nw-ab-validate-spec SKILL.md skillA
nw-ab-validate-spec 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-ab-validate-spec@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-ab-validate-spec/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261102.c67d57b, committed Nov 2, 2026
- Size
- 1,681 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
PROCEDURE — validate an EXISTING agent spec against the nw-ab-validation-checklist. Trigger: checking a spec for compliance (also the shared composition target create/migrate/merge invoke). One job: run the checklist, report pass/fail.
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
# nw-ab-validate-spec (PROCEDURE) **Kind**: PROCEDURE | **One job**: validate an agent spec | **One trigger**: an existing agent spec must be checked for compliance (standalone, or composed by create/migrate/merge after a write). This is the SHARED composition target. `nw-ab-create-agent`, `nw-ab-migrate-monolith`, and `nw-ab-merge-agents` all invoke this skill after writing — never re-inline the checklist. ## Deterministic step-sequence (run every time, in order) Run these steps in order: 1. **Checklist** — run every item defined in `nw-ab-validation-checklist`, in table order, against the spec. Gate: each defined item reported pass/fail with evidence (line, count or quote); no item is claimed beyond those the checklist defines. 2. **Anti-patterns** — run the anti-pattern scan (`nw-ab-anti-patterns`). Gate: zero anti-patterns. ## Composition - COMPOSES (KNOWLEDGE): `nw-ab-validation-checklist` (the item definitions), `nw-ab-anti-patterns`, `nw-ab-critique-dimensions`, `nw-agent-testing`. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ab-validate-spec@sha256:f00bc239c990129fThe 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Nov 2, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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Source
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m7yblvdf6pjlka6d GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ab-validate-spec GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f00bc239c990129fb007e51e6f2e2b71180ebbe82ad4c29650f6c511ef7335ce
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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.