attic-recall SKILL.md skillA

attic-recall from nishikantaray/attic is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add nishikantaray/attic/attic-recall@v1.6.1

Pins v1.6.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
nishikantaray/attic
Path
skills/attic-recall/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
v1.6.1, committed Sep 23, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 4, 2026
Size
2,377 bytes
Repository stars
5
License
MIT

Pull ONE item back out of .attic/ by slug or search words and summarise it. Use when the question names a TOPIC: "what did we find about X", "recall X", "what's in the attic about X", or when the user references an attic:<slug> handle. A question with no topic that just asks what the attic contains goes to attic-index instead.

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

# Recall from the attic

Query: `$ARGUMENTS`.

```bash
node "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../attic/scripts/attic.js" recall "$ARGUMENTS"
```

The script scores slug, index hook and item body, returns the best match, and
lists alternatives.

1. No `.attic/` yet, or nothing matches: say so in one line and stop. Do not
   invent an answer or go read source files unless the user asks.
2. Several plausible matches: report the best one, then list the alternative
   handles in one line so the user can redirect.
3. Report the item in at most ten lines. Keep code, paths and commands
   verbatim. End with the handle.

Never rewrite or delete items while recalling.

## Freshness

Recall prints a trust line above the body, and for anything that is not
current, a warning with the reason. Pass it on — an item's staleness is part
of the item, and dropping it while quoting the conclusion is the failure this
release exists to prevent.

| What recall says | What you do |
|---|---|
| `current` | Use it. Mention the item is current only if asked. |
| `possibly-stale` | Quote it, then say which files changed and that it needs checking before it is relied on. |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add nishikantaray/attic/attic-recall@sha256:8af9fca0f2dc6502

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.6.1, 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

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_oorwn5n4cfvxj4zu.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_oorwn5n4cfvxj4zu)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Sep 4, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 3 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.6.1 latest2026-09-23 ec26888 2,377 BA view · diff
v1.6.02026-09-18 e3fa82c 2,377 BA view · diff
v1.5.02026-09-12 dc2a53a 1,240 BA view · diff
v1.4.02026-09-08 f66d6e9 1,240 BA view · diff
v1.3.02026-09-06 cd5b998 1,240 BA view · diff
v1.2.12026-09-06 d69e38b 1,240 BA view · diff
v1.2.02026-09-04 85a2280 1,240 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2377 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

nishikantaray/attic · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_oorwn5n4cfvxj4zu
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nishikantaray/attic/attic-recall
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8af9fca0f2dc65024173ab6a044beea6103fb1f7dce7de9dcf05bb22a095c2ee

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.

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