skillsaw-create-plugin SKILL.md skillA

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skillsaw-create-plugin from stbenjam/skillsaw is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add stbenjam/skillsaw/skillsaw-create-plugin@v1.0

Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
stbenjam/skillsaw
Path
.agents/skills/skillsaw-create-plugin/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
v1.0, committed Oct 16, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 5, 2026
Size
7,937 bytes
Repository stars
69
License
Apache-2.0

Create a skillsaw rule plugin — a pip-installable Python package that adds custom lint rules to skillsaw. Walks through scaffolding the package, writing rules against the lint tree, testing, and publishing to PyPI. Use when a user wants to share skillsaw rules across repositories or publish them for others.

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

# skillsaw Create Plugin

Create a **skillsaw rule plugin**: a Python package that adds lint
rules to [skillsaw](https://skillsaw.org). Once you build and publish to PyPI, anyone can
`pip install` it and skillsaw picks up the rules automatically — no config
required. Prefer this to per-repo `custom-rules:` files when sharing rules across repos.

Keep the terminology straight: a *skillsaw plugin* adds rules to the skillsaw
linter itself. Never confuse it with the Claude Code plugins that skillsaw lints.

Review this reference material while you work:

- Read the plugin guide: https://skillsaw.org/plugins/
- Follow the rule-writing guide (lint tree, block types): https://skillsaw.org/custom-rules/ and https://skillsaw.org/lint-tree/
- Read the complete working example: `examples/plugins/skillsaw-example-plugin/` in the [skillsaw repo](https://github.com/stbenjam/skillsaw)

Follow each step in order, and keep the user updated on progress at each stage.

## Step 1: Gather requirements

Review the following with the user:

1. **What should each rule check?** Get concrete examples of content that should pass and content that should fail.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add stbenjam/skillsaw/skillsaw-create-plugin@sha256:72a813bb10f0b8a0

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, 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

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jul 5, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 17 days.

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v1.02026-08-25 95ab2a5 7,937 BA view · diff
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v1.02026-07-05 874bc46 7,565 BA view

Audit of the latest version

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7937 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

stbenjam/skillsaw · 69 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n3qvtoez6c7p7ok5
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=stbenjam/skillsaw/skillsaw-create-plugin
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/72a813bb10f0b8a08fda94e43f0aba0e93395e48a007cefa917c49be6a89ccb1

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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