factory SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 3 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
factory from chrisgagne/grounded-forge is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add chrisgagne/grounded-forge/factory@git:20261015.77c6c4dPins git:20261015.77c6c4d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- chrisgagne/grounded-forge
- Path
corpus.commons/chrisgagne-agent-built-software/helpers/factory-warranty/skills/factory/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261015.77c6c4d, committed Oct 15, 2026
- Size
- 3,443 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- MIT
Run a software change through the factory harness (spec, triage, locked tests, guarded build, deterministic gates, blind Claude + Codex review, warranty pack) and present the pack to the accountable person. Use when the user asks to build, gate, review or warrant a change with the factory, to resume a blocked factory change, or to see where one stands. Never signs, returns or accepts on the user's behalf.
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
# Running a change through the factory
The factory is a command-line harness. Its gates are code: exit codes, hashes and structured findings decide pass or block, and every stage writes to an append-only ledger in the target repo at `.factory/changes/{id}/`. Your job here is to drive the CLI, explain what it found, and hand the decision to the person accountable for the change.
The CLI is `factory` (install once with `uv tool install --editable <factory repo>`; the factory repo is two folders above this skill's base directory). If it isn't on PATH, run `uv run --project <factory repo> factory ...`.
## Steps
1. **Check the target repo opts in.** It needs `.factory/config.yaml` with at least `commands.test` and `test_globs`. If it's missing, show the user the example in the factory's README and stop; don't guess their commands.
2. **Get the story.** A markdown file saying what the change should do. If the user described it in chat, write it to a file outside `.factory/` and show it to them before running.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add chrisgagne/grounded-forge/factory@sha256:005d1b5fb93c7077The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261015.77c6c4d, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_maveijhtqthswmvn)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 15, 2026.
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 (3443 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
chrisgagne/grounded-forge · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-23 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_maveijhtqthswmvn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chrisgagne/grounded-forge/factory GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/005d1b5fb93c70773586e390c8b50a0c872872dba885507732ef7a59d28a78df
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.
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.
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