ticket-spec SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

ticket-spec from watt-mind/factory is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add watt-mind/factory/ticket-spec@git:20260822.52a29ce

Pins git:20260822.52a29ce in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
watt-mind/factory
Path
shared/skills/ticket-spec/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260822.52a29ce, committed Aug 22, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 12, 2026
Size
5,757 bytes
Repository stars
19
License
Apache-2.0

Turn a raw Linear Triage ticket into a fully specified ai:agent-ready one by exploring the codebase. Use when specifying, refining, or promoting tickets, or when asked why a ticket isn't dispatchable.

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

# Specifying a ticket

A ticket is dispatchable only when it carries all five sections (`docs/protocol.md` §5). Most of that is **derivable from the codebase, not from the human**: `Source File Pointers`, `Owned Paths`, and `Verification Command` are search-and-read problems. `Acceptance Criteria` is usually the problem restated observably. Only genuine product intent needs a person.

So the job is not "spec everything" — it's **sorting tickets into three piles** and handling the first two yourself.

## The three outcomes

**Auto-specifiable** — the problem is unambiguous and the answer is in the code. Explore read-only, write all five sections, promote to `Todo` + `ai:agent-ready` **plus a `tier:*` label**.

### Sizing the `tier:*` label

Closed vocabulary, at most one per ticket: `tier:light`, `tier:standard`, `tier:strong`.

- `tier:light` — one or two files in `Owned Paths`, no path under `escalate_paths` (`config/repos.yaml`), `type:docs` / copy / config-value changes, or a `type:bug` with a repro and a one-line expected fix.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add watt-mind/factory/ticket-spec@sha256:6cd7e613072a1f4b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260822.52a29ce, 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_pjxi7cna4xcqctsm.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_pjxi7cna4xcqctsm)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Aug 12, 2026 and Aug 22, 2026, about one every 2 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260822.52a29ce latest2026-08-22 52a29ce 5,757 BA view · diff
git:20260819.8f4b2032026-08-19 8f4b203 4,881 BA view · diff
git:20260815.fcdd3d72026-08-15 fcdd3d7 4,872 BA view · diff
git:20260814.0a5cc732026-08-14 0a5cc73 3,883 BA view · diff
git:20260812.4bbf28e2026-08-12 4bbf28e 3,883 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 (5757 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

watt-mind/factory · 19 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch develop

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pjxi7cna4xcqctsm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=watt-mind/factory/ticket-spec
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6cd7e613072a1f4bd360389b62f3482432cbeb167b1e34b27b4a6099d4685b23

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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