refs SKILL.md skillA
refs from kaisers-io/refs is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kaisers-io/refs/refs@git:20261013.6f1f2b6Pins git:20261013.6f1f2b6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kaisers-io/refs
- Path
skills/refs/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 16
- Latest version
- git:20261013.6f1f2b6, committed Oct 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 13, 2026
- Size
- 9,309 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Answer questions about a dependency's real source, history, and releases from the local checkouts managed by the refs CLI.
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
# refs `refs` gives coding agents real, local source code for the libraries and repos a project depends on, so questions about behavior, history, and releases get answered against the actual checkout — never against training data or `node_modules` bundles. If this skill directory still contains a `references/` subdirectory, it is left over from an older manual install. Ignore it; the files beside this one are authoritative. ## 1. Capability gate Run `refs --version`. **This skill installs nothing.** It never installs or upgrades a runtime, a global package, or a skill, and never asks for elevated privileges. Where setup is missing, name what's missing, print the command for the user to run themselves, and stop. Pick the branch back up once they confirm it's done. `<cli_version>` below means the `metadata.cli_version` value from this file's frontmatter — substitute it before printing any command. - **The command was not found** — `refs: command not found`, `zsh: command not found: refs`, Windows' `'refs' is not recognized`, or whatever the shell says → the CLI isn't installed. Check `node --version` first; refs needs Node.js `>=24.2`, and on a mismatched runtime that …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kaisers-io/refs/refs@sha256:638176692dc66bf6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261013.6f1f2b6, 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_poxdxirt4tdq3jjp)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 16 versions of this file, between Aug 13, 2026 and Oct 13, 2026, about one every 4 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261013.6f1f2b6 latest | 2026-10-13 | 6f1f2b6 | 9,309 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.79f6cac | 2026-09-20 | 79f6cac | 9,309 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.67f4d49 | 2026-09-20 | 67f4d49 | 9,309 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.0359f99 | 2026-09-13 | 0359f99 | 9,309 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.18e84b2 | 2026-09-13 | 18e84b2 | 9,309 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.c6d2de4 | 2026-09-13 | c6d2de4 | 9,309 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.b8572ad | 2026-09-13 | b8572ad | 8,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.e8ff978 | 2026-09-13 | e8ff978 | 8,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.1fd0c4a | 2026-09-12 | 1fd0c4a | 8,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.6f8d18e | 2026-09-12 | 6f8d18e | 8,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260908.66547c8 | 2026-09-08 | 66547c8 | 8,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260831.ccbc6d1 | 2026-08-31 | ccbc6d1 | 8,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260831.344f170 | 2026-08-31 | 344f170 | 8,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.39a9661 | 2026-08-13 | 39a9661 | 8,642 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.0aec868 | 2026-08-13 | 0aec868 | 8,641 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.fa804fc | 2026-08-13 | fa804fc | 8,436 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 (9309 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
kaisers-io/refs · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_poxdxirt4tdq3jjp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kaisers-io/refs/refs GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/638176692dc66bf686364c2528ce82479d86a85703a6516af508ef7b7b3811b6
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.