experimental-features SKILL.md skillA

experimental-features from block/berd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add block/berd/experimental-features@git:20260901.40ef23b

Pins git:20260901.40ef23b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
block/berd
Path
.agents/skills/experimental-features/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260901.40ef23b, committed Sep 1, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 12, 2026
Size
6,085 bytes
Repository stars
988
License
Apache-2.0

Use when adding, reviewing, configuring, graduating, or removing Berd experiments.

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

# Experimental Features

Use experiments for opt-in, user-local in-progress Berd UI or workflow behavior.
Do not use experiments for secrets, credentials, backend authority, packaged
policy, or app state that should survive graduation as a normal preference.

## When To Use Experiments

- An individual user opts into unstable UI or workflow behavior.
- Stable behavior can remain the default path.
- Config is small, non-sensitive, typed, and user-editable.
- The feature can be graduated or removed later.

## When To Use `distro.json`

Use `distro.json` for packaged build policy and startup defaults, especially
when the Tauri shell or sidecar needs bundled resources/config.

Good distro fits include `providerAllowlist`, `kgoose`,
`featureToggles.costTracking`, bundled `config.yaml`, `bin/`, `skills/`, and
`agents/`.

Do not use `distro.json` for normal app state, user preferences, dynamic runtime
switches, ACP-backed data, or per-user experiments.

## Registry Shape

Add experiments only in
`src/features/experiments/experimentDefinitions.ts`.

Each definition needs:

- `id`: stable kebab-case string
- `titleKey` and `descriptionKey`: settings i18n keys
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add block/berd/experimental-features@sha256:615fb486b3e0975d

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260901.40ef23b, 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 2 versions of this file, between Aug 12, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026, about one every 19 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260901.40ef23b latest2026-09-01 40ef23b 6,085 BA view · diff
git:20260812.9b88cac2026-08-12 9b88cac 5,274 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 (6085 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

block/berd · 988 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wqbsl4jc7aucnm7p
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=block/berd/experimental-features
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/615fb486b3e0975d9fada7d0654fac0bdf1dcef4454a42ecf88452625d0c666b

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