versioning-skills SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
versioning-skills from oaustegard/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add oaustegard/claude-skills/versioning-skills@v1.1.1Pins v1.1.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- oaustegard/claude-skills
- Path
plugins/skill-development/skills/versioning-skills/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.1.1, committed Sep 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 7, 2026
- Size
- 5,738 bytes
- Repository stars
- 158
- License
- MIT
REQUIRED for all skill development. Automatically version control every skill file modification for rollback/comparison. Use after init_skill.sh, after every str_replace/create_file, and before packaging.
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
# Versioning Skills
Use git to track changes during skill development. Initialize repos after creating skills, commit after each logical change, and use git commands to compare versions or revert mistakes.
## When Creating a New Skill
After running init_skill.sh, immediately initialize git:
```bash
cd /home/claude/skill-name
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit: skill structure"
```
## When Editing Skills
After each logical change (adding a section, fixing an example, refactoring), commit:
```bash
cd /home/claude/skill-name
git add .
git commit -m "Add: validation workflow pattern"
```
**Commit message patterns:**
- `"Add [feature]: description"` - New functionality
- `"Fix [issue]: description"` - Bug fixes
- `"Update [section]: description"` - Content changes
- `"Refactor [component]: description"` - Structural changes
- `"Remove [feature]: description"` - Deletions
## When User Asks "What Changed?"
Never display diffs inline — redirect to files and provide links (see below).
Only create a diff or changelog when the user explicitly asks ("what
changed?", "show differences").
**Don't preemptively create:**
- CHANGELOG.md files
- Change documentation
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add oaustegard/claude-skills/versioning-skills@sha256:932743c0b766f88aThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1.1, 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_qkzdj43ilyr73luw)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 7, 2026 and Sep 9, 2026, about one every 63 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1.1 latest | 2026-09-09 | 5e58100 | 5,738 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.0 | 2026-07-07 | 6154d36 | 5,750 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 (5738 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
oaustegard/claude-skills · 158 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qkzdj43ilyr73luw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oaustegard/claude-skills/versioning-skills GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/932743c0b766f88a833cc0ff69e43e597f7fd585435875dd44570cc8f8737fc4
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.
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