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AGENTS.md from tmusser/ai-engineering-skills is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/AGENTS.md@git:20260723.bcffaf4

Pins git:20260723.bcffaf4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
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Kind
AGENTS.md file
Repository
tmusser/ai-engineering-skills
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260723.bcffaf4, committed Jul 23, 2026
First version recorded
May 13, 2026
Size
1,985 bytes
Repository stars
6
License
MIT

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

# Agent Instructions

This repo is mostly Markdown process artifacts plus small standard-library Python scripts.

Preserve concise, actionable wording.

Do not add unnecessary framework complexity.

Do not copy from external skill repos.

Keep each skill self-contained.

When editing a skill, update related templates if needed.

## Route-first context loading

Resolve the task route before loading workflow guidance.

- Load only the selected skills and directly relevant current-state or project files by default.
- Do not preload the full skill pack merely because it is installed.
- Expand context when the task spans routes, a compatibility seam requires it, or verification exposes missing context.
- Searches and reads remain allowed unless explicitly forbidden. This rule limits the default working set, not discovery.
- Treat current project state as more authoritative than templates and examples.

See `docs/context-isolation.md` for the full loading and expansion rules.

Run validation after changes:

```bash
python -m py_compile scripts/validate_repo.py
python -m py_compile scripts/install_claude_code.py
python scripts/validate_repo.py
```

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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/AGENTS.md@sha256:7352f1b049c78e6c

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260723.bcffaf4, 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 13, 2026 and Jul 23, 2026, about one every 18 days.

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Source

GitHub

tmusser/ai-engineering-skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yfo63imuh6hytizq
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tmusser/ai-engineering-skills/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7352f1b049c78e6c126c945512f9efb78a89c6108c1082316c7bae384e2a8a7f

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.

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