d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook · skills/scripting-automation/SKILL.md

scripting-automation skillA

scripting-automation is agent-read markdown (skill) from d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook: Advanced Bash automation patterns for production-grade scripts and automation workflows. Covers retry logic, lock files, signal handling, advanced error handling, performance optimization, testing with BATS, and cross-platform compatibility. Use when building automation scripts, deployment tools, CI/CD helpers, or when asking about advanced Bash patterns, script reliability, or automation best practices..

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.

How to install

Latest version
mdr add d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook/scripting-automation@git:20260819.d23bb73
Exact content
mdr add d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook/scripting-automation@sha256:5f375c28b66e5e8b

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Versions

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git:20260819.d23bb73 latest2026-08-19 d23bb73 13,827 BA view · diff
git:20260812.41607172026-08-12 4160717 13,927 BA view · diff
git:20260607.cd1b06d2026-06-07 cd1b06d 13,737 BA view · diff
git:20260601.480fbf02026-06-01 480fbf0 13,423 BA view · diff
git:20260207.963c2582026-02-07 963c258 9,517 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (13827 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

GitHub

d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-12 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rxhjezjwigvhtii7
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook/scripting-automation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5f375c28b66e5e8bc59e24de5513617616e03d314fba0695f74d93982a98dc15

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