parallel-work-check SKILL.md skillA
parallel-work-check from zaxbyhub/opencode-swarm is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add zaxbyhub/opencode-swarm/parallel-work-check@v4Pins v4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- zaxbyhub/opencode-swarm
- Path
.opencode/skills/parallel-work-check/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v4, committed Oct 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 11, 2026
- Size
- 5,740 bytes
- Repository stars
- 518
- License
- MIT
Apply before starting work on an existing branch. Checks for parallel work by other agents or developers that may supersede or conflict with your planned changes. Prevents wasted effort on stale branches.
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
# Parallel Work Check Protocol
Run this check before starting ANY work on an existing branch (not a fresh branch
you just created). This applies to PR branches, feature branches, and any branch
that may have concurrent contributors.
## Step 1 — Check current branch state
1. Determine the current branch name.
2. Determine the remote tracking branch (usually `origin/<branch-name>`).
## Step 2 — Fetch remote state
Fetch the latest state from the remote for the current branch. Do NOT skip this
step because "the branch looks recent" or "I just checked."
## Step 3 — Compare local vs remote
Compare the local HEAD commit hash with the remote HEAD commit hash:
- **Identical**: Remote has not diverged. Proceed with your work.
- **Remote ahead**: The remote branch has commits you don't have locally.
- Read the new commit messages with `git log local..remote`.
- Check if any of those commits touch files you plan to modify.
- If yes: evaluate whether the parallel work supersedes your planned changes.
- If the parallel work is superior: reset your local branch to match remote
and abandon your planned approach. Document the decision.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add zaxbyhub/opencode-swarm/parallel-work-check@sha256:939b5b7745e7b9dcThe line at the top of this page pins the label v4, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_sqp3d6azitxnrwdg)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jul 11, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, about one every 47 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v4 latest | 2026-10-12 | 097422c | 5,740 B | A | view · diff |
| v4 | 2026-08-15 | 4941a39 | 5,688 B | A | view · diff |
| v4 | 2026-07-11 | 5972d3e | 5,690 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5740 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
zaxbyhub/opencode-swarm · 518 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sqp3d6azitxnrwdg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zaxbyhub/opencode-swarm/parallel-work-check GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/939b5b7745e7b9dc0b4f3b27a92b361f3f87ef6aacaca7dbdb74c879814ce75f
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