narratives SKILL.md skillA
narratives from notactuallytreyanastasio/deciduous is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add notactuallytreyanastasio/deciduous/narratives@git:20260926.88df937Pins git:20260926.88df937 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- notactuallytreyanastasio/deciduous
- Path
.opencode/skills/narratives/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260926.88df937, committed Sep 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 8, 2026
- Size
- 2,467 bytes
- Repository stars
- 169
- License
- Apache-2.0
Understand how a system evolved - narratives are the source of truth.
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
# Narrative Tracking **Narratives are the source of truth. Commits are just evidence.** ## Step 1: Initialize narratives file ```bash deciduous narratives init ``` This creates `.deciduous/narratives.md` pre-populated with your active goal titles. ## Step 2: Understand the system first Before looking at git, read the code. Ask: **What are the major pieces of this system?** Each major piece probably has a narrative behind it. ## Step 3: Fill in the narratives Edit `.deciduous/narratives.md`. For each section: 1. Describe the **current state** (how it works today) 2. Infer the **evolution** (how it likely got this way) 3. Identify **PIVOTs** (when the conceptual model changed) 4. Find evidence (PRs, commits, docs) - optional 5. Check attached documents (`deciduous doc list`) Signs of a pivot: - Two approaches coexisting (migration in progress) - Comments explaining "we used to do X" - Config for old + new system - Deprecation warnings ## Step 4: Review narratives ```bash deciduous narratives show ``` ## Step 5: Check existing pivots ```bash deciduous narratives pivots ``` ## Output Format Each narrative section in `.deciduous/narratives.md`: ```markdown ## <Name> …
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How to install
mdr add notactuallytreyanastasio/deciduous/narratives@sha256:4bbe05cddc16eefbThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260926.88df937, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Apr 8, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026, about one every 171 days.
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| git:20260926.88df937 latest | 2026-09-26 | 88df937 | 2,467 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260408.c06a5da | 2026-04-08 | c06a5da | 2,044 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
notactuallytreyanastasio/deciduous · 169 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-24 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_oprkam53r5sqjm5d GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=notactuallytreyanastasio/deciduous/narratives GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4bbe05cddc16eefb4a615253803a6e7fa85bf97edabf28e1003de1de9a6f845d
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