nw-ab-agent-template SKILL.md skillA
nw-ab-agent-template from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ab-agent-template@git:20261102.c67d57bPins git:20261102.c67d57b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nwave-ai/nwave
- Path
nWave/skills/nw-ab-agent-template/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261102.c67d57b, committed Nov 2, 2026
- Size
- 2,669 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
KNOWLEDGE — the canonical agent-spec template (frontmatter + body skeleton). Reference loaded by the create/migrate procedures; no sequence.
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
# nw-ab-agent-template (KNOWLEDGE)
**Kind**: KNOWLEDGE (reference). Loaded by `nw-ab-create-agent` (CREATE phase) and `nw-ab-migrate-monolith` (EXTRACT phase). No forced sequence — it is the skeleton the procedure fills.
```markdown
---
name: {kebab-case-id}
description: Use for {domain}. {When to delegate — one sentence.}
model: inherit
tools: [{only tools this agent needs}]
maxTurns: 40
skills:
- nw-{skill-needed-on-every-task}
---
# {agent-name}
You are {Name}, a {role} specializing in {domain}.
Goal: {measurable success criteria in one sentence}.
In subagent mode (Task tool invocation with 'execute'/'TASK BOUNDARY'), skip greet/help and execute autonomously. Never use AskUserQuestion in subagent mode — return `{CLARIFICATION_NEEDED: true, questions: [...]}` instead.
## Core Principles
These {N} principles diverge from defaults — they define your specific methodology:
1. {Principle}: {brief rationale}
2. {Principle}: {brief rationale}
3. {Principle}: {brief rationale}
## Reasoning Mandate (Caveman)
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ab-agent-template@sha256:c520ec1248e111dfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.c67d57b, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Nov 2, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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Source
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_whbrwjrn7p6tazjs GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ab-agent-template GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c520ec1248e111dfdf115368368dc2944fbb42a3cea76589888822a22003f678
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.