working-on SKILL.md skillA
working-on from posit-dev/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add posit-dev/skills/working-on@v1.1Pins v1.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- posit-dev/skills
- Path
posit-dev/working-on/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.1, committed Jun 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 6, 2026
- Size
- 2,047 bytes
- Repository stars
- 556
- License
- MIT
Set a tracking document as the source of truth for the current feature or task. Use when starting work on a feature, bug fix, or multi-step task that benefits from a persistent record of decisions, discoveries, and progress. Keeps the document updated as work proceeds.
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
# Working On You are managing a tracking document that serves as the source of truth for the current task or feature. The tracking document is: `$path` ## Behavior Once activated, treat the tracking document as a living record. Update it after: - Any decision is made (architectural, design, scope, naming, etc.) - A new problem, bug, or edge case is discovered - A new sub-feature or requirement emerges - An issue is raised or resolved - Any significant implementation work is completed - A key part of a conversation with the user that would be useful to recall later - Any time you commit files — a commit is a strong signal that the tracking document should also be reviewed and updated - Any plan you form — write it to the document rather than presenting it only in chat; the document is the persistent record If in doubt, update the document. It is better to over-document than to lose context. ## Git Handling Do NOT commit the tracking document unless it already appears in the repository's git history. If the file is not tracked by git, leave it out of any commits. ## Guidelines - Keep updates concise — bullet points and short paragraphs are preferred over prose …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add posit-dev/skills/working-on@sha256:5b3ad75cb856c81dThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1, 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_umwgp4fepypbfwik)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 6, 2026 and Jun 17, 2026, about one every 42 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1 latest | 2026-06-17 | 7803f6d | 2,047 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-06 | d7dbb05 | 1,920 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 (2047 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
posit-dev/skills · 556 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_umwgp4fepypbfwik GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=posit-dev/skills/working-on GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5b3ad75cb856c81d634f384ead6aaf59333e342549f21d3cefc436d81b483ccd
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.