common-workflow-writing SKILL.md skillA
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common-workflow-writing from hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard/common-workflow-writing@git:20260714.6bf9b5ePins git:20260714.6bf9b5e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard
- Path
.agents/skills/common/common-workflow-writing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260714.6bf9b5e, committed Jul 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 23, 2026
- Size
- 2,690 bytes
- Repository stars
- 583
- License
- MIT
Rules for writing concise, token-efficient workflow and skill files. Prevents over-building that requires costly optimization passes. Use when creating or editing workflow files, SKILL.md files, or new skill definitions.
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
# Workflow Writing Standard ## **Priority: P0 (CRITICAL)** ## Core Rules - **Templates, not examples**: Workflows define _structure_, not pre-filled data. agent generates data at runtime. - **No example rows in tables**: Include headers + 1 skeleton row only. Never populate with fake data. - **No prose explanations**: If bullet or command achieves same result, delete paragraph. - **No pre-answered questions**: Don't document what agent _will_ output — let it output it. - **Merge sequential steps**: If two steps always happen together, they one step. ## Size Limits | File type | Limit | If exceeded | | ----------------- | --------- | --------------------------------- | | Workflow `.md` | 80 lines | Extract detail to `references/` | | SKILL.md | 100 lines | Extract examples to `references/` | | Table rows | 8 | Extract to `references/` | | Inline code block | 10 lines | Extract to `references/` | ## Workflow Structure (Required order) ``` 1. Goal (1 sentence) 2. Steps (imperative verb → command or checklist) 3. Output template (headers only, no pre-filled rows) ``` ## Anti-Patterns …
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How to install
mdr add hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard/common-workflow-writing@sha256:153063fb1a434dfbThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260714.6bf9b5e, 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 4 versions of this file, between Apr 23, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026, about one every 28 days.
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| git:20260714.6bf9b5e latest | 2026-07-14 | 6bf9b5e | 2,690 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260704.611f52a | 2026-07-04 | 611f52a | 2,510 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260509.3e36716 | 2026-05-09 | 3e36716 | 2,287 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260423.b7ed028 | 2026-04-23 | b7ed028 | 2,286 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 (2690 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
hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard · 583 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch develop
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_uf7bntmj3ypqu7zh GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard/common-workflow-writing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/153063fb1a434dfb8b3d224d917b84ad38a80cfabd1ffad44dbe1df5498a29fb
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