desk-open SKILL.md skillA
desk-open from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/desk-open@git:20260717.7314b49Pins git:20260717.7314b49 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/desk-open/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260717.7314b49, committed Jul 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 17, 2026
- Size
- 3,042 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Create and open a new desk in the workshop. Sets up the folder structure, initial journal, and desk identity so the next session that sits down finds the trail.
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
# Open a Desk Create a new desk in the workshop with the standard structure. ## When to use - The operator wants to start a new workstream - Work arrives that doesn't belong to any existing desk - A topic needs its own frame (its own history, its own priors) ## What it creates Given a workshop directory and a desk name, create: ``` desks/<desk-name>/ journal.md # persistent memory — read at start, written at end .signals/ # structured signal output (JSON) — dashboard reads this ``` ## How to use 1. **Choose a name.** Short, descriptive, kebab-case. The name is how the operator and other desks refer to this desk. Examples: `security-scan`, `api-review`, `ops`, `cloud-workshop` 2. **Check if it already exists.** If `desks/<desk-name>/` already has a `journal.md`, the desk is live — **do not overwrite it.** Instead, resume it: read the journal and continue from where it left off. If the operator explicitly wants a fresh start, they must rename or archive the existing desk first. 3. **Create the structure.** Make the directory, initial journal, and signals folder: ``` desks/<desk-name>/journal.md desks/<desk-name>/.signals/ …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/desk-open@sha256:6a121626c42f18a5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260717.7314b49, 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 5 versions of this file, all committed on Jul 17, 2026.
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| git:20260717.7314b49 latest | 2026-07-17 | 7314b49 | 3,042 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260717.b116228 | 2026-07-17 | b116228 | 3,042 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260717.d49dd48 | 2026-07-17 | d49dd48 | 2,721 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260717.1794cd1 | 2026-07-17 | 1794cd1 | 2,030 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260717.bb838b0 | 2026-07-17 | bb838b0 | 1,901 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 (3042 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/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ufdpbvjjyp6ebyt5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/desk-open GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6a121626c42f18a50a4e0c232901b979ef0ffc02c552feffb3af360326f76e7d
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.