ase-code-insight SKILL.md skillA

ase-code-insight from rse/ase is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add rse/ase/ase-code-insight@git:20260806.593dfee

Pins git:20260806.593dfee in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
rse/ase
Path
plugin/skills/ase-code-insight/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260806.593dfee, committed Aug 6, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 15, 2026
Size
3,546 bytes
Repository stars
62
License
Apache-2.0

Give insights into the source code.

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

@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md

<purpose name="ase-code-insight">
Project Insight
</purpose>

<expand name="getopt" arg1="ase-code-insight">
    $ARGUMENTS
</expand>

<objective>
Give *insights* into the project through the source code of <getopt-arguments/>.
</objective>

<flow>
1.  <step id="STEP 1: PROJECT ABSTRACT">

    <if condition="<ase-project-boxing/> is equal `black`">

    The project source artifacts are classified as a *black box*, so the
    user does *not* want them inspected or their internals surfaced.
    *Skip* the entire insight gathering: do *not* read any source, only
    output the following <template/> and then *SKIP* the remaining steps
    STEP 2 through STEP 4:

    <template>
    <ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **PROJECT INSIGHT**: *suppressed* (`project.boxing` is `black`)
    </template>

    </if>

    Determine an <abstract/> summary of this project.
    For this, check a potentially existing `README.*` file
    or scan the source files of <getopt-arguments/> and figure it out
    indirectly.

    Display the results with the following <template/>:
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add rse/ase/ase-code-insight@sha256:a7dba521205b1319

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260806.593dfee, 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 Jun 15, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026, about one every 13 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260806.593dfee latest2026-08-06 593dfee 3,546 BA view · diff
git:20260801.f1208fb2026-08-01 f1208fb 3,451 BA view · diff
git:20260704.c6a9c182026-07-04 c6a9c18 3,447 BA view · diff
git:20260704.2f9d1bd2026-07-04 2f9d1bd 2,934 BA view · diff
git:20260615.60ebefb2026-06-15 60ebefb 2,934 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3546 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

GitHub

rse/ase · 62 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ylnfks3ahv6pf6gq
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rse/ase/ase-code-insight
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a7dba521205b1319af52118e90a7456af7cd6dcd9c21ba86c291ca08b5df6dc9

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