writing-skills SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
writing-skills from autovant/superpowers is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add autovant/superpowers/writing-skills@git:20260206.a72e416Pins git:20260206.a72e416 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- autovant/superpowers
- Path
skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260206.a72e416, committed Feb 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- Dec 18, 2025
- Size
- 22,465 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment.
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
# Writing Skills ## Overview **Writing skills IS Test-Driven Development applied to process documentation.** **Personal skills live in agent-specific directories (`~/.claude/skills` for Claude Code, `~/.agents/skills/` for Codex)** You write test cases (pressure scenarios with subagents), watch them fail (baseline behavior), write the skill (documentation), watch tests pass (agents comply), and refactor (close loopholes). **Core principle:** If you didn't watch an agent fail without the skill, you don't know if the skill teaches the right thing. **REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** You MUST understand superpowers:test-driven-development before using this skill. That skill defines the fundamental RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle. This skill adapts TDD to documentation. **Official guidance:** For Anthropic's official skill authoring best practices, see anthropic-best-practices.md. This document provides additional patterns and guidelines that complement the TDD-focused approach in this skill. ## What is a Skill? A **skill** is a reference guide for proven techniques, patterns, or tools. Skills help future Claude instances find and apply effective approaches. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add autovant/superpowers/writing-skills@sha256:d83a09d6a1c6976fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260206.a72e416, 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_tfqdw2ch52no35zy)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Dec 18, 2025 and Feb 6, 2026, about one every 13 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260206.a72e416 latest | 2026-02-06 | a72e416 | 22,465 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251224.66a2dbd | 2025-12-24 | 66a2dbd | 22,463 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251218.030a222 | 2025-12-18 | 030a222 | 22,341 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251218.2a19be0 | 2025-12-18 | 2a19be0 | 22,474 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251218.28ba020 | 2025-12-18 | 28ba020 | 21,073 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 (22465 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
autovant/superpowers · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tfqdw2ch52no35zy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=autovant/superpowers/writing-skills GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d83a09d6a1c6976f6cc2f40addeae653a4a6eb5903097ebc365d90242e00e379
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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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