skillneed SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 9 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

skillneed from getedgehq/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add getedgehq/skills/skillneed@git:20260920.fd17e01

Pins git:20260920.fd17e01 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

getedgehq/skills

Path

evals/skillneed/2026-09-19/skillneed-preflight-403/s3/with/.agents/skills/skillneed/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

1

Latest version

git:20260920.fd17e01, committed Sep 20, 2026

Size

2,701 bytes

Repository stars

5

License

Apache-2.0

Check whether one additional AI-agent Skill would materially help with a task, then find the best matching GetEdge Skill and return its exact install command. Use when someone asks which Skill to use, says "find a skill for this", invokes SkillNeed before starting work, or wants to know whether their current agent setup is missing relevant procedural expertise.

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

# SkillNeed

Decide whether the task needs one additional Skill before the agent starts.
Recommend a Skill only when its instructions add a relevant procedure; difficulty alone
is not evidence that another Skill will help.

## Decide first

Read the task, the Skills already available in the current session, and the agent's tools.
Choose one outcome:

- **Already covered** — an available or loaded Skill already contains the relevant procedure.
- **No extra Skill needed** — the task is ordinary work the agent can do directly, such as
  basic arithmetic, translation, summarisation, or routine rewriting.
- **Find a Skill** — reusable specialist procedure would materially change how the task is done.
- **Need context** — one missing fact prevents a responsible search. Ask one short question.

Missing files, credentials, permissions, live data, or tools are not Skills. Do not recommend
a Skill as a substitute for access the task requires.

## Search GetEdge

When the outcome is **Find a Skill**:

1. Use a connected GetEdge catalog search tool when one is available.
2. Otherwise run `npx skills add getedgehq/skills --list` and shortlist by the descriptions.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

mdr add getedgehq/skills/skillneed@sha256:d8e522afe21cad7f

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_u364t2z6rhkgaiis.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_u364t2z6rhkgaiis)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 20, 2026.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_u364t2z6rhkgaiis
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=getedgehq/skills/skillneed
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d8e522afe21cad7fae9f6741dd8e6cbe9b9ce1086e8d5849b4f79470830ca571

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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