downstream-impact SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 4 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
downstream-impact from gtapps/hermitd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gtapps/hermitd/downstream-impact@git:20260904.d710bfbPins git:20260904.d710bfb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gtapps/hermitd
- Path
.claude/skills/downstream-impact/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260904.d710bfb, committed Sep 4, 2026
- Size
- 4,832 bytes
- Repository stars
- 82
- License
- MIT
Explain in plain language what a fix, feature, PR, or plan will actually change for downstream hermits and the operators chatting with them — a before/after flow plus a diagram. Use whenever the operator asks "what will really change for downstream hermits and operators", "how does this affect operators", "will operators notice", "before and after for hermits", "what changes in the flow", "downstream impact", "show me the impact in a diagram", or types /downstream-impact [target]. Works on the…
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
# Downstream Impact The question behind every invocation: **if this ships, what does a hermit running on someone else's box do differently, and what does the person chatting with it notice?** Not the diff, not the architecture. The reader is the maintainer deciding whether a change is worth shipping, how to word the changelog, or how to explain it to an operator on Discord. Read-only. Never edits, commits, or releases. ## Usage - `/downstream-impact` — the change under discussion in this conversation; otherwise `git diff main...HEAD` plus the working tree; on a clean `main`, every plugin's `[Unreleased]` section. - `/downstream-impact <PR number>` — `gh pr diff <N>` and the PR body. - `/downstream-impact <branch>` — that branch against `main`. - `/downstream-impact <plan file>` — the plan's steps, before anything is built. - `/downstream-impact "<described change>"` — a change that exists only as an idea; label every claim as assumed. ## Step 1 — Locate the touchpoints A change reaches downstream only through a few surfaces. Read only what the diff (or plan) touches and check each surface: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gtapps/hermitd/downstream-impact@sha256:b1fe9f4d15a5fe54The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260904.d710bfb, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 4, 2026.
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 (4832 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
gtapps/hermitd · 82 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rdcfeem65qkjh6yu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gtapps/hermitd/downstream-impact GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b1fe9f4d15a5fe54fcbce471bf0d20ecca2e4f6d89c2ba9179186f7977eee370
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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.