expectations-checklist SKILL.md skillA

expectations-checklist from arcanada-one/datarim is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add arcanada-one/datarim/expectations-checklist@git:20261019.845c299

Pins git:20261019.845c299 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
arcanada-one/datarim
Path
skills/expectations-checklist/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20261019.845c299, committed Oct 19, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 4, 2026
Size
30,108 bytes
Repository stars
16
License
MIT

Operator wishlist checklist seeded at /dr-prd or /dr-plan; verified at /dr-qa and /dr-compliance with BLOCKED routing on missed/partial without override.

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

# Expectations Checklist

> **Why this exists.** The init-task file (see `init-task-persistence.md`)
> preserves the operator's *prompt*. The expectations file preserves the
> operator's *acceptance test* — what the operator wants to verify when the
> work comes back. Each item is one human-readable wish: "did this aspect of
> the task come out the way I asked?" Without it, agents run their own
> `/dr-qa` checks against PRD acceptance criteria, which are an agent's
> paraphrase of operator intent and can drift silently.
>
> Expectations are written in the resolved artifact language, one bullet per wish, with a verifiable success
> criterion and an advisory cross-link to a PRD acceptance criterion when
> one exists. `/dr-qa` and `/dr-compliance` assign each item a status
> (`met` / `partial` / `missed` / `n-a` / `deleted`); `partial` or `missed`
> without an operator-supplied override blocks the pipeline and routes work
> back to `/dr-do` with the offending wish-ids in focus.

## File location and naming

```
datarim/tasks/{TASK-ID}-expectations.md
```

One file per task. Same `{TASK-ID}` as the corresponding
`{TASK-ID}-task-description.md` and `{TASK-ID}-init-task.md`. The three
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add arcanada-one/datarim/expectations-checklist@sha256:e01e0d13c2a4fa53

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.845c299, 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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Versions

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  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (30108 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
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Source

GitHub

arcanada-one/datarim · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_s47dxo3p22zsfrsr
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=arcanada-one/datarim/expectations-checklist
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e01e0d13c2a4fa53449407f2728e0f074a8af4480b70315afb127b269fced315

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