housekeep-backlog SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
housekeep-backlog from kensaurus/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kensaurus/skills/housekeep-backlog@git:20261009.3771283Pins git:20261009.3771283 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kensaurus/skills
- Path
skills/housekeep-backlog/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261009.3771283, committed Oct 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 20, 2026
- Size
- 6,885 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
Inventory parked work — unfinished plans, deferred phases, TODO/FIXME, skipped tests, open findings — into a living BACKLOG.md that diffs new/done/stale. Use when "what's left behind", "inventory TODOs", or "consolidate the backlog".
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
# housekeep-backlog — Living register of parked work **Degree of freedom: MIXED.** Discovery scan `[LOW freedom — run exactly]`. Classification, dedup, priority `[HIGH freedom]`. Apply-now for the **register only**. You do not implement backlog items here. Every `plan-*` skill *creates* parked work; this is the collector. **The failure mode is not making the inventory — it goes stale within a month and nobody can tell if debt is shrinking.** So this is `docs-adr` for parked work: regenerate, diff against the last run, keep stable IDs. Prefer `docs/BACKLOG.md`. Use a root `BACKLOG.md` only if the host already has one. ## This skill vs neighbors | Skill | Owns | |---|---| | **housekeep-backlog** (this) | Discover + dedup + write/diff the register | | `complete-everything` | Execute **one** approved plan to closure | | `burndown-full` | Drive **one** mechanical change to 100% | | `docs-adr` | Decision memory, not parked-work inventory | | `plan-stub-checker` | Stub/dead-UI plan (feeds this register) | | `workflow-feature-flag` | Flag debt execution | | `workflow-housekeep` | README / dead files / deps — not the backlog | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kensaurus/skills/housekeep-backlog@sha256:fd5636efa88dcaa0The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.3771283, 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 Aug 20, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, about one every 13 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261009.3771283 latest | 2026-10-09 | 3771283 | 6,885 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.68c095e | 2026-09-23 | 68c095e | 6,885 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.cf348bd | 2026-09-23 | cf348bd | 6,953 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260820.950107c | 2026-08-20 | 950107c | 6,675 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260820.16b3ab2 | 2026-08-20 | 16b3ab2 | 6,594 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 (6885 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
kensaurus/skills · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yeu7xa6ehgbvczsv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kensaurus/skills/housekeep-backlog GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fd5636efa88dcaa06ad8765e9485920cbc9303487d83d64a5d93966ae7c15980
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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