work-unit-commits SKILL.md skillA
work-unit-commits from gentleman-programming/gentle-ai is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gentleman-programming/gentle-ai/work-unit-commits@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gentleman-programming/gentle-ai
- Path
skills/work-unit-commits/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Sep 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 2, 2026
- Size
- 4,547 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8,364
- License
- MIT
Plan commits as reviewable work units. Trigger: implementation, commit splitting, chained PRs, or keeping tests and docs with code.
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
## When to Use Load this skill when deciding what belongs in each commit or PR. Use it for: - Splitting a feature into reviewable work. - Preparing commits before opening a PR. - Turning a large change into chained or stacked PRs. - Keeping reviewer cognitive load healthy. - Applying SDD tasks without accidentally producing a PR above 400 changed lines. ## Critical Rules | Rule | Requirement | |------|-------------| | Commit by work unit | A commit represents a deliverable behavior, fix, migration, or docs unit. | | Do not commit by file type | Avoid `models`, then `services`, then `tests` if none works alone. | | Keep tests with code | Tests belong in the same commit as the behavior they verify. | | Keep docs with the user-visible change | Docs belong with the feature or workflow they explain. | | Tell a story | A reviewer should understand why each commit exists from its diff and message. | | Future PR-ready | Each commit should be a candidate chained PR when the change grows. | | SDD workload guard | If SDD tasks forecast a >400-line change, group commits into chained PR slices before implementation. | ## Work Unit Checklist Before committing, confirm: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gentleman-programming/gentle-ai/work-unit-commits@sha256:6266dc2f0c6f5c23The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, 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 6 versions of this file, between May 2, 2026 and Sep 24, 2026, about one every 29 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0 latest | 2026-09-24 | e219644 | 4,547 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-07-10 | 6bd914f | 4,099 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-07 | 71d7bd9 | 3,190 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-02 | 126d430 | 3,299 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-02 | 556a288 | 3,194 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-02 | b43713e | 2,486 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 (4547 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
gentleman-programming/gentle-ai · 8,364 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_woipb77rodsi6wcb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gentleman-programming/gentle-ai/work-unit-commits GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6266dc2f0c6f5c231b8a52f7747df2cd46142590252ca75767be85767e9c4eb9
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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.
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