manage-machine SKILL.md skillB
manage-machine from urmzd/dotfiles is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add urmzd/dotfiles/manage-machine@git:20261006.5bd700dPins git:20261006.5bd700d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- urmzd/dotfiles
- Path
dot_agents/skills/manage-machine/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261006.5bd700d, committed Oct 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 5, 2026
- Size
- 5,360 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- Apache-2.0
Operate a machine set up by urmzd/dotfiles through its `dotfiles` CLI: install or remove optional tools from the package catalog, diagnose a broken setup with `dotfiles doctor`, update the CLI, dotfiles, or packages, and add company tools to a pack's catalog.toml, and stack packs (company, team, role overlays). Use when the user says "install linear", "remove discord", "what can I install", "why is python broken", "update everything", "add our VPN for everyone at work…
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
# Manage a machine with the dotfiles CLI Every action goes through `dotfiles`; it saves the selection to the local chezmoi config and applies it. Never hand-edit `~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml` or deployed files, and never run Homebrew or installers directly for catalog packages: the next apply would not know about them. Check the CLI first: `command -v dotfiles`. If missing, tell the user to run `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/urmzd/dotfiles/main/cli/install.sh | sh`. ## Read before acting | Need | Command | |---|---| | What is installable, and what is selected | `dotfiles package list --format json` (fields: id, name, category, selected, installs, setup, pack, required) | | Machine health with fixes | `dotfiles doctor --format json` (fields: check, level ok/warn/fail, detail, fix) | | Machine type, versions, selection | `dotfiles status` | | Desired vs installed (missing, deselected, migrations, files) | `dotfiles plan --format json` (exit 2 = nothing to do) | | Full file diff | `dotfiles diff` | ## Do | Request | Run | |---|---| | Install a catalog tool | `dotfiles package add <id>...` (applies; resolve names to ids from the list) | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add urmzd/dotfiles/manage-machine@sha256:10b5e53cc6abe0b6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261006.5bd700d, 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_rihhjyjxzlrefutu)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 6, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261006.5bd700d latest | 2026-10-06 | 5bd700d | 5,360 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261006.e11aef5 | 2026-10-06 | e11aef5 | 5,318 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261005.dc7192f | 2026-10-05 | dc7192f | 4,842 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261005.6b6c1f3 | 2026-10-05 | 6b6c1f3 | 4,448 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No curl or wget piped into a shell (matched: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/urmzd/dotfiles/main/cli/install.sh | sh)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5360 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 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
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
urmzd/dotfiles · 5 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rihhjyjxzlrefutu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=urmzd/dotfiles/manage-machine GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/10b5e53cc6abe0b6d996158f0044930336e67af5b705071a113be2efc281499a
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