managing-symlinks SKILL.md skillA
managing-symlinks from richfrem/agent-plugins-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add richfrem/agent-plugins-skills/managing-symlinks@git:20261024.3106a82Pins git:20261024.3106a82 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- richfrem/agent-plugins-skills
- Path
plugins/dev-utils/.apm/skills/managing-symlinks/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261024.3106a82, committed Oct 24, 2026
- Size
- 2,511 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Create, audit, repair, and document cross-platform symlinks. Use when the user mentions symlinks, junctions, broken links after git pull, cross-platform path issues, or missing files after switching machines. Supports macOS/Linux and Windows; Windows users need Developer Mode or administrator rights before creating true symlinks.
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
# Managing Symlinks (`managing-symlinks`) Create, audit, repair, and document cross-platform symlinks across macOS, Linux, and Windows. ## Contents - [Critical Constraints](#critical-constraints) - [Quick start](#quick-start) - [Workflow](#workflow) - [Verification](#verification) - [References](#references) ## Critical Constraints 1. **Real Symlinks Only**: Never substitute hardlinks or plain text files for Git symlinks. 2. **No Symlink Chaining**: Target must be a regular file or directory, never another symlink. 3. **Hub-and-Spoke Invariant**: Canonical assets live at plugin root (`scripts/`, `references/`, `assets/`); spokes link directly to hub. 4. **Register in Manifest**: All created symlinks must be recorded in `symlinks.json`. 5. **Windows Support**: Developer Mode (or admin elevation) required for unprivileged symlink creation (`git config core.symlinks true`). ## Quick start Diagnose environment, Git settings, and existing symlink health: ```bash python3 scripts/symlink_manager.py diagnose ``` ## Workflow 1. **Step 1 (Diagnose)**: Run `python3 scripts/symlink_manager.py diagnose` to check Git configuration and link health. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add richfrem/agent-plugins-skills/managing-symlinks@sha256:63f23140201a680aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261024.3106a82, 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
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 24, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- 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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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
richfrem/agent-plugins-skills · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_spmzq7g7o6v55ur5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=richfrem/agent-plugins-skills/managing-symlinks GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/63f23140201a680a6e2dda61cb33aac98c4fa56c5fee6e54894461a06db615fb
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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.