incremental-implementation SKILL.md skillA
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incremental-implementation from addyosmani/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add addyosmani/agent-skills/incremental-implementation@git:20260907.cda4542Pins git:20260907.cda4542 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- addyosmani/agent-skills
- Path
skills/incremental-implementation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260907.cda4542, committed Sep 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 7, 2026
- Size
- 9,629 bytes
- Repository stars
- 112,362
- License
- MIT
Delivers changes incrementally in thin, verifiable slices. Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file, or when picking up the next task from a plan. Use when rolling a change out behind a feature flag, when you're about to write a large amount of code at once, or when a task feels too big to land in one step.
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
# Incremental Implementation ## Overview Build in thin vertical slices — implement one piece, test it, verify it, then expand. Avoid implementing an entire feature in one pass. Each increment should leave the system in a working, testable state. This is the execution discipline that makes large features manageable. ## When to Use - Implementing any multi-file change - Building a new feature from a task breakdown - Refactoring existing code - Any time you're tempted to write more than ~100 lines before testing **When NOT to use:** Single-file, single-function changes where the scope is already minimal. ## The Increment Cycle ``` ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Implement ──→ Test ──→ Verify ──┐ │ │ ▲ │ │ │ └───── Commit ◄─────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ ▼ │ │ Next slice │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` For each slice: 1. **Implement** the smallest complete piece of functionality …
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How to install
mdr add addyosmani/agent-skills/incremental-implementation@sha256:df66536610071727The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260907.cda4542, 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 5 versions of this file, between May 7, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026, about one every 31 days.
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| git:20260907.cda4542 latest | 2026-09-07 | cda4542 | 9,629 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260807.91d4d07 | 2026-08-07 | 91d4d07 | 9,507 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260722.45ccfb6 | 2026-07-22 | 45ccfb6 | 9,501 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260623.8bc1094 | 2026-06-23 | 8bc1094 | 9,249 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.b765343 | 2026-05-07 | b765343 | 8,993 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 (9629 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
addyosmani/agent-skills · 112,362 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_y2kn6edigujpo2g3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=addyosmani/agent-skills/incremental-implementation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/df66536610071727feae1ca95f3c391c248ad828041750ccd3699cce763aa00b
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