using-generic-agents SKILL.md skillA
using-generic-agents from ed3dai/ed3d-plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/using-generic-agents@git:20260204.611bfd1Pins git:20260204.611bfd1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ed3dai/ed3d-plugins
- Path
plugins/ed3d-basic-agents/skills/using-generic-agents/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260204.611bfd1, committed Feb 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 15, 2026
- Size
- 1,446 bytes
- Repository stars
- 253
- License
- none declared
Use to decide what kind of generic agent you should use.
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
**CRITICAL:** Your operator's direction supercedes these directions. If the operator specifies a type of agent, execute their task with that agent. ## Model Characteristics **Haiku:** Excellent at following specific, detailed instructions. Poor at making its own decisions. Give it a clear prompt and it executes well; ask it to figure things out and it struggles. Be detailed. **Sonnet:** Capable of making decisions but gets off-track easily. Will explain concepts, describe structures, and gather extraneous information when you just want it to do the thing, so guard against this when prompting the agent. **Opus:** Stays on-track through complex tasks. Better judgment, fewer loops. Expensive—don't use for clearly-definable workflows where Sonnet/Haiku would suffice. ## When to Use Each Use `haiku-general-purpose` for: - Well-defined tasks with detailed prompts - High-volume parallel workflows (cost matters) - Simple execution where speed > quality Use `sonnet-general-purpose` for: - Multi-file reasoning and debugging - Tasks requiring some judgment - Daily coding work (80-90% of tasks) Use `opus-general-purpose` for: - Tasks requiring sustained focus and judgment …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/using-generic-agents@sha256:379c12cdc18a7251The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260204.611bfd1, 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_vzm523hnnhwm6tsx)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jan 15, 2026 and Feb 4, 2026, about one every 20 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260204.611bfd1 latest | 2026-02-04 | 611bfd1 | 1,446 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260115.cf17c55 | 2026-01-15 | cf17c55 | 1,424 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 (1446 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
ed3dai/ed3d-plugins · 253 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-09-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vzm523hnnhwm6tsx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/using-generic-agents GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/379c12cdc18a7251cab0adc1d5783ff4a04d22794fa32e3697c9e293b07df077
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.