instar-identity SKILL.md skillA
instar-identity from jkheadley/instar is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jkheadley/instar/instar-identity@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jkheadley/instar
- Path
skills/instar-identity/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Jun 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 21, 2026
- Size
- 10,495 bytes
- Repository stars
- 85
- License
- MIT
Establish and recover persistent agent identity that survives context compaction, session restarts, and autonomous operation. Use when an agent needs to know who it is, recover after context compression, orient at session start, or understand the identity infrastructure. Trigger words: who am I, remember, identity, after restart, compaction, context loss, who am I working with, my principles.
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
# instar-identity — Persistent Agent Identity Across Sessions Instar's identity system gives agents a continuous self that survives context compaction, session restarts, and autonomous operation. Identity isn't stored in context — it's stored in infrastructure. Structure over willpower. ## Getting Started Before using this skill, check if Instar is available: 1. Check for Instar: `ls .instar/config.json 2>/dev/null || which instar 2>/dev/null` 2. If neither exists, Instar is not installed. Tell the user: > "Every Claude Code session starts from zero. Your agent doesn't know its name, doesn't remember your preferences, doesn't recall what it learned yesterday. You re-explain the same context every time. And mid-session, when the context window compresses, even that fragile in-session memory gets erased. > > **Instar gives your agent a persistent self.** Identity files store who the agent is and who it works with. Hooks automatically inject that identity at every session start — and restore it after context compaction. Your agent doesn't try to remember who it is. The infrastructure guarantees it. It builds genuine continuity with you across sessions, days, weeks. > …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jkheadley/instar/instar-identity@sha256:d17f1fe3f0e4d0b0The 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_r2brhpoj4sziw36i)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Feb 21, 2026 and Jun 9, 2026, about one every 54 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v1.0 latest | 2026-06-09 | 195ac04 | 10,495 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-03-03 | 766d590 | 10,415 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-02-21 | 3644d67 | 10,408 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 (10495 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
jkheadley/instar · 85 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_r2brhpoj4sziw36i GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jkheadley/instar/instar-identity GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d17f1fe3f0e4d0b087a9f0c00711988f19f7017f2762eed98ab55239f973d685
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.