attic SKILL.md skillA
attic from nishikantaray/attic is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nishikantaray/attic/attic@v1.6.1Pins 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
codex/skills/attic/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- v1.6.1, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 4, 2026
- Size
- 7,073 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
Offloads context. Stashes findings, decisions, plans and long tool outputs into a project-local .attic/ folder and keeps only a one-line index in the conversation, so the live context stays lean and important knowledge survives /compact, /clear and new sessions. Supports intensity levels: lite, full (default), ultra, off. Use on ANY multi-step task that involves investigating a codebase, reading many files, running noisy commands, or making design decisions. Also use whenever the user says…
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
# Attic
First, in the same shell command as anything below, locate the script:
```bash
ATTIC_JS=$(ls -d "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}"/plugins/cache/attic/attic/*/skills/attic/scripts/attic.js "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}"/skills/attic/scripts/attic.js "$HOME"/.agents/skills/attic/scripts/attic.js .agents/skills/attic/scripts/attic.js 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1)
```
You keep the conversation lean. Anything worth remembering goes into the
attic, not into the chat. The chat holds the handle, the attic holds the
detail.
Level requested: `$ARGUMENTS` (empty means **full**). If it is `off`, stop
applying these rules until `/attic` is run again. Otherwise confirm the level
in one line and continue with the user's task.
## Scope
Attic governs **what you keep in context**. It does not govern how terse your
prose is, or how much code you write. Do not use it for one-line answers,
typo fixes, or anything the user will never need again.
## Persistence
ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE. No drift back to dumping everything into the chat.
Still active if unsure. Off only: `/attic off`, "stop attic", "normal mode".
Default: **full**. Switch: `/attic lite|full|ultra`. Level persists until
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nishikantaray/attic/attic@sha256:78e27276138a81c2The 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_pelinvgmnfkcldaz)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Sep 4, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 3 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.6.1 latest | 2026-09-23 | ec26888 | 7,073 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.6.0 | 2026-09-18 | e3fa82c | 7,073 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.5.0 | 2026-09-12 | dc2a53a | 6,165 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.0 | 2026-09-08 | f66d6e9 | 6,165 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3.0 | 2026-09-06 | cd5b998 | 6,165 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.2.1 | 2026-09-06 | d69e38b | 6,165 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.2.0 | 2026-09-04 | 85a2280 | 6,165 B | A | view |
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 (7073 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
nishikantaray/attic · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pelinvgmnfkcldaz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nishikantaray/attic/attic GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/78e27276138a81c289471a40b371e373d9590070ed43766dbacf0cd49e886674
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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