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This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 3 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

cercano-init from cercano-ai/cercano is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add cercano-ai/cercano/cercano-init@git:20261023.295d5be

Pins git:20261023.295d5be in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: cercano-ai/cercano
Path: .agents/skills/cercano-init/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20261023.295d5be, committed Oct 23, 2026
First version recorded: Mar 24, 2026
Size: 2,556 bytes
Repository stars: 11
License: Apache-2.0

Initialize Cercano for a project by scanning the repo and building a context file. Makes all Cercano tools project-aware with domain-specific knowledge. Run this once per project for project-aware responses.

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

# Cercano Init

Initialize Cercano for the current project. Scans the repo, feeds key files through the configured model, and writes `.cercano/context.md` — a concise reference document that gets automatically prepended to context-aware calls that supply this project directory.

## Routing and data handling

Saved task routing and redirects determine local or cloud execution. Tool names
do not enforce locality, privacy, cost, or latency. Verify the selected destination
before supplying sensitive input; web research also contacts external search and
page servers. Model output and confidence are not independent verification.

## MCP Tool

**Tool name:** `cercano_init`

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `project_dir` | string | Yes | The project root directory (where `.git/` lives). |
| `context` | string | No | Domain knowledge you already have about this project. **IMPORTANT: Only provide knowledge you already have. Do NOT read files or research the project to populate this field.** Cercano will scan the repo itself. If you don't have context yet, omit this parameter entirely. |

## What It Does
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add cercano-ai/cercano/cercano-init@sha256:e9132b53e71c7733

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.295d5be, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_wvk3hsj325fyevoi.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_wvk3hsj325fyevoi)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Mar 24, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026, about one every 213 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261023.295d5be latest	2026-10-23	295d5be	2,556 B	A	view · diff
git:20260324.925b212	2026-03-24	925b212	2,181 B	A	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 (2556 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

cercano-ai/cercano · 11 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wvk3hsj325fyevoi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cercano-ai/cercano/cercano-init
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e9132b53e71c77336d31c6d1a87050e388749beb5a555709cabc83302cd4afcf

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.

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