cheap-coders SKILL.md skillB
cheap-coders from agentproto/ts is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add agentproto/ts/cheap-coders@git:20260901.0259d5fPins git:20260901.0259d5f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- agentproto/ts
- Path
packages/skill-pack-agentproto/src/skills/cheap-coders/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260901.0259d5f, committed Sep 1, 2026
- Size
- 1,594 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- Apache-2.0
Route code work to cheap capable models through agentproto instead of expensive Claude. Use when you want hermes sessions on OpenRouter models (glm, deepseek, kimi, qwen) or need to pick the right adapter and auth profile for a low-cost coding worker. Triggers: cheap model, glm, deepseek, kimi, openrouter, hermes adapter, cheap coder.
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
# cheap-coders
Route code work to cheap capable models instead of expensive Claude. Each row
names the primitive that owns the mechanics; open it for tool signatures and
recipes.
| Decision | Open |
| -------- | ---- |
| How to spawn and route models | `ap-spawn-agent` |
| Auth profiles, presets, model catalog, usage | `ap-models-auth` |
| Which adapter CLIs exist / how to install | `ap-adapters` |
Adapter choice:
- **hermes** — for cheap OpenRouter models: glm, deepseek, kimi, qwen.
- **claude-code / claude-sdk** — when the model needs built-in tools without
MCP wiring.
Model identities via OpenRouter:
- `z-ai/glm-5.3-flash` — fast, cheap.
- `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro` — stronger.
- `moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code` — code.
Route and bill through `access:{profileRef:'openrouter-env'}`; other profiles
exist (moonshot-api direct, etc.).
CRITICAL gotcha: hermes has NO built-in file/shell tools — always mount
`mcpServers:[{name:'agentproto',transport:'http',ref:'http://127.0.0.1:18790/mcp'}]`
at spawn or the agent can only chat.
Start here if you just need a cheap refactor or grunt-work run: hermes +
`z-ai/glm-5.3-flash` + the openrouter-env profile; mechanics via
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add agentproto/ts/cheap-coders@sha256:fd94dd294aa83791The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260901.0259d5f, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 1, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://127.0.0.1:18790)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1594 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 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
agentproto/ts · 10 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_thum33u3g3tvybwb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=agentproto/ts/cheap-coders GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fd94dd294aa8379183170ec6fc8817b0a30bb87d8a2e9445b17aa0327f7feaa9
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.