genchi-genbutsu SKILL.md skillA
genchi-genbutsu from kuya-egg/monozukuri is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kuya-egg/monozukuri/genchi-genbutsu@git:20260909.6197cfcPins git:20260909.6197cfc in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kuya-egg/monozukuri
- Path
genchi-genbutsu/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260909.6197cfc, committed Sep 9, 2026
- Size
- 3,770 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Inspect the real repository, environment, dependencies, and runtime evidence before designing or changing software. Use for greenfield construction, unfamiliar codebases, uncertain behavior, or any task where assumptions could create rework.
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
# Genchi Genbutsu Genchi genbutsu means going to the source. In software, make decisions from the actual repository, environment, runtime behavior, and authoritative documentation instead of from memory or plausible-looking generated output. This is a Japanese-inspired engineering metaphor, not a cultural universal. ## Use this skill when - the codebase or toolchain is unfamiliar; - a project is being built from scratch; - the request references behavior that has not been observed; - an API, dependency, framework, or command is uncertain; - a bug or performance issue needs evidence; or - a previous attempt relied on assumptions and created rework. ## Outcome Produce a bounded reconnaissance report with: - the relevant repository or environment surface; - existing implementations, consumers, and conventions; - commands, tests, builds, or runtime observations used as a baseline; - constraints and failure boundaries; - facts separated from inference; - unknowns that still need resolution; and - the narrowest safe seam for the next change. For greenfield work, the report covers the domain, users, deployment target, …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kuya-egg/monozukuri/genchi-genbutsu@sha256:ea78516b8327fd21The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260909.6197cfc, 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_retdxdu22uv76z6w)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 9, 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 (3770 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
kuya-egg/monozukuri · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_retdxdu22uv76z6w GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kuya-egg/monozukuri/genchi-genbutsu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ea78516b8327fd2116f51f401a6aae3b5f764cce6e7700cdc4155b6496b6ed85
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.