crux-autopilot SKILL.md skillA

crux-autopilot from mehdiforoozandeh/crux is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add mehdiforoozandeh/crux/crux-autopilot@v2.0

Pins v2.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
mehdiforoozandeh/crux
Path
skills/crux-autopilot/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
v2.0, committed Oct 31, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 20, 2026
Size
7,550 bytes
Repository stars
17
License
MIT

Set up a crux autopilot plan with the PI and write it to `auto/<qid>/plan.md`: the anchor question, the program repo and the paths the worker may edit, the frozen scorer, the objective with its direction and threshold, and the PI's own guidance. Checks the scorer contract, runs `crux auto check` (which scores the baseline), then stops and hands the PI the exact `crux auto run` line. Never starts the run. Use when a crux user wants to start an autopilot search. Triggers…

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What the file says

# crux-autopilot — write the plan, check it, then stop

The plan is one file, `auto/<qid>/plan.md`: a `---` frontmatter of `key: value` lines, then
free text that is the PI's guidance. The engine refuses any other field and lists every
problem at once. Worked examples: the benchmark directories under `examples/autopilot/`
(`circle-packing/`, `m4-weekly/`, `memesuite-lite/`, `nanogpt-shakespeare/`), each with its
own `plan.md` and `README.md`.

```
---
anchor: q3
repo: ../program
base: HEAD
editable: src/model.py, configs/
scorer: python3 score.py
objective: val_loss min 1.36
mode: climb
budget_hours: 8
attempt_minutes: 20
worker: opus high
---
The PI's guidance, in their words.
```

`anchor`, `repo` (absolute, or relative to the vault root), `base` (a commit or ref),
`editable` (comma-separated; a trailing `/` is a directory), `scorer` and `objective` are
required. `objective` is `<address> <min|max> <bar>`: the score's address, its direction, and
the threshold (the plan's `bar` field). The rest default to the values shown; `mode` is
`climb` or `explore`, and `worker` is `<model> <low|medium|high|xhigh|max>`. The optional
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add mehdiforoozandeh/crux/crux-autopilot@sha256:4b47af71e959320f

The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0, 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 7 versions of this file, between Sep 20, 2026 and Oct 31, 2026, about one every 7 days.

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v2.0 latest2026-10-31 ecd0353 7,550 BA view · diff
v2.02026-10-29 bbe07a2 6,093 BA view · diff
v2.02026-10-29 7f38e0f 5,969 BA view · diff
v2.02026-10-26 a3c8305 5,774 BA view · diff
v1.12026-09-24 1591c7c 13,844 BA view · diff
v1.12026-09-21 aa258c3 13,665 BA view · diff
v1.02026-09-20 0b94dad 6,960 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 (7550 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

mehdiforoozandeh/crux · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m7cz2r753lqgj4xv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mehdiforoozandeh/crux/crux-autopilot
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4b47af71e959320fbe300b15defd9cdf282914c78e175395b8f425066beed4bd

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