align-readmes SKILL.md skillA
align-readmes from urmzd/dotfiles is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add urmzd/dotfiles/align-readmes@git:20261020.f6dc06fPins git:20261020.f6dc06f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- urmzd/dotfiles
- Path
dot_agents/skills/align-readmes/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261020.f6dc06f, committed Oct 20, 2026
- Size
- 4,975 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- Apache-2.0
Audit and converge README.md across every local urmzd/* checkout so the fleet reads as one product: skip archived repos, flag renamed repos and stale identities, score each README against write-readme, then fix in priority order. Use when the user asks to consolidate, unify, standardize, or audit READMEs across repos, or after a rename wave. Do NOT use for a single repo's README (use write-readme), prose cleanup alone (use clean-docs), or whole-repo convention drift (use sync-ecosystem).
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
# Align READMEs
One fleet, one voice. This skill owns the **cross-repo loop**. It does not own README rules: those live in `write-readme` (structure) and `clean-docs` (prose). Never restate them here.
**Usage:** `/align-readmes [root]` (default root: `~/github`)
## 1. Triage before touching anything
Run the bundled audit. It is read-only.
```sh
bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR:-$HOME/.agents/skills/align-readmes}/scripts/audit-readmes.sh" ~/github
```
Act on the `status` and `identity` columns first:
| Value | Meaning | Action |
|-------|---------|--------|
| `ARCHIVED` | Read-only on GitHub | **Skip.** Never edit. List it in the report so the user can delete the local checkout. |
| `MISSING` | Remote repo deleted or inaccessible | Skip. Ask the user. |
| `no-remote` | Local-only directory | Skip unless the user names it. |
| `dir-is:<name>` | Repo was renamed, folder was not | Use `<name>` in every README edit. Do not rename the folder without asking. |
| `stale-remote:<o/r>` | Remote URL predates a rename | Report `git remote set-url origin` fix. Do not run it unasked. |
Also verify against GitHub, not memory: renames happen in waves and recall goes stale.
```sh
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add urmzd/dotfiles/align-readmes@sha256:5eae204b15b08a31The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.f6dc06f, 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_posbjlajhg7kjalp)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 20, 2026.
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 (4975 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
urmzd/dotfiles · 5 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_posbjlajhg7kjalp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=urmzd/dotfiles/align-readmes GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5eae204b15b08a317983718d6291f55bff1939c49c1390ffd5b4dc4332e06177
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