external-links SKILL.md skillA
external-links from thedaviddias/front-end-checklist is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/external-links@git:20261004.4b0ddb9Pins git:20261004.4b0ddb9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- thedaviddias/front-end-checklist
- Path
skills/external-links/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261004.4b0ddb9, committed Oct 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 29, 2026
- Size
- 3,096 bytes
- Repository stars
- 74,516
- License
- MIT
Use when auditing content pages for citation quality, suggesting authoritative sources to link for factual claims, or reviewing whether a page's external link attributes (nofollow, noopener) are correctly set.
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
# Add relevant external links Outbound links to authoritative sources strengthen the credibility of your content and are considered a positive trust signal by Google. Pages that cite their sources rank better for informational queries than those that make unsupported claims. ## Quick Reference - Link out to authoritative sources that support your claims — this demonstrates E-E-A-T and improves credibility - External links to reputable sites do not hurt your SEO; Google treats them as a trust signal - Use `rel="noopener noreferrer"` on external links; add `rel="nofollow"` only for untrusted or paid links ## Check For each content page, count the number of external `<a href>` links pointing to domains other than the current site. Check: (1) Are factual claims backed by links to authoritative sources (government sites, peer-reviewed research, official documentation)? (2) Do all external links have `rel="noopener noreferrer"` for security? (3) Are paid or sponsored links marked with `rel="sponsored"` or `rel="nofollow"`? ## Fix 1. Identify factual claims in the content that cite statistics, research, or expert consensus without a source link. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/external-links@sha256:937f7381468218b1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261004.4b0ddb9, 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_rmfq7mhrglgeg7aj)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 29, 2026 and Oct 4, 2026, about one every 128 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261004.4b0ddb9 latest | 2026-10-04 | 4b0ddb9 | 3,096 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260529.7c05904 | 2026-05-29 | 7c05904 | 3,102 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 (3096 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
thedaviddias/front-end-checklist · 74,516 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rmfq7mhrglgeg7aj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thedaviddias/front-end-checklist/external-links GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/937f7381468218b13af0a9e3b89dc23c5d0ff9398d9cd5517787e3386fd3df37
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.