create-great-harness SKILL.md skillA

create-great-harness from wayne930242/straw-boss is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add wayne930242/straw-boss/create-great-harness@git:20260911.fca2e0e

Pins git:20260911.fca2e0e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
wayne930242/straw-boss
Path
skills/create-great-harness/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
11
Latest version
git:20260911.fca2e0e, committed Sep 11, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 18, 2026
Size
2,220 bytes
Repository stars
5
License
MIT

Use when an app is missing AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md, or the user asks for a minimal agent system.

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

## Establish the scope

Build or fill the app's `AGENTS.md` and `CLAUDE.md`.
Reuse authorization from the user request or dispatch instruction.
Optional hooks and authoring rules require concrete project evidence and authorization covering that addition.

Carry source changes through the target's `leveraging-tasks` workflow when available, retaining the confirmed scope and findings.

## Read and write

Read existing instructions, manifests, lockfiles, and relevant project documentation.
Retain project-specific conventions and boundaries a fresh agent cannot readily derive from those sources.
A near-empty instruction file is valid for an idiomatic app.

Create missing files from the applicable shared instructions; preserve existing text within the authorized scope.
Use relevant sections such as Role, Scope, and Standards, omitting empty sections.
Keep each instruction actionable and grounded in project evidence.

## Optional guard or authoring rule

For an authorized guard, inspect the provider's existing hook configuration and resolve a conflicting event/matcher before writing.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add wayne930242/straw-boss/create-great-harness@sha256:3b7e93eaff535605

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260911.fca2e0e, 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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Versions

The registry has recorded 11 versions of this file, between Aug 18, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026, about one every 2 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260911.fca2e0e latest2026-09-11 fca2e0e 2,220 BA view · diff
git:20260910.b01cff12026-09-10 b01cff1 2,220 BA view · diff
git:20260910.6be81e42026-09-10 6be81e4 10,145 BA view · diff
git:20260910.d41ed7f2026-09-10 d41ed7f 10,178 BA view · diff
git:20260910.9b50f382026-09-10 9b50f38 10,033 BA view · diff
git:20260910.934bdb02026-09-10 934bdb0 10,031 BA view · diff
git:20260826.5c543a42026-08-26 5c543a4 9,784 BA view · diff
git:20260824.cfd5e3e2026-08-24 cfd5e3e 13,199 BA view · diff
git:20260820.1628ebf2026-08-20 1628ebf 13,380 BA view · diff
git:20260820.1700cd62026-08-20 1700cd6 13,255 BA view · diff
git:20260818.b296bab2026-08-18 b296bab 7,293 BA 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 (2220 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

wayne930242/straw-boss · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qydk6w6yjutfdp6l
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=wayne930242/straw-boss/create-great-harness
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3b7e93eaff53560547bd20d0d3022e7eaecae3f2170ebb0b2203d160ab27dcf3

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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