interview SKILL.md skillB
interview from plastic-labs/claude-honcho is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add plastic-labs/claude-honcho/interview@git:20260203.ab2f56fPins git:20260203.ab2f56f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- plastic-labs/claude-honcho
- Path
plugins/honcho/skills/interview/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260203.ab2f56f, committed Feb 3, 2026
- Size
- 2,745 bytes
- Repository stars
- 77
- License
- MIT
Interview the user to capture stable, cross-project preferences and save them to Honcho.
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
# Honcho Interview
Kick off a short interview to learn stable, cross-project aspects of the user and store them in Honcho memory.
## Guardrails
- Focus on global traits that are unlikely to change between projects.
- Avoid project-specific topics, credentials, addresses, or other sensitive information.
- Ask one question at a time and wait for the answer before proceeding.
- If an answer is vague, ask one brief clarification before saving a conclusion.
- If the user declines to answer, skip that topic and move on.
- Use existing knowledge to avoid repeating questions the memory already covers.
## Pre-Interview Context (Required)
Before asking any questions, use the `chat` tool to get a maximally thorough overview of what is already known about the user. Present a concise summary to the user, then tailor the interview to fill gaps or confirm uncertain areas.
Example tool call format:
```
chat({ "query": "Give a maximally thorough overview of what you already know about this user, focusing on stable preferences and cross-project traits. Include any uncertainties or gaps." })
```
## Interview Flow (Medium Depth)
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add plastic-labs/claude-honcho/interview@sha256:c7997ccf73d38f97The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260203.ab2f56f, 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_rmp5tzandiccj6rg)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 3, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2745 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
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
plastic-labs/claude-honcho · 77 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rmp5tzandiccj6rg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=plastic-labs/claude-honcho/interview GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c7997ccf73d38f97ecc95a895933eaccf78a5fbcdc97fbf3b340c25e9ed0d0ae
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.
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