optiq-local-models SKILL.md skillB
optiq-local-models from lambdasec/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add lambdasec/skills/optiq-local-models@git:20261023.bea0b41Pins git:20261023.bea0b41 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- lambdasec/skills
- Path
skills/optiq-local-models/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261023.bea0b41, committed Oct 23, 2026
- Size
- 5,570 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- Apache-2.0
Serve a quantized language model locally on an Apple Silicon Mac with mlx-optiq and an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Use when the user wants to run a model on their own Mac, pick a model that fits their memory, connect a tool to a local server, or check local speed and quality.
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
Use this skill when the user wants to run a language model on their own Apple Silicon Mac with mlx-optiq (https://mlx-optiq.com). Do not use it for Intel Macs, Windows, or hosted-model advice.
Run the read-only checks below yourself and show the output. This skill does not install software. Ask the user before downloading a model (downloads are several GB) or starting a server.
## 1. Check the Mac
```bash
uname -m # expect arm64
sysctl -n hw.memsize | awk '{printf "%.0f GB\n", $1/1073741824}'
python3 --version # mlx-optiq needs Python 3.11+
```
Memory is the main limit. A model's weights plus its KV cache must fit with room left for macOS and other apps.
## 2. Check that mlx-optiq is installed
This skill does not install mlx-optiq. Check whether it is already available:
```bash
optiq --version
optiq --help
```
If `optiq` is not found, tell the user it is not installed and point them to the install steps on https://mlx-optiq.com (it is published on PyPI as `mlx-optiq` and needs Python 3.11+). Do not run install commands on the user's behalf. Continue once the user confirms it is installed.
## 3. Pick a model
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add lambdasec/skills/optiq-local-models@sha256:565693416f0a61d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.bea0b41, 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_q5uzsdk4jraq654m)
0 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 23, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://127.0.0.1:8080)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5570 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 script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
lambdasec/skills · 3 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_q5uzsdk4jraq654m GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lambdasec/skills/optiq-local-models GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/565693416f0a61d5021673e846e184fed94988eceb57c608c54dd17342daf320
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.