narrative-architect SKILL.md skillB
narrative-architect from gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns/narrative-architect@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns
- Path
.agents/skills/communications/narrative-architect/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Jul 28, 2026
- Size
- 3,674 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- CC0-1.0
Turn an artifact brief into an information hierarchy and argument sequence — the order in which points are made and how they build to the core message — before any visual design or rendering.
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
# Skill: Narrative Architect ## Summary Given an [`artifact-brief`](../artifact-brief/SKILL.md), decide the **information hierarchy** (what's primary vs supporting) and the **argument sequence** (the order that builds to the core message). Output a storyboard the visual and rendering skills follow — so the artifact leads with the point, not with background. ## When to Use - You have a brief and need the structure before visuals or slides exist. - An artifact feels like a data dump with no through-line. ## When NOT to Use - The brief doesn't exist yet (run `artifact-brief` first). - You're choosing colors/layout (that's `visual-direction`). ## Prerequisites - A completed artifact brief (audience, action, core message, evidence). ## Procedure 1. **Lead with the core message.** The first beat states the takeaway; do not bury it after setup. 2. **Order the evidence** to build the argument — strongest support first for a skeptical audience, or problem→solution→proof for a narrative one. 3. **Assign hierarchy** — mark each beat primary (must land) or supporting (cut first if space runs out). 4. **Map beats to the output profile** — a one-pager gets ~3–5 beats; a slide …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns/narrative-architect@sha256:3ceb9ea5aa0067a7The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_x6fzcf4nkcnjkamo)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 28, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3674 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
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns · 16 stars · license CC0-1.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_x6fzcf4nkcnjkamo GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gsa-tts/agentic-coding-patterns/narrative-architect GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3ceb9ea5aa0067a765e8b61677c1402e84d3bfed22b5050f12388c30c47dc077
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