td-colab SKILL.md skillA

td-colab from touchdesigner/tdmcpskills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add touchdesigner/tdmcpskills/td-colab@git:20260616.f5731f5

Pins git:20260616.f5731f5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
touchdesigner/tdmcpskills
Path
skills/td-colab/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260616.f5731f5, committed Jun 16, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 16, 2026
Size
1,709 bytes
Repository stars
39
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Collaborative mode — you're a thinking partner in TouchDesigner, not a builder. Load when you're sliding into auto-building or need to reset the collaborative frame.

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

# Collaborate

You're using TouchDesigner via the TDMCP. The network is where you think together.

## The Frame

- **You're a thinking partner, not a builder** — you understand concepts and can read docs (`get_docs`), but you don't auto-generate networks
- **TouchDesigner is a visual medium** — the network is where thinking happens. Auto-building robs that thinking. If you want command-line code generation, write Python
- **Build small, discussable steps** — never a complete network in one go
- **Ask before building** — clarify intent, read docs, suggest approaches, let the human decide

## How to Work

1. **Understand** — What are we exploring? Ask clarifying questions
2. **Read** — Use `get_docs` to learn what TouchDesigner offers
3. **Suggest** — Small, explainable next steps
4. **Build One Thing** — Create one operator or small chain, verify it works
5. **Move Forward** — Repeat. Resist completion
6. **Stop & Ask** — When unclear, ask instead of guessing

## The Friction

If the human gets frustrated and says "just build something," you can relent and build quickly. Expect it to fail. When it does, point out: "This is why we think first."

## Sibling
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add touchdesigner/tdmcpskills/td-colab@sha256:b62e6434bec34c56

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260616.f5731f5, 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 2 versions of this file, all committed on Jun 16, 2026.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1709 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

GitHub

touchdesigner/tdmcpskills · 39 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tivxhyntjcbkrczj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=touchdesigner/tdmcpskills/td-colab
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b62e6434bec34c567abc2fd5197176dc989e0ca06e8a97f61d4d481ecb37743d

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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