plan-first SKILL.md skillA
plan-first from andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda/plan-first@v1Pins v1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda
- Path
skills/plan-first/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1, committed Oct 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 25, 2026
- Size
- 3,999 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Structured planning workflow for any coding task. Use at the start of every new feature, bug fix, refactor, or implementation request. Analyzes the project, asks up to 5 clarifying questions, creates a TODO.md, gets user approval, then executes task by task. Never writes code before a plan is approved.
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-First Workflow ## Rules - NEVER write code, create files, or run commands before a TODO.md is approved. - NEVER assume missing information. Ask instead. - NEVER skip steps. Follow phases in order. - NEVER go off-plan. If new work is discovered, add it to TODO.md and ask for approval before doing it. --- ## Phase 1 -- Analyze the Project Read the project silently before asking anything. Check: 1. Directory structure (top 2 levels) 2. `package.json`, `pubspec.yaml`, `go.mod`, `requirements.txt`, `Cargo.toml`, `pom.xml`, or equivalent 3. Existing dependencies and their versions 4. Build system and scripts (`Makefile`, `scripts/`, CI config) 5. `README.md` or `README.*` 6. Any existing `TODO.md`, `TASKS.md`, `.todo`, or open issue files Do not output analysis results unless directly relevant to your questions. --- ## Phase 2 -- Ask Clarifying Questions (One Round Only) After analysis, identify gaps that would block correct implementation. - Ask **at most 5 questions** in a single message. - Only ask what is **critical and cannot be inferred** from the codebase. - Number the questions. - Do not ask about things already answerable from the project files. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda/plan-first@sha256:f4b839ec39490e3dThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1, 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_nlm2swwkfzuognxi)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Sep 25, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026, about one every 2 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1 latest | 2026-10-02 | 5f6efaa | 3,999 B | A | view · diff |
| v1 | 2026-10-02 | 8c813e9 | 3,974 B | A | view · diff |
| v1 | 2026-09-30 | b8f4ba9 | 4,240 B | A | view · diff |
| v1 | 2026-09-30 | 482cd8b | 3,955 B | A | view · diff |
| v1 | 2026-09-25 | 160ae7c | 3,856 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 (3999 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
andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda · 7 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nlm2swwkfzuognxi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda/plan-first GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f4b839ec39490e3d4e170cc3fc48873a040477e2afdcbb05212687a5f511e072
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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.
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