trace-mcp SKILL.md skillB
trace-mcp from nikolai-vysotskyi/trace-mcp is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nikolai-vysotskyi/trace-mcp/trace-mcp@git:20260924.b2d39a5Pins git:20260924.b2d39a5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nikolai-vysotskyi/trace-mcp
- Path
skills/trace-mcp/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 8
- Latest version
- git:20260924.b2d39a5, committed Sep 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 28, 2026
- Size
- 6,305 bytes
- Repository stars
- 193
- License
- MIT
Use trace-mcp tools for code navigation, impact analysis, and framework-aware queries instead of Read/Grep/Glob/Bash. Activate whenever the agent needs to explore, understand, or modify a codebase that has trace-mcp indexed.
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
# trace-mcp — Code Intelligence Routing trace-mcp is a framework-aware code intelligence MCP server. It exposes 182 tools that return semantic, structured results over a cross-language dependency graph. When trace-mcp is available, it is almost always cheaper and more accurate than native file tools. ## When to Use Activate this skill whenever you need to: - Find a function, class, method, route, component, or any symbol - Understand a file, module, or feature before editing - Determine what breaks if you change something - Trace a request flow, call graph, or data flow - Audit architecture, dead code, tests, or security **Do not use** `Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, or shell `ls`/`find`/`cat`/`head`/`tail` for exploring source code (`.ts`, `.js`, `.py`, `.php`, `.go`, `.rb`, `.java`, etc.). Use trace-mcp tools instead. Native tools stay allowed only for non-code files (`.md`, `.json`, `.yaml`, configs) or immediately before an `Edit` on a known file. ## Start-of-Session Checklist 1. `get_project_map` with `summary_only=true` — orient yourself to the project structure …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nikolai-vysotskyi/trace-mcp/trace-mcp@sha256:88fbc66eecc4f187The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260924.b2d39a5, 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_tfdibryu65nlpefk)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Aug 28, 2026 and Sep 24, 2026, about one every 4 days. Its first recorded version is graded A and its latest B.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260924.b2d39a5 latest | 2026-09-24 | b2d39a5 | 6,305 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260909.5aaba15 | 2026-09-09 | 5aaba15 | 5,104 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.8f065a7 | 2026-09-07 | 8f065a7 | 5,104 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.cdb5e5e | 2026-09-02 | cdb5e5e | 5,104 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260901.b6b02ae | 2026-09-01 | b6b02ae | 5,104 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.38751d0 | 2026-08-28 | 38751d0 | 5,103 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.9459d4c | 2026-08-28 | 9459d4c | 5,103 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.4de6258 | 2026-08-28 | 4de6258 | 5,099 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No instruction to read or print local credentials (matched: dump, `cat` of a `.env)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6305 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 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
nikolai-vysotskyi/trace-mcp · 193 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tfdibryu65nlpefk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nikolai-vysotskyi/trace-mcp/trace-mcp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/88fbc66eecc4f187e9324734d335d61c62b3b04b60aea1ccfd20a975d848ef12
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