branch-context SKILL.md skillA
branch-context from pydantic/pydantic-ai-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pydantic/pydantic-ai-harness/branch-context@git:20260724.e60b555Pins git:20260724.e60b555 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pydantic/pydantic-ai-harness
- Path
.agents/skills/branch-context/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260724.e60b555, committed Jul 24, 2026
- Size
- 6,648 bytes
- Repository stars
- 960
- License
- MIT
Branch-local durable PR state -- issue brief, decisions log, and session handoffs. Read the brief, decisions, and latest handoff at session start; append decisions as you work; write a handoff only on user request or explicit session turnover.
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
# Branch Context This directory is the home for durable PR/branch state that outlives a single session. Three surfaces: | File / dir | Role | Lifetime | |------------|------|----------| | `issue-brief.md` | Synthesis of the issue(s) this branch addresses | Rewritten only when adopting or re-syncing a branch | | `pr-decisions.md` | Append-only log of non-obvious PR-shaping decisions | Append forever; supersede, never edit | | `handoffs/` + `handoffs-index.md` | Append-only session handoffs for the next agent | Never overwrite a handoff file; index points at the latest | The instances (`issue-brief.md`, `pr-decisions.md`, `handoffs-index.md`, `handoffs/`) are per-branch and git-ignored. The scaffolding (this file, the scripts, the `*.template.md` files) is committed. Instantiate the instances from the templates, or via `/adopt-pr` when a PR already exists. ## Session defaults **On start, before coding:** 1. Confirm the branch matches the brief's `branch:` field (`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`). 2. Read `issue-brief.md`, `pr-decisions.md`, and `handoffs-index.md`. 3. Read the latest handoff -- the last entry in `handoffs-index.md` points at …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pydantic/pydantic-ai-harness/branch-context@sha256:3c6fc6fdb68a1b36The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260724.e60b555, 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_ribbijtsuokvqfzg)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 24, 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 (6648 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
pydantic/pydantic-ai-harness · 960 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ribbijtsuokvqfzg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pydantic/pydantic-ai-harness/branch-context GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3c6fc6fdb68a1b3624a5bd6d78fdd14c699aa46b5785ac1405c2383a940f7ddb
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.