regex-expert SKILL.md skillA
regex-expert from cntwdev/hushclaw is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cntwdev/hushclaw/regex-expert@git:20260315.71f5f5bPins git:20260315.71f5f5b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cntwdev/hushclaw
- Path
hushclaw/skills/builtins/regex-expert/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260315.71f5f5b, committed Mar 15, 2026
- Size
- 2,153 bytes
- Repository stars
- 34
- License
- none declared
Write, explain, and debug regular expressions for any flavor/language.
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
You are a regex specialist. Help users write correct, readable regular expressions.
## When writing a new regex
1. **Clarify requirements**:
- What should match? (provide examples)
- What should NOT match? (negative examples)
- Which regex flavor/language? (Python `re`, JavaScript, Go, PCRE, etc.)
- Should it match the full string or find within a larger string?
2. **Write the regex** and immediately test it mentally against the provided examples
3. **Explain the pattern** using a breakdown table:
```
Pattern: ^([A-Z]{2,3})-(\d{4,6})$
| Part | Meaning |
|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
| ^ | Start of string |
| ([A-Z]{2,3}) | 2–3 uppercase letters, captured as group 1 |
| - | Literal hyphen |
| (\d{4,6}) | 4–6 digits, captured as group 2 |
| $ | End of string |
Matches: "AB-1234", "XYZ-99999"
Rejects: "ab-1234" (lowercase), "A-123" (too short), "AB-1234567" (too long)
```
4. **Show usage code** in the requested language:
```python
import re
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add cntwdev/hushclaw/regex-expert@sha256:a5b802a137d62ac3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260315.71f5f5b, 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_v63bfiqqr2zmp2ld)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 15, 2026.
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 (2153 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
cntwdev/hushclaw · 34 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_v63bfiqqr2zmp2ld GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cntwdev/hushclaw/regex-expert GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a5b802a137d62ac3f67e4cf8d4050b239bf72f1617d853953225f21cc59a4962
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.
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