return-path-gate SKILL.md skillA
return-path-gate from chrono-meta/forge-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add chrono-meta/forge-harness/return-path-gate@git:20260811.52c0a42Pins git:20260811.52c0a42 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- chrono-meta/forge-harness
- Path
plugins/fh-meta/skills/return-path-gate/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260811.52c0a42, committed Aug 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 31, 2026
- Size
- 13,880 bytes
- Repository stars
- 31
- License
- MIT
Audits SKILL.md files in plugins/ for return-path gate compliance. Detects fire-and-forget chains where a caller dispatches a downstream skill but does not gate its next step on the callee's verdict. Reports each chain as CLOSED or OPEN and outputs specific fix suggestions. Triggered by "chain audit", "return-path check", "fire-and-forget detection", "chain closure audit", "skill chain compliance".
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
# return-path-gate — Skill Chain Closure Audit A skill chain is CLOSED when the callee's verdict folds back into the caller's decision logic. A chain is OPEN (fire-and-forget) when the caller dispatches a downstream skill but proceeds independently of the result. This skill audits `§Chains` and `§Done When` sections across SKILL.md files to detect OPEN chains and prescribe specific closures. ## Role Separation from harness-doctor | Dimension | harness-doctor | return-path-gate | |---|---|---| | **What it checks** | Structural completeness (files, references, line counts, drift) | Chain closure compliance (caller/callee verdict handoff) | | **Core question** | "Are the required harness files present and consistent?" | "Does the caller wait for the callee's verdict?" | | **Failure mode detected** | Missing CLAUDE.md, broken refs, complexity drift | Fire-and-forget chains, unverified CONDITIONAL_PASS conditions | | **Output** | L1–L5 structural health report | CLOSED/OPEN chain table with fix prescriptions | --- ## Trigger Phrases | Phrase | Situation | |---|---| | "chain audit", "chain closure audit" | Full scan of all skill chains in plugins/ | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add chrono-meta/forge-harness/return-path-gate@sha256:c7d8af4eb22c4c23The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260811.52c0a42, 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 3 versions of this file, between May 31, 2026 and Aug 11, 2026, about one every 36 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260811.52c0a42 latest | 2026-08-11 | 52c0a42 | 13,880 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260606.74d2e69 | 2026-06-06 | 74d2e69 | 11,728 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260531.2269faf | 2026-05-31 | 2269faf | 11,744 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 (13880 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
chrono-meta/forge-harness · 31 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wpkxpvo4spwvc53e GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chrono-meta/forge-harness/return-path-gate GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c7d8af4eb22c4c2362eb7a3e482b771419f4582a5f5fe0ec74734a4c0ee85934
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.