This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 6 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
align from hmmhmmhm/aligns.md is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important decisions diverge from the user's expectations, repeated corrections expose a missing criterion, or a long autonomous run needs judgment calibration. Apply existing agreements without reopening routine decisions.
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
# Align
Help a user and their agent agree on what good work means and keep decisions
consistent with that agreement. The maintained skill supplies the method;
project-root `ALIGN.md` holds the user's current criteria. Updating the skill
must never replace, reconfirm, or migrate those criteria automatically.
Use the user's language and project conventions. Do not import preferences
from the skill's source repository.
## Read before asking
Identify the target project, applicable instructions, existing `ALIGN.md`,
relevant conversation, and changes that could affect the current decision.
Check whether Git is available and this is a work tree. Use available history
and uncommitted work; a timestamp does not prove all later work was reviewed.
If history is unavailable, explain only material gaps. Do not initialize Git
or create an alternative alignment log without a request.
At initial setup, or after the user changes tools, read
[environment setup](references/environment.md). Establish which CLI is primary
and whether it is the current client. Reuse explicit context; ask once if it
is unclear. Do not infer the main client just from a filename or installed binary.
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The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.2.0, 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.
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 (6509 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
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-18 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n5k4zwsheeqwsfdj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hmmhmmhm/aligns.md/align
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4067af3e2f3575d24ef448fe178966da05840ef2bd138ae174a05358d3750bdb
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hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · benchmarks/discovery/pretests/smoke/source-snapshot/skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · benchmarks/discovery/results/2026-10-15-astra-v1/source-snapshot/skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · benchmarks/effort/results/2026-10-15-astra-v1-failed/source-snapshot/skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · benchmarks/effort/results/2026-10-15-astra-v2/source-snapshot/skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · benchmarks/results/2026-10-15-astra-v1/source-snapshot/skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain project or optional cross-project personal alignment in ALIGNS.md, including review of selected…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · tests/activation/results/2026-10-17-additional/source/skill/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGNS.md, including selected PR or conversation history review…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · tests/activation/results/2026-10-17-baseline/source/skill/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGNS.md, including selected PR or conversation history review…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · tests/activation/results/2026-10-17-general-v052/source/skill/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGNS.md, including selected PR or conversation history review…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · tests/activation/results/2026-10-17-loop-baseline/source/skill/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGNS.md, including selected PR or conversation history review…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · tests/activation/results/2026-10-17-loop-final/source/skill/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGNS.md, including selected PR or conversation history review…
kerberosclaw/kc_ai_skills · align/SKILL.md · Reconcile existing repository documentation with the current implementation, especially after verified hotfixes or…
dkstm95/hope · plugins/hope/skills/align/SKILL.md · Resolve consequential choices and shared intent before implementation. Use only when explicitly invoked.
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · benchmarks/effort/results/2026-10-15-astra-v1-failed/source-snapshot/skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · tests/activation/results/2026-10-17-additional/source/skill/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGNS.md, including selected PR or conversation history review…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · tests/activation/results/2026-10-17-baseline/source/skill/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGNS.md, including selected PR or conversation history review…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · benchmarks/discovery/results/2026-10-15-astra-v1/source-snapshot/skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · tests/activation/results/2026-10-17-loop-final/source/skill/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGNS.md, including selected PR or conversation history review…
hmmhmmhm/aligns.md · benchmarks/effort/results/2026-10-15-astra-v2/source-snapshot/skills/align/SKILL.md · Establish and maintain personal project alignment in ALIGN.md. Use when goals or priorities are unclear, important…