hey SKILL.md skillB

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

hey from basecamp/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add basecamp/skills/hey@git:20261021.408d225

Pins git:20261021.408d225 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
B, 16 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
basecamp/skills
Path
skills/hey/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
6
Latest version
git:20261021.408d225, committed Oct 21, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 16, 2026
Size
15,156 bytes
Repository stars
83
License
none declared

Interact with HEY via the HEY CLI. Read and send emails, manage contacts, boxes, labels, collections, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries. Use for ANY HEY-related question or action.

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

# /hey - HEY Email Workflow Command

CLI for HEY: mailboxes, labels, collections, email threads, contacts, replies, compose, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries.

Use the installed CLI as the command reference. This skill holds the rules that span commands; it does not copy the command catalog, because the binary's own help is the source of truth and always matches the version you are running.

## Discovery-first workflow

For each task:

1. Infer the deepest plausible leaf command from the user's words.
2. Unless its arguments and flags are already established by a tool result in this conversation, read that leaf's help before running it:

   ```bash
   hey <group> <subcommand> --agent --help
   ```

3. If the leaf does not exist, read its nearest parent group. Use root help only when the top-level group itself is unclear:

   ```bash
   hey <group> --agent --help   # fallback
   hey --agent --help           # last resort
   hey commands --json          # every command with its agent_notes
   ```

4. Treat the leaf's `short`, `long`, `agent_notes` and `flags` as the source of truth. Do not guess positional arguments, flags, accepted values, or limits.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add basecamp/skills/hey@sha256:638cc984e01b995e

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261021.408d225, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_sly2e6bm63auzzzj.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_sly2e6bm63auzzzj)

1 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Sep 16, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026, about one every 7 days. Its first recorded version is graded A and its latest B.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261021.408d225 latest2026-10-21 408d225 15,156 BB view · diff
git:20261014.aa00a1f2026-10-14 aa00a1f 78,931 BB view · diff
git:20261010.7cd17822026-10-10 7cd1782 78,705 BB view · diff
git:20260925.cdf50232026-09-25 cdf5023 56,714 BB view · diff
git:20260919.797fd4e2026-09-19 797fd4e 55,072 BA view · diff
git:20260916.c0c2b482026-09-16 c0c2b48 49,317 BA view

Audit of the latest version

B  16 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: No instruction to read or print local credentials (matched: read Keychain)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (15156 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 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

GitHub

basecamp/skills · 83 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sly2e6bm63auzzzj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basecamp/skills/hey
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/638cc984e01b995e8588ac4a4b7bd014b7ca3c7641cda23a0e0df3398fa3c495

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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