next-step SKILL.md skillA

next-step from sd0xdev/sd0x-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add sd0xdev/sd0x-harness/next-step@git:20260905.1599675

Pins git:20260905.1599675 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
sd0xdev/sd0x-harness
Path
skills/next-step/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260905.1599675, committed Sep 5, 2026
First version recorded
Mar 5, 2026
Size
6,438 bytes
Repository stars
194
License
MIT

Change-aware next step advisor. Use when: user asks what to do next, workflow progression is unclear, session just started with dirty worktree. Not for: executing the suggested command (user decides), auto-loop decisions (hooks handle that). Output: findings-based suggestions or session summary with commit seed.

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

# Next Step Advisor

## When NOT to Use

- Auto-loop already handling review/precommit flow (hooks track and assist)
- User gave a clear, specific instruction (just do it)
- Mid-execution of a skill workflow (follow that skill's progression)

## Procedure

1. Run `bash scripts/run-skill.sh next-step analyze.js` to collect deterministic findings
2. Parse the JSON output — findings, gates, diff summary, phase, feature_context, next_actions, backlog
3. **If P0/P1 findings exist** → format top 3 as actionable suggestions (Findings Mode)
4. **If mid-pipeline** (gates not all passed, no P0/P1) → use progression tables to suggest next step
5. **If phase = post_precommit** → suggest doc sync + request update (use next_actions)
6. **If phase = feature_complete** → output feature complete summary with backlog
7. **If all gates pass and no P0/P1** → output session summary with commit seed (Summary Mode, P2/P3 shown as oversights)

## Script Integration

The analyze script runs 18 deterministic heuristics against git state, review state, and feature context:

| Priority | Heuristics | Meaning |
|----------|-----------|---------|
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add sd0xdev/sd0x-harness/next-step@sha256:b8fc41d2b49c86a5

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260905.1599675, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Mar 5, 2026 and Sep 5, 2026, about one every 46 days.

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git:20260905.1599675 latest2026-09-05 1599675 6,438 BA view · diff
git:20260813.fead97d2026-08-13 fead97d 6,369 BA view · diff
git:20260403.bf8b0e22026-04-03 bf8b0e2 6,242 BA view · diff
git:20260305.c6f3f2b2026-03-05 c6f3f2b 5,966 BA view · diff
git:20260305.f3313112026-03-05 f331311 6,201 BA view

Audit of the latest version

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 (6438 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

sd0xdev/sd0x-harness · 194 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ngev7srqljp35pum
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sd0xdev/sd0x-harness/next-step
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b8fc41d2b49c86a5151830ec3fe7fc6d7ab232aca0d9a3dfee777d8f5d482c79

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