iso-24495-code SKILL.md skillA
iso-24495-code from gazmagik/iso-24495 is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gazmagik/iso-24495/iso-24495-code@v0.7.0Pins v0.7.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gazmagik/iso-24495
- Path
skills/iso-24495-code/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- v0.7.0, committed Sep 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 21, 2026
- Size
- 6,453 bytes
- Repository stars
- 207
- License
- MIT
Plain language applied to source code (ISO 24495-1:2023 principles). Governs the parts of code a person reads: the order units appear in, their names, comments, and error messages. Applied when writing or restructuring code, not when explaining it.
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
# Plain language in code Extends ISO 24495-1 to source code. Code is read far more often than it is written, so the person reading it is the reader the standard is about. **Scope**. This skill governs what a reader reads: the order units appear in, what they are called, what the comments say, and what an error tells the person who hits it. It does not govern correctness, performance, or system design. It does govern local organisation, in rules 1 and 2, because where a unit sits and how far it reaches decide what a reader must hold in their head. For maintainability weaknesses such as complexity and dead code, use a code quality skill built on ISO/IEC 5055. **This is an interpretation of ISO 24495-1 applied by analogy, not a conformance claim.** ## The four principles, in code | Principle | In prose | In code | |---|---|---| | Findable | The reader can find what they need | The public entry point appears first | | Understandable | The reader understands it | Names say what the thing is, in the reader's words | | Relevant | The reader gets what they need | A comment says why; interface documentation says what | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gazmagik/iso-24495/iso-24495-code@sha256:8bf823e0e517362dThe line at the top of this page pins the label v0.7.0, 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_vof2dffkrsmd5ivd)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Aug 21, 2026 and Sep 20, 2026, about one every 5 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.7.0 latest | 2026-09-20 | 7dec2ae | 6,453 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.7.0 | 2026-09-14 | 3d277fc | 6,467 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.7.0 | 2026-09-14 | b97b2eb | 6,412 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.7.0 | 2026-09-06 | a1c9a48 | 6,037 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.6.2 | 2026-08-27 | 9ae69e6 | 6,037 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.6.1 | 2026-08-22 | 221f511 | 6,037 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.6.0 | 2026-08-21 | ec3b100 | 6,035 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 (6453 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
gazmagik/iso-24495 · 207 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vof2dffkrsmd5ivd GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gazmagik/iso-24495/iso-24495-code GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8bf823e0e517362da45cc57e6340f94cc4e4dbab08b8059b7788133c3389b127
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