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AGENTS.md from better-isms/grcskills is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned

mdr add better-isms/grcskills/AGENTS.md@git:20261030.b80ad7f

Pins git:20261030.b80ad7f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind: AGENTS.md file
Repository: better-isms/grcskills
Path: AGENTS.md
Versions recorded: 14
Latest version: git:20261030.b80ad7f, committed Oct 30, 2026
First version recorded: Oct 19, 2026
Size: 10,764 bytes
Repository stars: 56
License: MIT

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

# AGENTS.md

You are an AI agent. This file is written for you. It covers the three things a user may ask of you here: install skills, run the library against their GRC setup, or submit a skill.

This is the grcskills library: open, task-level GRC skills (Agent Skills format), served at grcskills.com and maintained by Better ISMS.

## Decide what the user wants

- "Install", "add", "get" a skill or the library: go to [Install](#install).
- "Review my setup", "where do I start", "what should I fix", "run the library", "rank the skills for me": go to [Run the whole library against a setup](#run-the-whole-library-against-a-setup).
- "Use skill X on my files": install it if needed, then read `skills/<author>/<skill>/SKILL.md` and follow it.
- "Submit", "contribute", "publish" a skill, or update one they already published: go to [Submit a skill](#submit-a-skill).
- Anything that would change `tools/`, `.github/`, `.claude-plugin/`, `plugin/`, `templates/` or these governance files: that is maintainer work. Outside contributors cannot change them; say so and stop.

## Install
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add better-isms/grcskills/AGENTS.md@sha256:8f4072dfd30263ee

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261030.b80ad7f, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_nkv3egtd6dwr5oql.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_nkv3egtd6dwr5oql)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 14 versions of this file, between Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, more than one a day.

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git:20261030.b80ad7f latest	2026-10-30	b80ad7f	10,764 B	A	view · diff
git:20261027.43c473a	2026-10-27	43c473a	10,778 B	A	view · diff
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Audit of the latest version

A 14 of 14 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10764 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

better-isms/grcskills · 56 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nkv3egtd6dwr5oql
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=better-isms/grcskills/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8f4072dfd30263ee1a7c8cdfbf0ed0fb3503166874ebd8dae765d61fca5d502c

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: how to write a good AGENTS.md · AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md · which agent file does what.

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