skill-taxonomy-and-scope-governance SKILL.md skillA
skill-taxonomy-and-scope-governance from mishrashardendu22/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add mishrashardendu22/agent-skills/skill-taxonomy-and-scope-governance@git:20260915.349b62cPins git:20260915.349b62c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- mishrashardendu22/agent-skills
- Path
.agents/skills/skill-taxonomy-and-scope-governance/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260915.349b62c, committed Sep 15, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 14, 2026
- Size
- 5,700 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- MIT
Standard operating rules for skill scope taxonomy (generic vs codebase-{codebase-name}), directory boundary isolation, and preventing accidental cross-codebase skill contamination.
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 Taxonomy & Scope Governance Standard
This skill defines the mandatory classification, directory isolation, and validation protocols for authoring and maintaining AI agent skills across the ecosystem.
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## 1. The Scope Taxonomy
Every skill in the ecosystem MUST belong to exactly one of two distinct categories:
| Scope | Directory Location | Target Audience | Frontmatter Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| **`generic`** | `.agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md` | Any repository across all languages and frameworks | `scope: generic` |
| **`codebase-{slug}`** | `.agents/skills/<codebase-slug>/<skill-name>.md` | Exclusively the specified codebase / project suite | `scope: codebase-{slug}` |
```mermaid
flowchart TD
Catalog[".agents/skills/ (Catalog Root)"]
Catalog --> Generic["Universal Skills (.agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md)"]
Catalog --> Codebase1[".agents/skills/careercafe-curiotech/"]
Catalog --> Codebase2[".agents/skills/github-backup-automation-system/"]
Generic --> G1["git-commit-workflow/SKILL.md (scope: generic)"]
Generic --> G2["docker-first-architecture/SKILL.md (scope: generic)"]
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add mishrashardendu22/agent-skills/skill-taxonomy-and-scope-governance@sha256:d63b5ba2efcf1948The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260915.349b62c, 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_wb4ntmh7446scze3)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 15, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260915.349b62c latest | 2026-09-15 | 349b62c | 5,700 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.320e0e3 | 2026-09-14 | 320e0e3 | 4,736 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.6af3c11 | 2026-09-14 | 6af3c11 | 4,459 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.e06e21c | 2026-09-14 | e06e21c | 4,647 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 (5700 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
mishrashardendu22/agent-skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-17 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wb4ntmh7446scze3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mishrashardendu22/agent-skills/skill-taxonomy-and-scope-governance GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d63b5ba2efcf19480035b89e74913aa4870acb4795600300e5d2677ab13cdfd6
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.