knowledge-bootstrap SKILL.md skillA
knowledge-bootstrap from ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst/knowledge-bootstrap@git:20260930.0a47c0bPins git:20260930.0a47c0b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst
- Path
.claude/skills/knowledge-bootstrap/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260930.0a47c0b, committed Sep 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 27, 2026
- Size
- 13,684 bytes
- Repository stars
- 322
- License
- MIT
Initialize session context, resolve the active dataset and context source, load resident instructions, and inventory the context available for question-specific selection. Run at the start of every session and again after /connect-data or /switch-dataset. Handles missing files gracefully, so running it when unsure is harmless.
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
# Skill: Knowledge Bootstrap ## Purpose Initialize the knowledge subsystems for a new session. Resolve the active context source, load the small resident layer, and inventory the selected and compiled context that can be supplied after the user asks a question. ## When to Use - At the start of any session - After `/connect-data` or `/switch-dataset` - When the system detects missing or stale knowledge files ## Instructions Load each subsystem in order. An absent optional file can be reported as "not yet populated." A configured context source that is missing, invalid or inaccessible is different: report the problem and repair the connection before relying on its business definitions. Do not silently substitute local context. ### Step 1: Setup State Read `.knowledge/setup-state.yaml`. - Parse `setup_complete` and count phases with `status: "complete"`. - If `setup_complete: false`, note incomplete phases to offer `/setup`. - **If missing:** Note "Setup: not initialized -- offer /setup". ### Step 2: Active Dataset Read `.knowledge/active.yaml`. - If `active_dataset` is null or missing, note "No active dataset" and continue. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst/knowledge-bootstrap@sha256:8f92eb8e0ec8ddffThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260930.0a47c0b, 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, between Aug 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026, about one every 8 days.
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| git:20260930.0a47c0b latest | 2026-09-30 | 0a47c0b | 13,684 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260928.866f6f8 | 2026-09-28 | 866f6f8 | 13,261 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260910.c4b91ef | 2026-09-10 | c4b91ef | 12,189 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.b370de6 | 2026-09-02 | b370de6 | 12,278 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260827.7ff2e25 | 2026-08-27 | 7ff2e25 | 13,455 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (13684 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
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
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Source
ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst · 322 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vxmnxo3vfozywyec GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst/knowledge-bootstrap GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8f92eb8e0ec8ddffa56965e5eb8259f579a242d117693a71d69a0ddf617a434b
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