Description | |-------|---------|-------------| …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add yaoapp/yao/yao-job@sha256:ffe120c321c7e7faThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261005.9696ccb, 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 2 versions of this file, between Oct 1, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 4 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261005.9696ccb latest | 2026-10-05 | 9696ccb | 4,189 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.898b322 | 2026-10-01 | 898b322 | 4,049 B | A | view |
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 (4189 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
yaoapp/yao · 8,284 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m6ipfnglbiopujzu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yaoapp/yao/yao-job GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ffe120c321c7e7fa2ae44c8dbc29d80e4d5d9994768dd5562640d91ab9901b13
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