kanso-prompting SKILL.md skillA
kanso-prompting from blakecyze/kanso is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add blakecyze/kanso/kanso-prompting@git:20260707.acb2268Pins git:20260707.acb2268 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- blakecyze/kanso
- Path
skills/kanso-prompting/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260707.acb2268, committed Jul 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 25, 2026
- Size
- 7,283 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
Use when rewriting, sharpening, or producing a prompt for Claude or another current frontier model. Sets standing rules for getting better LLM output through better prompts. Loaded by /kanso-task; not directly invoked by the user.
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
# kanso-prompting Standing rules for prompting current frontier models. These principles apply to any prompt this session produces, including prompts being constructed on the user's behalf. The single governing principle: **a prompt earns its length the same way code does**. Every clause must do work. Specificity beats verbosity; clarity beats cleverness; structure beats hope. ## The prompting taxonomy ### 1. Lead with the desired outcome State what the model should produce, in what shape, for what audience, before any context. Don't bury the ask under preamble. Bad: `I've been working on this codebase for a while and I noticed that the auth module has some issues, particularly around session handling, and I was wondering if maybe you could take a look...` Good: `Audit src/auth/session.ts for race conditions in session creation. Report findings as a numbered list with file:line references.` ### 2. Explain the *why*, not just the *what* Reasons let the model generalise correctly to cases you didn't spell out. Without the why, it follows the letter and misses the spirit. Bad: `Never use ellipses.` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add blakecyze/kanso/kanso-prompting@sha256:95b6134f7708f285The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260707.acb2268, 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_xbws6m32cyd3xonb)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 25, 2026 and Jul 7, 2026, about one every 43 days.
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| git:20260707.acb2268 latest | 2026-07-07 | acb2268 | 7,283 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260525.62d13bc | 2026-05-25 | 62d13bc | 7,003 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 (7283 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
blakecyze/kanso · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xbws6m32cyd3xonb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=blakecyze/kanso/kanso-prompting GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/95b6134f7708f285d9c605e9b84d7b2d951685ea23f8809c755fd03a2c43c13d
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.