dev-retro SKILL.md skillA
dev-retro from codeaholicguy/ai-devkit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-retro@git:20261023.3f90d45Pins git:20261023.3f90d45 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- codeaholicguy/ai-devkit
- Path
skills/dev-retro/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261023.3f90d45, committed Oct 23, 2026
- Size
- 2,321 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,661
- License
- Apache-2.0
AI DevKit · Run an evidence-based retrospective on finished work (feature, session, incident) and turn friction into durable fixes, automation first. Use when users ask for a retro, lessons learned, post-mortem, or "what went wrong", or when another skill offers one after a feature or fix.
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
# Retro Turn what went wrong into fixes that stop it recurring. Not a status summary: use `session-compact` for handoff state. ## Rules - When suggested by another skill, ask the user before running; skip silently if declined. - Every item needs evidence: a failed command, hook or test output, a user correction, a revert, or rework in the diff. No generic lessons. - Cap at the 3-5 highest-cost items. Note what worked in one line only if it should be kept on purpose. - Blameless: describe the gap in the system, not the person or agent. - Never copy secrets, credentials, or personal data from transcripts into fixes or memory. ## Fix Ladder Pick the highest rung that works: 1. Automate: test, lint rule, hook, CI check, build dependency. 2. Fix the tool: script, template, default config. 3. Instruct: skill, `AGENTS.md` / `CLAUDE.md`, docs. 4. Remember: `memory` entry, only for knowledge that cannot be enforced. Search first; update instead of duplicating. 5. Drop: one-off with no pattern. ## Workflow 1. Scope the work: feature, branch, session, or incident, and its commit range. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-retro@sha256:c12d5650867dc7d7The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.3f90d45, 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_tlynmms3ztspffhx)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 23, 2026.
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 (2321 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
codeaholicguy/ai-devkit · 1,661 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tlynmms3ztspffhx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-retro GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c12d5650867dc7d7f76359c92e51cad068838dc7954a2fed96cd0ff1739ba9a4
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