pythonic-code SKILL.md skillA
pythonic-code from basicmachines-co/basic-memory is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/pythonic-code@git:20260809.fbe37aaPins git:20260809.fbe37aa in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- basicmachines-co/basic-memory
- Path
.agents/skills/pythonic-code/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260809.fbe37aa, committed Aug 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 18, 2026
- Size
- 8,251 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Write, refactor, and review Python for clarity, explicit behavior, local reasoning, strong types, constructive domain modeling, and minimal abstraction. Use when creating or changing nontrivial Python, simplifying object-heavy, helper-heavy, or overly procedural code, evaluating whether code is Pythonic, or reviewing Python maintainability in Basic Memory repositories.
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
# Pythonic Code Write Python that makes domain behavior obvious to human and AI readers. Apply a WWGD lens: choose the simplest correct design that feels native to Python and is easy to verify. The preferred design method is **Constructive Domain Modeling**: define the valid values and outcomes a program can construct, then let their types carry obligations to the code that consumes them. ## Orient Before Coding 1. Read the repository's `AGENTS.md` or `CLAUDE.md` instructions. 2. Read `docs/ENGINEERING_STYLE.md` when present. 3. Read `docs/DOMAIN_MODEL.md` when the change touches domain language, ownership, identity, source-of-truth rules, or lifecycle behavior. 4. Read each target file completely before editing it. 5. Identify the supported Python version, configured tools, surrounding patterns, and behavior that must remain stable. Let local project rules override generic style advice. ## Make Decisions In This Order 1. Preserve correctness, domain invariants, and public behavior. 2. Respect repository conventions and compatibility constraints. 3. Make data flow, control flow, errors, and side effects obvious. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/pythonic-code@sha256:04c25a2f0c03e0d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260809.fbe37aa, 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 Jul 18, 2026 and Aug 9, 2026, about one every 11 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260809.fbe37aa latest | 2026-08-09 | fbe37aa | 8,251 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260718.bcd47d4 | 2026-07-18 | bcd47d4 | 5,524 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260718.58eb11a | 2026-07-18 | 58eb11a | 5,393 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 (8251 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
basicmachines-co/basic-memory · 4,501 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xxcmzntkz7m2xy44 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/pythonic-code GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/04c25a2f0c03e0d595b279b1348f5074bb55f146431d825f9258a5823e51a232
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