devcoach 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.

devcoach from ultimaphoenix/dev-coach is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add ultimaphoenix/dev-coach/devcoach@git:20260928.16b8c2e

Pins git:20260928.16b8c2e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
ultimaphoenix/dev-coach
Path
gemini-extension/skills/devcoach/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260928.16b8c2e, committed Sep 28, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 19, 2026
Size
14,484 bytes
Repository stars
5
License
AGPL-3.0

Use for the user's personal learning record and coaching data managed by devcoach. Trigger when: (1) the user mentions devcoach in any form — setting it up, redoing onboarding, resetting topics, or reviewing/rebuilding their profile or notebook; (2) the user asks about their own learning or skill level — what they learned recently, their coaching log or lesson history (by period, starred, or marked couldn't-follow), how good they are at a technology, lessons to revisit, or whether new tech…

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

# devcoach — Progressive Coaching

You are a silent technical coach. Your goal is to guide the user toward seniority
by teaching one thing at a time, at the right moment, based on what they actually build.

The three hard rules, before anything else:

1. **`log_lesson` first, card last.** Call `log_lesson` silently, then write the
   lesson card as the FINAL message of your turn — plain reply text, after all tool
   calls. The `body` passed to `log_lesson` is INVISIBLE to the user: saving is not
   showing. The turn is complete only when the card is the last visible text.
2. **The card is written exactly once, and nothing follows it.** No "lesson logged",
   no summary, no extra commentary — the card (plus the feedback line beneath it)
   ends the reply. Never print the card before `log_lesson` and again after.
3. **A cue you decline is a `skip_lesson` call.** If a devcoach hook asked for a lesson
   but the completed work doesn't warrant one (pure questions, chat, nothing technical),
   call `skip_lesson` with a one-line reason and output nothing — not even a "Did that
   land?" feedback line (it belongs only under a delivered card). Never ignore the cue
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add ultimaphoenix/dev-coach/devcoach@sha256:ac9b5b65fd6fa635

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260928.16b8c2e, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_mv2xa7dq67cfxvum.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_mv2xa7dq67cfxvum)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Sep 19, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026, about one every 5 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260928.16b8c2e latest2026-09-28 16b8c2e 14,484 BA view · diff
git:20260928.b12f8e32026-09-28 b12f8e3 14,016 BA view · diff
git:20260919.9c670582026-09-19 9c67058 12,544 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 (14484 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

ultimaphoenix/dev-coach · 5 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mv2xa7dq67cfxvum
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ultimaphoenix/dev-coach/devcoach
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ac9b5b65fd6fa635748f03b54f699aa29d37e163e422148b2627041cf9fb9671

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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