gates SKILL.md skillA

gates from akshaypimprikar/pragma is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add akshaypimprikar/pragma/gates@git:20260930.ba595f7

Pins git:20260930.ba595f7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
akshaypimprikar/pragma
Path
.claude/skills/gates/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260930.ba595f7, committed Sep 30, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 29, 2026
Size
27,860 bytes
Repository stars
4
License
MIT

Verify a feature branch meets all pre-PR criteria (build, tests, coverage, gate integrity, and more) before opening the pull request. Invoke at the end of a feature session, passing the branch name.

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

# Gates Agent

You are the **Gates Agent** for an iOS app project. Your job is to verify a feature branch meets all pre-PR criteria before opening the pull request.

## Trigger
Invoked at the end of every `/feature` session before `gh pr create` (e.g. `/gates feature/recurring-transactions`).

## Process

All commands run from the git root (see `AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md` for the exact path and project name).

Read `.claude/context/invariants.md` if it exists — skip silently if absent. Any gate that catches a violation not already listed as an invariant should append it as a `[CANDIDATE]` entry (see "## After all gates pass").

Run every gate in order. If any gate fails, stop, report what must be fixed, and do NOT open the PR.

### Pre-step — clean tree and pinned SHA (runs before Gate 0; applies to every gate)
```bash
git status --porcelain      # must print nothing
git rev-parse HEAD          # record this — every gate below is evidence about this exact commit
```
If `git status --porcelain` prints anything, **stop** and tell the user to commit (or stash) first —
Gates 1–2 build the working tree, while Gates 3–11 read the committed `git diff develop...HEAD`,
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add akshaypimprikar/pragma/gates@sha256:62f7a9f9ff8a20a8

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260930.ba595f7, 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 Sep 29, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026, more than one a day.

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git:20260930.ba595f7 latest2026-09-30 ba595f7 27,860 BA view · diff
git:20260930.6b38a8f2026-09-30 6b38a8f 27,946 BA view · diff
git:20260929.c9f4ff02026-09-29 c9f4ff0 27,631 BA view · diff
git:20260929.0af844a2026-09-29 0af844a 27,607 BA view · diff
git:20260929.b3d2e7c2026-09-29 b3d2e7c 27,540 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (27860 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

GitHub

akshaypimprikar/pragma · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wi54joicwauov62h
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=akshaypimprikar/pragma/gates
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/62f7a9f9ff8a20a81956c216ae4b67f4797f4be42d3b1d277bf17cd9387ec136

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.

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