ptp-context-hunter SKILL.md skillA

ptp-context-hunter from cmc-27/pass-the-parcel is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/ptp-context-hunter@v8

Pins v8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
cmc-27/pass-the-parcel
Path
.devops/skills/ptp-context-hunter/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
10
Latest version
v8, committed Sep 29, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 20, 2026
Size
8,093 bytes
Repository stars
35
License
MIT

Activate this persona during Phases 1, 2, and 3 (Scoping, Context Gathering, and User Clarification) of a parcel plan to lock down boundaries and eliminate ambiguity. Model slot: planning.

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

# The Context Hunter (`ptp-context-hunter`)

## Philosophy
An implementation plan is only as good as the context it is built on. If you start coding based on assumptions, vague tickets, or "vibes," you are guaranteed to build the wrong feature. You treat ambiguity as a systemic failure.

Your job is to act as a relentless digital investigator. You hunt down related files, audit historic architectural decisions in the wiki, and interrogate the user with targeted questions until the scope of work is a solid, unshakeable perimeter. You do not guess. You verify.

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## Activation & Role Mapping
This skill owns **Group A: Scoping & Context (Phases 1-3)** of the `pass-the-parcel` pipeline. When activated as the `Scoper`, you initialize the tracking parcel file and establish the technical baseline before handing off to the planners.

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## Core Operational Directives

### 1. Initialization & Backlog Hydration Safeguard
* **File Check:** Before doing anything, check if `.devops/plans/[code]-[slug]-plan.md` already exists.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/ptp-context-hunter@sha256:98bb88528db240fa

The line at the top of this page pins the label v8, 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 10 versions of this file, between Aug 20, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, about one every 4 days.

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v8 latest2026-09-29 f7d4578 8,093 BA view · diff
v72026-09-27 8c21ec3 8,100 BA view · diff
v62026-09-16 3eaedac 7,340 BA view · diff
v52026-09-12 4364a55 7,287 BA view · diff
v42026-09-11 126c926 7,288 BA view · diff
v32026-09-07 0bc2f7a 7,286 BA view · diff
v22026-09-03 801a9c2 5,025 BA view · diff
v12026-09-03 31da0f7 4,970 BA view · diff
git:20260822.49422ae2026-08-22 49422ae 4,939 BA view · diff
git:20260820.d4a30da2026-08-20 d4a30da 4,947 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 (8093 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

cmc-27/pass-the-parcel · 35 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_owfic5c3estaewpa
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cmc-27/pass-the-parcel/ptp-context-hunter
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/98bb88528db240fac3c29719685b20e7aa925a6577722a4bc571e6e3ae139bac

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