routeros-app-yaml SKILL.md skillA

routeros-app-yaml from tikoci/routeros-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tikoci/routeros-skills/routeros-app-yaml@git:20260626.5284858

Pins git:20260626.5284858 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
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Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
tikoci/routeros-skills
Path
routeros-app-yaml/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20260626.5284858, committed Jun 26, 2026
First version recorded
Mar 29, 2026
Size
10,260 bytes
Repository stars
89
License
MIT

RouterOS /app YAML format for container applications (7.21+ builtin app, 7.22+ custom YAML creation). Use when: writing or validating RouterOS /app YAML files, working with MikroTik container apps, building docker-compose-like definitions for RouterOS, creating /app store schemas, debugging /app validation errors, or when the user mentions /app, tikapp, or RouterOS container YAML.

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

# RouterOS /app YAML Format (7.21+)

RouterOS 7.21 introduced the `/app` path (built-in app listing and management). The full YAML app creation feature (`/app/add`) appeared in **7.22** (first seen in 7.22beta5). Think of it as MikroTik's opinionated alternative to `docker-compose` — but it is NOT docker-compose, with significant differences.

## What /app Is

The `/app` subsystem lets users define one or more containers as a single "application" in YAML. RouterOS parses the YAML, creates containers, volumes, networks, and config files, then manages the lifecycle.

**Key concepts:**

- Each `/app` is defined by a YAML document with services, configs, volumes, and networks
- The YAML is loaded into RouterOS via CLI (`/app/add yaml-url=...`) or REST API
- Built-in apps ship with RouterOS (visible at `GET /rest/app`)
- Custom apps can be added from URLs or inline YAML
- App stores (`app-store-urls=`) provide curated collections

## Critical Differences from docker-compose

| Feature | docker-compose | RouterOS /app |
|---|---|---|
| Port format | `host:container[/protocol]` | Two styles (see below) |
| Environment | `KEY=value` or list | Same, but placeholders expand |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tikoci/routeros-skills/routeros-app-yaml@sha256:4ed1df4004e00c2b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260626.5284858, 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 4 versions of this file, between Mar 29, 2026 and Jun 26, 2026, about one every 30 days.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the 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 (10260 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

tikoci/routeros-skills · 89 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sqasmr3fkcbgziih
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tikoci/routeros-skills/routeros-app-yaml
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4ed1df4004e00c2b1a64826f32a033399e51d8016b82d5729608e932ad71ca83

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