choose-edit-mode SKILL.md skillA
choose-edit-mode from mendixlabs/mxcli is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add mendixlabs/mxcli/choose-edit-mode@git:20261016.5c01fe9Pins git:20261016.5c01fe9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- mendixlabs/mxcli
- Path
.claude/skills/mendix/choose-edit-mode/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261016.5c01fe9, committed Oct 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 26, 2026
- Size
- 6,589 bytes
- Repository stars
- 137
- License
- Apache-2.0
Decide how to change a document that already exists: ALTER, describe → edit → CREATE OR MODIFY, or a new document. The answer depends on who owns the document (your MDL scripts or Studio Pro). Use before editing anything in an existing app, before editing a project script that has no `mdl 1;` header, before re-executing DESCRIBE output, and before touching a Studio Pro-authored microflow or nanoflow.
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
<!-- skill-index: generated by scripts/skill-index.py; make check-skill-index -->
## Find it fast
`sed -n '<from>,<to>p' SKILL.md` one section rather than reading the file;
`./mxcli syntax <topic>` answers *how do I write this* for a fraction of either.
| lines | section |
|---|---|
| 30-49 | The rule |
| 50-78 | Scripts are `mdl 1` — upgrade a headerless file before you edit it |
| 79-95 | Which document types have `alter` |
| 96-113 | Types with no `alter`: microflows, nanoflows, menus, Java actions |
<!-- /skill-index -->
# Choose the Edit Mode by Who Owns the Document
MDL has two ways to change a document, and each is safe in a different situation.
| | Declarative | Patch |
|---|---|---|
| Statement | `create or modify <type> X ( … ) { … }`, the whole definition | `alter <type> X …`, only the change |
| Source of truth | your `.mdl` scripts | the stored model |
| Use for | new apps and modules; documents your scripts created and nobody has edited since | documents made or edited in Studio Pro; marketplace modules |
| Risk | drops whatever the statement does not say, including content MDL cannot express | none for what it does not mention |
## The rule
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add mendixlabs/mxcli/choose-edit-mode@sha256:c9926f8da00c187bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.5c01fe9, 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 26, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 3 days.
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| git:20261016.5c01fe9 latest | 2026-10-16 | 5c01fe9 | 6,589 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261010.50fe33a | 2026-10-10 | 50fe33a | 6,481 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.4c1e5c3 | 2026-10-01 | 4c1e5c3 | 5,946 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.3a9ec83 | 2026-10-01 | 3a9ec83 | 5,793 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260928.544e2d8 | 2026-09-28 | 544e2d8 | 4,166 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260927.a7e7d1b | 2026-09-27 | a7e7d1b | 4,136 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260926.b6c6b96 | 2026-09-26 | b6c6b96 | 4,140 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 (6589 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
mendixlabs/mxcli · 137 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mubqjcea5uh33vkr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mendixlabs/mxcli/choose-edit-mode GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c9926f8da00c187b1950db22a8ff6e4fefa193f6e72536f503137601bb5dd3f8
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