pre-merge SKILL.md skillA

pre-merge from chrislacey89/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add chrislacey89/skills/pre-merge@git:20261105.863eae4

Pins git:20261105.863eae4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
chrislacey89/skills
Path
pre-merge/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
18
Latest version
git:20261105.863eae4, committed Nov 5, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 28, 2026
Size
103,551 bytes
Repository stars
4
License
MIT

Primary pipeline review step after verified implementation. Use to create a PR with lineage and run architectural review before merge. Not for QA intake, planning, or implementation work.

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

# Pre-Merge

Create a GitHub PR linking back to the PRD and slice issues, then review the full diff against the project's architectural principles. Produces advisory findings — does not block merge, auto-fix code, or file issues.

## Invocation Position

This is a primary pipeline skill used after implementation has been verified and before merging to main, *or* when picking up someone else's PR for review.

Use `/pre-merge` when the branch is ready for PR creation, architectural review, and final plan-to-code reconciliation. Use `/pre-merge --pr <number>` when you are reviewing a PR you did not author.

Do not use it as a substitute for implementation verification, QA intake, or refactor planning. It assumes the work is already built and ready to review.

## Modes

`/pre-merge` runs in one of three modes. All three reuse the architectural review dimensions defined in `review-checklist.md`; they differ in what they consume and what they produce.
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add chrislacey89/skills/pre-merge@sha256:97dcc279e9bcefc7

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261105.863eae4, 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 18 versions of this file, between Aug 28, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026, about one every 4 days.

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git:20261105.863eae4 latest2026-11-05 863eae4 103,551 BA view · diff
git:20261030.b6b44682026-10-30 b6b4468 102,807 BA view · diff
git:20261029.7ccb42a2026-10-29 7ccb42a 101,938 BA view · diff
git:20261028.92df4f02026-10-28 92df4f0 100,794 BA view · diff
git:20261027.b3ef0552026-10-27 b3ef055 100,680 BA view · diff
git:20261026.2ea6c0f2026-10-26 2ea6c0f 99,102 BA view · diff
git:20261026.c536b122026-10-26 c536b12 98,560 BA view · diff
git:20261026.6c1b9c32026-10-26 6c1b9c3 96,296 BA view · diff
git:20261026.4b2dfad2026-10-26 4b2dfad 95,394 BA view · diff
git:20261025.dfbdb012026-10-25 dfbdb01 88,957 BA view · diff
git:20261021.d5484452026-10-21 d548445 81,971 BA view · diff
git:20261020.803e4b92026-10-20 803e4b9 81,774 BA view · diff
git:20260909.a9334312026-09-09 a933431 81,453 BA view · diff
git:20260905.38da5c72026-09-05 38da5c7 78,546 BA view · diff
git:20260904.5adb1ae2026-09-04 5adb1ae 73,629 BA view · diff
git:20260828.5d1003f2026-08-28 5d1003f 71,321 BA view · diff
git:20260828.143a55d2026-08-28 143a55d 68,210 BA view · diff
git:20260828.ca868532026-08-28 ca86853 70,314 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 (103551 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

chrislacey89/skills · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch prod

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ma3z65vliwefvq4x
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chrislacey89/skills/pre-merge
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/97dcc279e9bcefc75b517881d0bc4af00a9dd5804eac1330e3c8a6631bcbf49e

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