reticle SKILL.md skillB

reticle from reticlehq/reticle is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add reticlehq/reticle/reticle@v3.9.0

Pins v3.9.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
B, 16 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
reticlehq/reticle
Path
plugins/reticle/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
8
Latest version
v3.9.0, committed Nov 1, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 25, 2026
Size
16,047 bytes
Repository stars
1,249
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Install, instrument and verify this running web app from the inside (DOM, network, routing, console and framework state) instead of screenshots or guessing. Drives one real flow end to end and returns a verdict with the file:line to fix. Use when the user asks to set up or install Reticle, when a user-facing change needs proving before you call it done, when a test passes but the UI is broken, or when the user types /reticle.

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

# Reticle

Reticle is the proof layer for AI coding agents. A dev-only SDK inside the user's running app gives you `reticle_*` MCP tools that read the DOM, network, routing, console and framework state. You act on the real app and get a verdict: `yes`, `no`, or `unknown` (could not tell), with evidence and the `file:line` to open. No screenshots: it drives the tab the user already has open.

**Your first goal: one real verdict in the user's app.** Do the steps in order. Do not stop to explain Reticle first.

## 1. Check the app, with nothing installed

**`reticle_*` tools visible?** Call `reticle_session { action: "list" }`. It changes no file. On a wired project, go to step 3. On a project that is not wired, its `next_step` names the zero-install lease and asks the consent question for `init`.

**No tools, or an app with no `.reticle.json`?** Run this in the app's folder. It changes no file:

```bash
npx @reticlehq/server@latest
```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add reticlehq/reticle/reticle@sha256:aa1618bc95caacf4

The line at the top of this page pins the label v3.9.0, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_te3o6c7ndf5u5uwe.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_te3o6c7ndf5u5uwe)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Oct 25, 2026 and Nov 1, 2026, more than one a day. Its first recorded version is graded C and its latest B.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v3.9.0 latest2026-11-01 329ba9a 16,047 BB view · diff
v3.9.02026-10-31 91e6165 15,863 BB view · diff
v3.9.02026-10-29 fa1b97c 15,845 BB view · diff
v3.9.02026-10-29 f2e07e0 15,831 BC view · diff
v3.8.22026-10-26 f8a40d5 15,831 BC view · diff
v3.8.12026-10-26 a6b11ca 15,831 BC view · diff
v3.8.02026-10-25 b673f9e 15,831 BC view · diff
v3.8.02026-10-25 68dd8a1 15,642 BC view

Audit of the latest version

B  16 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: No prompt-injection phrasing (matched: Do not tell the user)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (16047 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 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

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

reticlehq/reticle · 1,249 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_te3o6c7ndf5u5uwe
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=reticlehq/reticle/reticle
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aa1618bc95caacf48d287360270ab5c7b53b59cf63f6e58c0389cef9a03ce149

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.

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