plan-file SKILL.md skillA
plan-file from ethanaubuchon/dossier-tradecraft is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ethanaubuchon/dossier-tradecraft/plan-file@git:20261002.634bb22Pins git:20261002.634bb22 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ethanaubuchon/dossier-tradecraft
- Path
skills/plan-file/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261002.634bb22, committed Oct 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 28, 2026
- Size
- 8,898 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Use BEFORE writing implementation code in /implement, after repo-setup and once a ticket exists. Produces an approval-blocked plan at .claude/plans/<branch>.md (story ref, change summary, affected files, approach, test cases, open questions) and blocks coding until it exists and the user has approved it. Skip only for trivial changes, with an auditable one-line reason.
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
# Plan File The plan gate in `/implement`'s repo path: runs after `repo-setup`, before any implementation code. Produces a written, **approval-blocked** plan for the branch — coding doesn't start until the plan file exists and the user has approved it. Ported from the work `implementation-plan` skill, genericized. ## When to invoke Before writing any implementation code, once both are true: 1. A branch + worktree are set up (via `repo-setup`). 2. A story/ticket is the agreed scope for the session. If implementation is requested and no plan file exists for the current branch, run this first. ## When to skip Skip only for: - Single-line fixes, typos, renames, trivial string edits. - Emergency hotfixes where speed outweighs discipline. - Spikes or throwaway experiments explicitly flagged as such. If skipping, **state the reason in one sentence** before proceeding, so the skip is auditable in the session log (and note it in the eventual commit message). ## Plan file location …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ethanaubuchon/dossier-tradecraft/plan-file@sha256:99e9e65ec43ed579The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261002.634bb22, 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_n4o65drofuyr2htb)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jun 28, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026, about one every 48 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261002.634bb22 latest | 2026-10-02 | 634bb22 | 8,898 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.1b98a70 | 2026-09-12 | 1b98a70 | 7,676 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260628.3a28a15 | 2026-06-28 | 3a28a15 | 6,052 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 (8898 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
ethanaubuchon/dossier-tradecraft · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n4o65drofuyr2htb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ethanaubuchon/dossier-tradecraft/plan-file GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/99e9e65ec43ed579d4662f809038b8320fa2826b3ed8b620678d5bbcb559c094
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.