design-flow SKILL.md skillA

design-flow from chipweaver/veripower is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add chipweaver/veripower/design-flow@git:20261012.6f764c1

Pins git:20261012.6f764c1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
chipweaver/veripower
Path
skills/design-flow/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
9
Latest version
git:20261012.6f764c1, committed Oct 12, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 7, 2026
Size
4,394 bytes
Repository stars
9
License
MIT

Use when progressing IC design through stages, checking module status, or routing rework decisions; not for single-stage execution or artifact authoring.

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

# Design Flow

Coordinate module stages, rework and delivery through
`python3 <skill>/../../framework/scripts/kernel.py`, written `kernel.py` below.
`<skill>` is this skill's directory; `{module}` contains `events.jsonl`,
`intent/brainstorm.md` and the stage trees.

The kernel owns events and scheduling. Stage executors own their workdir artifacts and close
through the stage CLI, whether running in this conversation or in a subagent. While orchestrating,
use the kernel rather than editing events or stage results directly. Inspect source when needed
to understand an operation.

Use `kernel.py status --module {module}` to check current status. Command arguments are available
through `kernel.py <command> --help`.

## Run the work

Run the kernel loop:

```text
loop:
  a = kernel.py decide --module {module} [--wake <rule>:<run>] [--closing]
  execute(a)  # actions below; launching a background executor does not wait for it
  if a.action == DONE: finish
```

For `DISPATCH`, invoke the returned `dispatch_args` through the kernel CLI. The response prepares
the workdir and identifies the executor; it does not start that executor.

| `execution` | Start the work |
|---|---|
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add chipweaver/veripower/design-flow@sha256:4b3356a569773ddd

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261012.6f764c1, 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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The registry has recorded 9 versions of this file, between Aug 7, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, about one every 8 days.

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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 (4394 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

chipweaver/veripower · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pxk6egwavvvf4uqi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chipweaver/veripower/design-flow
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4b3356a569773ddda24cf1930589acd8dced41dc87f4a47003c576152bcb7eed

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