ripwire-orient SKILL.md skillA
ripwire-orient from redhat-et/ripwire is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add redhat-et/ripwire/ripwire-orient@git:20261010.3121921Pins git:20261010.3121921 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- redhat-et/ripwire
- Path
skills/ripwire-orient/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 16
- Latest version
- git:20261010.3121921, committed Oct 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 8, 2026
- Size
- 19,287 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2,530
- License
- Apache-2.0
Landing COLD in an unfamiliar repo or subsystem, or about to open several files for one question: map first, read only what it ranks highest — main subsystems, entry points, 'how does X work / where is Y'. Also recover context after compaction, retrieve saved docs (--recall), divide code for subagents (--partition), save gotchas (--note-add). NAMED symbol → navigate. Stop at the first rung that answers.
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
# Orient with ripwire > Routing — pick the right door: > • Tracing one call graph / locating a literal → **ripwire-navigate**. > • Vetting your OWN diff before you push → **ripwire-change-check**. > • Risk in code you did NOT write / an unfamiliar subsystem → **ripwire-fresh-eyes**. > • Map-before-you-read token discipline (any info need, mid-task) → this skill's companion **[`map-before-you-read.md`](map-before-you-read.md)** (folded in from the former `efficient` skill, 2026-09-07). > • Deep architecture-health read (deps metrics, layering rules, --arch gate) → **ripwire-layers**. > • Not sure which skill? → **ripwire-router**. `ripwire` is on your PATH. First call on a tree parses (~1s even at 1500 files); every call after is warm (auto-cached, ~instant), so chaining several rungs is nearly free. `<dir>` = the repo root or the specific subsystem you're working in — also accepts a remote `ripwire <git-url>` (shallow-clones to a temp cache, so you can orient in a dependency before ever cloning it) — or several roots for a split checkout, `ripwire dir1 dir2 --report`: ONE merged, root-labeled map instead of two separate mental models. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add redhat-et/ripwire/ripwire-orient@sha256:658a6e5af6e4673cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261010.3121921, 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_tn5nzc6hjchwlj7e)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 16 versions of this file, between Sep 8, 2026 and Oct 10, 2026, about one every 2 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261010.3121921 latest | 2026-10-10 | 3121921 | 19,287 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261010.1b9165a | 2026-10-10 | 1b9165a | 19,029 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261009.75e69e0 | 2026-10-09 | 75e69e0 | 18,675 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261009.3bd3bee | 2026-10-09 | 3bd3bee | 18,658 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261009.455b2c7 | 2026-10-09 | 455b2c7 | 18,716 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.d75c41a | 2026-09-20 | d75c41a | 18,362 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.16c1e72 | 2026-09-20 | 16c1e72 | 18,335 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.d09bb1b | 2026-09-14 | d09bb1b | 18,135 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.08392aa | 2026-09-13 | 08392aa | 18,118 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.88355ac | 2026-09-13 | 88355ac | 16,862 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.c971c69 | 2026-09-13 | c971c69 | 17,999 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.30a5a3c | 2026-09-13 | 30a5a3c | 16,879 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260910.908110a | 2026-09-10 | 908110a | 16,743 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260910.d1e5176 | 2026-09-10 | d1e5176 | 16,644 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260910.29ae28d | 2026-09-10 | 29ae28d | 16,631 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260908.203ffe4 | 2026-09-08 | 203ffe4 | 16,652 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 (19287 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
redhat-et/ripwire · 2,530 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tn5nzc6hjchwlj7e GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=redhat-et/ripwire/ripwire-orient GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/658a6e5af6e4673c6daaefa1d40d6d01bcc241b45210f76ff7e5ee3bb89f9daa
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.