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reference-decode from postplusai/postplus-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add postplusai/postplus-skills/reference-decode@git:20261020.6feee6e

Pins git:20261020.6feee6e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: postplusai/postplus-skills
Path: skills/10-routing/reference-decode/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 6
Latest version: git:20261020.6feee6e, committed Oct 20, 2026
First version recorded: Jun 1, 2026
Size: 3,079 bytes
Repository stars: 27
License: a license file GitHub does not identify

Turn reference videos, frames, or contact sheets into reusable hook and visual rules for new creative prompts, with clear imitation boundaries.

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

# Reference Decode

## Use When
- A benchmark video, contact sheet, frame set, rough idea, or source material
  needs to become promptable structure.
- You need the hook essence, viewer question, visual grammar, and forbidden
  drift before storyboard or request writing.
- A no-reference brief still needs a proxy structure before prompt work.

## Do Not Use When
- Do not create the final storyboard grid or execution request here.
- Do not copy faces, exact wardrobe, creator identity, exact location, or exact
  overlays from benchmark material.

## Core Rule
Do not summarize references as "good vibe", "nice pacing", or "strong
chemistry". Extract four objects:

- `hookEssence`
- `viewerQuestion`
- `mustCopyVisualGrammar`
- `forbiddenDrift`

## Default Workflow
1. Use the smallest sufficient source set: hook-first clip, first 0-5 seconds,
   hook-first contact sheet, supporting note, or full style board only if needed.
2. Decode the opening mechanism: first clear promise, viewer question, and the
   exact visual structure that makes the promise legible.
3. Separate structure from identity. Keep camera grammar, shot order, object
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add postplusai/postplus-skills/reference-decode@sha256:5419378333e1885f

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.6feee6e, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_qxtafcyuktuut2gg.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_qxtafcyuktuut2gg)

1 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jun 1, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 28 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261020.6feee6e latest	2026-10-20	6feee6e	3,079 B	A	view · diff
git:20260919.51a1c76	2026-09-19	51a1c76	3,046 B	A	view · diff
git:20260910.361b07c	2026-09-10	361b07c	3,642 B	A	view · diff
git:20260828.2d13b3c	2026-08-28	2d13b3c	3,496 B	A	view · diff
git:20260826.65015d7	2026-08-26	65015d7	3,497 B	A	view · diff
git:20260601.18b7eec	2026-06-01	18b7eec	3,477 B	A	view

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 (3079 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

postplusai/postplus-skills · 27 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qxtafcyuktuut2gg
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=postplusai/postplus-skills/reference-decode
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5419378333e1885f226ab421393c254ebb1d50c6ea2367e97480538da57d91c2

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.