zero-dof SKILL.md skillA
zero-dof from lu1sdv/skillsmd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add lu1sdv/skillsmd/zero-dof@git:20260329.9b9e6a0Pins git:20260329.9b9e6a0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- lu1sdv/skillsmd
- Path
zero-dof/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260329.9b9e6a0, committed Mar 29, 2026
- Size
- 15,285 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2
- License
- none declared
Use when directing LLM coding agents on substantial development tasks — establishing executable oracles, designing agent playbooks, constraining agent output quality, or preventing metric gaming. Also use when LLM-generated code has recurring quality or architecture issues that need systematic correction. Triggers: zero dof, zero degrees of freedom, executable oracle, constrain agent, agent quality, LLM coding constraints, playbook design, oracle pipeline.
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
# Zero-DOF Programming Eliminate the freedom to do the job badly. Every measurable dimension of code quality gets an **executable oracle** — an automated tool that programmatically validates output. Dimensions without oracles get **human oversight checkpoints**. No dimension is left to LLM judgment alone. > Based on John Regehr's [Zero-Degree-of-Freedom LLM Coding](https://john.regehr.org/writing/zero_dof_programming.html). ## Quick Reference | Aspect | Detail | |--------|--------| | Purpose | Constrain LLM coding output through automated validation | | Core concept | Executable oracles — tools that programmatically validate code | | Key insight | Opposing oracles create the tightest constraints | | Playbook rule | Linear mandatory steps — no discretion, no shortcuts | | Gaming defense | Multiple opposing goals make gaming difficult or impossible | | Human zones | Architecture, unnecessary complexity, GUI polish, security | ## When to Use - Substantial feature work where correctness matters - Setting up a project for LLM-assisted development - LLM-generated code has recurring quality issues - Establishing automated validation for agent workflows …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add lu1sdv/skillsmd/zero-dof@sha256:d5dc6eb8c5394dbeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260329.9b9e6a0, 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_zaycsrq6ftjcurx3)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 29, 2026.
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 (15285 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
lu1sdv/skillsmd · 2 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zaycsrq6ftjcurx3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lu1sdv/skillsmd/zero-dof GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d5dc6eb8c5394dbef877e2562108b6ba549728797d409eaf27119150ea56744b
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.