chrysopoeia SKILL.md skillA
chrysopoeia from pjt222/agent-almanac is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pjt222/agent-almanac/chrysopoeia@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pjt222/agent-almanac
- Path
i18n/caveman-lite/skills/chrysopoeia/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Aug 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 19, 2026
- Size
- 9,011 bytes
- Repository stars
- 43
- License
- MIT
Extract maximum value from existing code — performance optimization, API surface refinement, and dead weight elimination. The art of turning base code into gold through systematic identification and amplification of value-bearing patterns. Use when optimizing a working but sluggish codebase, refining an API surface that has accumulated cruft, reducing bundle size or memory footprint, or preparing code for open-source release — when code works correctly but doesn't shine and needs polish rather…
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
# Chrysopoeia Systematically extract maximum value from existing code — identify what's golden (high-value, well-designed), what's lead (resource-heavy, poorly optimized), and what's dross (dead weight). Then amplify the gold, transmute the lead, and remove the dross. ## When to Use - Optimizing a working but sluggish codebase for performance - Refining an API surface that has accumulated cruft over iterations - Reducing bundle size, memory footprint, or startup time - Preparing code for open-source release (extracting the valuable core) - When code works correctly but doesn't shine — it needs polish, not rewrite ## Inputs - **Required**: Codebase or module to optimize (file paths) - **Required**: Value metric (performance, API clarity, bundle size, readability) - **Optional**: Profiling data or benchmarks showing current performance - **Optional**: Budget or target (e.g., "reduce bundle by 40%", "sub-100ms response") - **Optional**: Constraints (can't change public API, must maintain backward compat) ## Procedure ### Step 1: Assay — Classify the Material Systematically classify every element by its value contribution. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pjt222/agent-almanac/chrysopoeia@sha256:e9e20f4f9e5bf1b6The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, 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_qfjyt25qox75duyi)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Apr 19, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026, about one every 40 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0 latest | 2026-08-17 | a784899 | 9,011 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-06-05 | 33b561c | 8,982 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-04-19 | a31852a | 8,978 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-04-19 | e334ebd | 9,044 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 (9011 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
pjt222/agent-almanac · 43 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qfjyt25qox75duyi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pjt222/agent-almanac/chrysopoeia GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e9e20f4f9e5bf1b6e5063c109574c0bc2260031e04a306f32cb77cdd0de6586a
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.