factory-prompt SKILL.md skillA
factory-prompt from nonlinear-xyz/factory-kit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nonlinear-xyz/factory-kit/factory-prompt@git:20260716.517fb94Pins git:20260716.517fb94 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nonlinear-xyz/factory-kit
- Path
skills/factory-prompt/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260716.517fb94, committed Jul 16, 2026
- Size
- 4,798 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
Convert a rough ask into a structured XML-tagged prompt using the factory-prompting vocabulary.
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
You're rewriting a rough ask into a structured prompt. The goal is a ready-to-paste prompt that uses the canonical XML tag vocabulary from `factory-prompting.md`, with nothing decorative and nothing missing.
**Invocation input:** the rough ask. It may be a one-liner, a paragraph, or include literal input material. If empty, ask the user for it and stop.
## What to do
1. **Load the vocabulary.** Load the canonical `factory-prompting` skill through the host's skill capability if it is not already active. The canonical tag set is: `<role>`, `<instructions>`, `<context>`, `<input>`, `<examples>`, `<output_format>`, `<constraints>`, `<thinking>`. Do not invent tags outside this set; for multiple inputs, nest descriptive child tags inside `<input>`.
2. **Parse the rough ask.** Identify which canonical roles are actually present:
- **Instructions** — the verb of the ask ("summarize", "extract", "rewrite", "decide")
- **Context** — background about *why* or *for whom*, distinct from the material itself
- **Input** — literal material to operate on (notes, email, code, query). If multiple, plan child tags
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nonlinear-xyz/factory-kit/factory-prompt@sha256:a376bdf36692d3b6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260716.517fb94, 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_t7h25qjl5fuisvu3)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 16, 2026.
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 (4798 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
nonlinear-xyz/factory-kit · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_t7h25qjl5fuisvu3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nonlinear-xyz/factory-kit/factory-prompt GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a376bdf36692d3b6082ef230bccf13294c9d795523ea76dfe0695faa49698592
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.