file-edit-in-place SKILL.md skillA
file-edit-in-place from conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing/file-edit-in-place@v3.38.0Pins v3.38.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing
- Path
skills/file-edit-in-place/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- v3.38.0, committed Oct 15, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 3, 2026
- Size
- 5,816 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,120
- License
- MIT
Use when the user names a local file and explicitly asks to clean, rewrite, humanize, or remove AI-writing patterns in that file itself, with minimal targeted edits and post-edit verification.
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
# File Edit In Place Edit a named file according to the original `../avoid-ai-writing/SKILL.md` edit mode and editing contract. For cross-Skill work, follow `../avoid-ai-writing-router/references/handoff-contract.md` and `../avoid-ai-writing-router/references/skill-graph.json`. ## Connection contract ### Incoming Accept mutation work from: - `avoid-ai-writing-router` via `ROUTE` when a named file and explicit mutation request are present. - `ai-writing-detector` via `FEED` only when the user requested a named-file fix after an audit. - `preservation-verifier` via bounded `REPAIR` when the named file failed a preservation check. A detector result never authorizes a write by itself. User mutation intent must already be explicit. ### Required handoff state Before mutation, preserve: - source file reference, - relevant original content or before snapshot, - requested scope, - explicit factual corrections supplied by the user, - canonical context profile, detector context mode, and voice constraints, - protected semantic constraints, - detector evidence when already available, - representation-sensitive guard state when applicable. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing/file-edit-in-place@sha256:d35752b7eb3f164cThe line at the top of this page pins the label v3.38.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_nfry5jd2747pw34j)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Sep 3, 2026 and Oct 15, 2026, about one every 8 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v3.38.0 latest | 2026-10-15 | 7dc0334 | 5,816 B | A | view · diff |
| v3.37.0 | 2026-10-04 | db82bc8 | 5,816 B | A | view · diff |
| v3.36.0 | 2026-10-03 | aa405aa | 5,816 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.a0ff473 | 2026-09-13 | a0ff473 | 5,787 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.b46b1c3 | 2026-09-13 | b46b1c3 | 5,284 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.788c667 | 2026-09-03 | 788c667 | 4,772 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 (5816 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
conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing · 5,120 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nfry5jd2747pw34j GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing/file-edit-in-place GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d35752b7eb3f164cb793e9d05941b0bb748b114ef9bf80763a3ed0a0216dd6a1
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