frontmatter-parsing SKILL.md skillA
frontmatter-parsing from a5c-ai/babysitter is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/frontmatter-parsing@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- a5c-ai/babysitter
- Path
library/methodologies/gsd/skills/frontmatter-parsing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Jun 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 25, 2026
- Size
- 7,196 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,896
- License
- MIT
YAML frontmatter parsing and manipulation for .planning/ documents. Provides read, write, update, query, and validation operations on frontmatter blocks in GSD markdown artifacts.
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
status: in-progress
phase: 72
wave: 1
depends_on: []
files_modified: ["src/auth/oauth.ts", "src/auth/tokens.ts"]
created: 2026-03-02
updated: 2026-03-02
---
# Plan content below...
```
## Capabilities
### 1. Parse Frontmatter
Extract frontmatter from a markdown file into structured data:
```yaml
# Input file: .planning/phase-72/PLAN-1.md
---
status: planned
phase: 72
plan_number: 1
wave: 1
depends_on: []
files_modified:
- src/auth/oauth.ts
- src/auth/tokens.ts
- src/middleware/auth.ts
task_count: 4
created: 2026-03-02
gap_closure: false
---
```
Parsed result:
```json
{
"status": "planned",
"phase": 72,
"plan_number": 1,
"wave": 1,
"depends_on": [],
"files_modified": ["src/auth/oauth.ts", "src/auth/tokens.ts", "src/middleware/auth.ts"],
"task_count": 4,
"created": "2026-03-02",
"gap_closure": false
}
```
### 2. Extract Specific Fields
Read individual fields without parsing the entire frontmatter:
```
get_field(.planning/phase-72/PLAN-1.md, "wave") -> 1
get_field(.planning/phase-72/PLAN-1.md, "status") -> "planned"
get_field(.planning/phase-72/PLAN-1.md, "files_modified") -> ["src/auth/oauth.ts", ...]
```
### 3. Update Fields
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/frontmatter-parsing@sha256:8645d6d93d25d5b2The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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_tdjqlwhquzf7ehvu)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Mar 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026, about one every 23 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-06-01 | da7723a | 7,196 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-07 | 8dfdcb4 | 7,437 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-07 | 56f011d | 7,872 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-03-25 | a6b3a88 | 7,566 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 (7196 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
a5c-ai/babysitter · 1,896 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tdjqlwhquzf7ehvu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=a5c-ai/babysitter/frontmatter-parsing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8645d6d93d25d5b2124d73795751d4c12e81bc65cf5bad79e1912814ecf199d4
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