gentle-ai-skill-improver 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.
gentle-ai-skill-improver from gentleman-programming/gentle-shell is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gentleman-programming/gentle-shell/gentle-ai-skill-improver@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gentleman-programming/gentle-shell
- Path
skills/skill-improver/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Jul 8, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 17, 2026
- Size
- 2,654 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2,084
- License
- MIT
Trigger: improve skills, audit skills, refactor skills, skill quality. Audit and upgrade existing LLM-first skills.
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
## Activation Contract Use this skill when auditing, refactoring, normalizing, or improving existing `SKILL.md` files. Use `gentle-ai-skill-creator` when creating a brand-new skill from a reusable pattern. ## Hard Rules - Read `docs/skill-style-guide.md` first and treat it as the normative style contract. - Treat `SKILL.md` as the source of truth; preserve author intent, critical rules, activation semantics, and output requirements. - Use `.atl/skill-registry.md` as an index of skill names, triggers, scopes, and exact paths when available. - Default to audit-only. Modify files only when the user explicitly asks to apply improvements. - Never delete meaningful content silently; move long explanation, examples, templates, or schemas into local `references/` or `assets/`. - Do not invent triggers, policies, or domain rules. Mark ambiguous cases for human review. ## Decision Gates | Situation | Action | | --- | --- | | Missing or invalid frontmatter | Fix `name`, quoted one-line `description`, `license`, and `metadata` | | Skill reads like tutorial docs | Convert to runtime instructions and move background to `references/` | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gentleman-programming/gentle-shell/gentle-ai-skill-improver@sha256:83d41f4e3f5397e6The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ytf3y2povmixzcse)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 17, 2026 and Jul 8, 2026, about one every 21 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0 latest | 2026-07-08 | 788ea60 | 2,654 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-06-17 | 7741f72 | 2,634 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 (2654 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
gentleman-programming/gentle-shell · 2,084 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ytf3y2povmixzcse GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gentleman-programming/gentle-shell/gentle-ai-skill-improver GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/83d41f4e3f5397e6916cdc8eb3773de142e5213753480fb95f289b50dc1a391c
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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