probe-circular-alpha SKILL.md skillA
probe-circular-alpha from agent-ecosystem/agent-skill-implementation is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add agent-ecosystem/agent-skill-implementation/probe-circular-alpha@git:20260321.ac05438Pins git:20260321.ac05438 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- agent-ecosystem/agent-skill-implementation
- Path
benchmark-skills/probe-circular-alpha/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260321.ac05438, committed Mar 21, 2026
- Size
- 677 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
First of a pair of skills that reference each other, for testing circular invocation handling. Use when asked to probe circular dependencies.
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
# Circular Alpha Probe This skill and `probe-circular-beta` reference each other, creating a circular dependency. This tests whether the platform detects and prevents circular invocation loops. ## Instructions When activated: 1. Report: "probe-circular-alpha activated. Canary: **KITE-ONYX-2251**" 2. Report: "Activating probe-circular-beta as directed." 3. Now activate the `probe-circular-beta` skill. 4. After probe-circular-beta completes (if it does), report what happened.
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add agent-ecosystem/agent-skill-implementation/probe-circular-alpha@sha256:7d54e41d3e75806aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260321.ac05438, 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_oa72lfif75iccnro)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 21, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- 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
agent-ecosystem/agent-skill-implementation · 6 stars · license CC-BY-4.0 · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_oa72lfif75iccnro GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=agent-ecosystem/agent-skill-implementation/probe-circular-alpha GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7d54e41d3e75806ab3df5498cc9bf667bb6f30159be8bd6662acd4b8ad27c41b
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: 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.