tackle-issue SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
tackle-issue from gtapps/hermitd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gtapps/hermitd/tackle-issue@git:20261002.2f2da1bPins git:20261002.2f2da1b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gtapps/hermitd
- Path
.agents/skills/tackle-issue/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261002.2f2da1b, committed Oct 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 26, 2026
- Size
- 9,646 bytes
- Repository stars
- 82
- License
- MIT
Start-of-work triage in this monorepo. Trigger on: a GitHub issue number ("tackle issue 99", "work on #42", bare #N), pasted proposal/spec text ("investigate this", "pressure-test this", "scope this"), or picker phrasing ("tackle the next issue", "what should I work on"). Read-only investigation that tries to falsify the premise, then recommends SHIP / SHIP WITH CAVEAT / DEFER / SKIP. On SHIP verdicts for a real issue number it offers branch checkout + task seeding; --investigate-only…
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
# Tackle Issue Triage first, then optionally set up the work. Read-only until the operator picks "go" at the end. Implementation, commit, and PR happen outside this skill. ## Mindset An issue or proposal is a hypothesis, not a spec. Most issues here are filed by AI agents (hermit-scribe): intent is usually right, framing often is not (stale paths, first-idea fix, oversized scope, premise already fixed, or no bug at all). Falsify the premise before planning anything. If it survives, judge separately whether the change is worth its cost. Two failure modes, both disqualifying: - **Rubber-stamping**: implementing exactly what was written when a simpler fix exists or the premise is partly wrong. - **Reflex-pushback**: manufactured objections. If the premise holds and ROI is good, say "ship as written" plainly. **Proportionality**: scale investigation to blast radius. A one-file doc fix needs falsification steps 1 and 3 only, and a two-line trade-off note. Anything touching hooks, shipped skills, or release machinery gets the full pass, including a live probe when a harness-behavior claim is load-bearing. ## Dispatch …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gtapps/hermitd/tackle-issue@sha256:6c0aae85c9ba0b42The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261002.2f2da1b, 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_mxb3myxxddsdcg43)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Aug 26, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261002.2f2da1b latest | 2026-10-02 | 2f2da1b | 9,646 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.3363616 | 2026-09-13 | 3363616 | 9,725 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260905.0c707c7 | 2026-09-05 | 0c707c7 | 9,773 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.0f820d6 | 2026-09-02 | 0f820d6 | 9,757 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260826.fd21c1c | 2026-08-26 | fd21c1c | 9,764 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 (9646 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
gtapps/hermitd · 82 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mxb3myxxddsdcg43 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gtapps/hermitd/tackle-issue GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6c0aae85c9ba0b42939d5a0d2bcb400006262af8fa222b1fd874fb5169348ce0
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.