os-step-by-step SKILL.md skillA
os-step-by-step from kharmanskyi/open-steps is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kharmanskyi/open-steps/os-step-by-step@git:20260930.7e255d1Pins git:20260930.7e255d1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kharmanskyi/open-steps
- Path
skills/os-step-by-step/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260930.7e255d1, committed Sep 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 25, 2026
- Size
- 7,539 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,290
- License
- MIT
ALWAYS invoke this skill when you need the user to act - run a command, paste a secret, click, approve - and whenever they ask how to do something or say they do not know what to do: "step by step", "walk me through it", "what do I do", "what should I do", "I don't understand what to do", "explain what I need to do", in any language. Picking which task comes next is os-whats-next; this skill is for doing the thing in front of you. First earn the ask: try it yourself, find another route, shrink…
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
# os-step-by-step The user is not stuck because the task is hard - they cannot tell what they are being asked to do. This skill turns "I need something from you" into an instruction a person who does not read code can follow without a follow-up question. `os-done-or-not` reports *that* something is needed; this one says exactly *how*. ## Language Write in the language the user speaks in this session, detected from the conversation. Commands, file names and identifiers stay English. ## When to use Triggers live in the description above - any moment you need the user's hands, or they ask what to do. ## Step 0 - earn the right to ask Every ask costs the user a context switch. Prove it is necessary; stop at the first item that clears the block: 1. **Try it.** A real 403 is a finding; "I probably lack permission" is a guess. 2. **Find another route.** Another tool, a value already on the host, a file you can read. 3. **Shrink the ask.** Obtain what you can yourself; hand over only the irreducible part. 4. **Check you are not asking twice** - search the session and the reports folder first. Three walls where asking IS the correct move, never to be worked around: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kharmanskyi/open-steps/os-step-by-step@sha256:5820815227df9beaThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260930.7e255d1, 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_n464hripgku7o7kt)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Aug 25, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026, about one every 36 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260930.7e255d1 latest | 2026-09-30 | 7e255d1 | 7,539 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260825.a2c70ec | 2026-08-25 | a2c70ec | 7,172 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 (7539 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
kharmanskyi/open-steps · 1,290 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n464hripgku7o7kt GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kharmanskyi/open-steps/os-step-by-step GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5820815227df9beaf2bcfcc794fb102a1fb12678e53f1223a6695c100648668b
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.