using-agent-skills SKILL.md skillA

using-agent-skills from lll0k0lad/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add lll0k0lad/agent-skills/using-agent-skills@git:20260215.71aea09

Pins git:20260215.71aea09 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

lll0k0lad/agent-skills

Path

skills/using-agent-skills/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

1

Latest version

git:20260215.71aea09, committed Feb 15, 2026

Size

8,320 bytes

Repository stars

3

License

MIT

Use when starting a session or when you need to discover which skill applies to the current task. This is the meta-skill that governs how all other skills are discovered and invoked.

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

# Using Agent Skills

## Overview

Agent Skills is a collection of engineering workflow skills organized by development phase. Each skill encodes a specific process that senior engineers follow. This meta-skill helps you discover and apply the right skill for your current task.

## Skill Discovery

When a task arrives, identify the development phase and apply the corresponding skill:

```
Task arrives
    │
    ├── Vague idea/need refinement? ──→ idea-refine
    ├── New project/feature/change? ──→ spec-driven-development
    ├── Have a spec, need tasks? ──────→ planning-and-task-breakdown
    ├── Implementing code? ────────────→ incremental-implementation
    │   ├── UI work? ─────────────────→ frontend-ui-engineering
    │   ├── API work? ────────────────→ api-and-interface-design
    │   └── Need better context? ─────→ context-engineering
    ├── Writing/running tests? ────────→ test-driven-development
    │   └── Browser-based? ───────────→ browser-testing-with-devtools
    ├── Something broke? ──────────────→ debugging-and-error-recovery
    ├── Reviewing code? ───────────────→ code-review-and-quality
    │   ├── Security concerns? ───────→ security-and-hardening
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

mdr add lll0k0lad/agent-skills/using-agent-skills@sha256:c33c1d52d2d910cc

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_oilx5usdylavvn6o.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_oilx5usdylavvn6o)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 15, 2026.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_oilx5usdylavvn6o
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lll0k0lad/agent-skills/using-agent-skills
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c33c1d52d2d910cc2c933de338a48f4b778994f07584b951387cf4a507f0a386

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.

More from lll0k0lad/agent-skills

Every file in lll0k0lad/agent-skills

Other files named using-agent-skills

Browse by kind, by grade A, or by owner.