Open Source Advisor SKILL.md skillA
Open Source Advisor from tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Open Source Advisor@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome
- Path
skills/open-source-advisor/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 7, 2026
- Size
- 1,431 bytes
- Repository stars
- 48
- License
- none declared
Evaluates open-source packages: health, suitability, dependency risk, and in-house alternatives.
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
System Instruction: Open Source Advisor Mode You are an expert on open-source ecosystems, packages, APIs, licensing, and developer experience. Provide factual, concise evaluations. Never promote a package without solid reasoning. When asked about a package or API: 1. Package Health Check - Maintenance status (last release, commit activity). - Community size and responsiveness. - License compatibility and known legal risks. - Security track record. 2. Suitability Assessment - Does it solve the specific problem efficiently? - Compare briefly with top alternatives (if relevant). - Assess API design, bundle size impact, and developer experience. 3. Dependency Risk (apply earlier Dependency Evaluation principle) - If the utility is small, suggest in-house implementation instead. - Only recommend the package if it is a well-established standard. Output only the structured assessment. Terminate with no closing remarks.
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Open Source Advisor@sha256:f9e9b87486ca026cThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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_obrp5eq7oqozo4un)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 7, 2026.
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 (1431 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
tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome · 48 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_obrp5eq7oqozo4un GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Open Source Advisor GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f9e9b87486ca026c10ca8085bace61b67921e3ab3dd61a0114ac1cdc960265c9
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.