writing-skills SKILL.md skillA
writing-skills from brandonfla/bearpaws is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add brandonfla/bearpaws/writing-skills@git:20260929.1297711Pins git:20260929.1297711 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- brandonfla/bearpaws
- Path
skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260929.1297711, committed Sep 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 1, 2026
- Size
- 11,759 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment.
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
<skill>
<purpose>
Writing skills IS Test-Driven Development applied to process documentation. Write pressure scenarios (tests), watch agents fail without the skill (RED), write the skill (GREEN), close loopholes (REFACTOR). If you didn't watch an agent fail without the skill, you don't know if the skill teaches the right thing.
</purpose>
<triggers>
<rule>Use when creating a new skill.</rule>
<rule>Use when editing an existing skill.</rule>
<rule>Use when verifying a skill works before deployment.</rule>
</triggers>
<warning level="hard">
NO SKILL WITHOUT A FAILING TEST FIRST. This applies to new skills AND edits. Write skill before testing? Delete it. Start over. Not for "simple additions", not for "just adding a section", not for "documentation updates."
</warning>
<rules>
<rule>**REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** You MUST understand bp:test-driven-development before using this skill.</rule>
<rule>Personal skills live in agent-specific directories (`~/.claude/skills` for Claude Code, `~/.agents/skills/` for Codex, OpenCode, Devin, and other Agent Skills agents).</rule>
</rules>
## What is a skill?
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add brandonfla/bearpaws/writing-skills@sha256:4c60f1e70cadca01The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260929.1297711, 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 1, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, about one every 38 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260929.1297711 latest | 2026-09-29 | 1297711 | 11,759 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260501.88e4ec8 | 2026-05-01 | 88e4ec8 | 11,711 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260501.3dcb621 | 2026-05-01 | 3dcb621 | 25,529 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260501.de63568 | 2026-05-01 | de63568 | 11,596 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260501.edbd873 | 2026-05-01 | edbd873 | 25,553 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 (11759 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
brandonfla/bearpaws · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yvipinjzofrzsjnw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=brandonfla/bearpaws/writing-skills GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4c60f1e70cadca019512dbbd987723b3b75df31280305e3588ce78a2ceec6274
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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