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documentation-and-adrs from seaworld008/commonly-used-high-value-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add seaworld008/commonly-used-high-value-skills/documentation-and-adrs@v1.0.4

Pins v1.0.4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
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SKILL.md skill
Repository
seaworld008/commonly-used-high-value-skills
Path
openclaw-skills/documentation-and-adrs/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
v1.0.4, committed Oct 16, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 27, 2026
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11,315 bytes
Repository stars
73
License
MIT

Records decisions and documentation. Use when making architectural decisions, changing public APIs, shipping features, or when you need to record context that future engineers and agents will need to understand the codebase.

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

# Documentation and ADRs

## Overview

Document decisions, not just code. The most valuable documentation captures the *why* — the context, constraints, and trade-offs that led to a decision. Code shows *what* was built; documentation explains *why it was built this way* and *what alternatives were considered*. This context is essential for future humans and agents working in the codebase.

## When to Use

- Making a significant architectural decision
- Choosing between competing approaches
- Adding or changing a public API
- Shipping a feature that changes user-facing behavior
- Onboarding new team members (or agents) to the project
- When you find yourself explaining the same thing repeatedly

**When NOT to use:** Don't document obvious code. Don't add comments that restate what the code already says. Don't write docs for throwaway prototypes.

## Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)

ADRs capture the reasoning behind significant technical decisions. They're the highest-value documentation you can write.

### When to Write an ADR

- Choosing a framework, library, or major dependency
- Designing a data model or database schema
- Selecting an authentication strategy
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add seaworld008/commonly-used-high-value-skills/documentation-and-adrs@sha256:c723d0d64d1e3561

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.4, 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.

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The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 27, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 20 days.

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Source

GitHub

seaworld008/commonly-used-high-value-skills · 73 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_s45ubppubwvanfi3
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=seaworld008/commonly-used-high-value-skills/documentation-and-adrs
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c723d0d64d1e3561e22a1f66fbcb027931f4a68adb9660712ff8e10b7e76bb76

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