reference-hunt SKILL.md skillA

reference-hunt from namedtoaster/the-last-mile is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add namedtoaster/the-last-mile/reference-hunt@git:20261011.023ac29

Pins git:20261011.023ac29 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
namedtoaster/the-last-mile
Path
skills/reference-hunt/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261011.023ac29, committed Oct 11, 2026
Size
7,333 bytes
Repository stars
14
License
MIT

Find how real, shipped apps solve a given screen or flow, so the design starts from patterns people actually use instead of the AI's average guess. Searches Mobbin when it is connected, otherwise works from the user's own screenshots and App Store listing screenshots. Gives the 3 best patterns in chat, each linked to the real screen and marked seen or unconfirmed, and saves a dated reference card in the project. Use before designing or rebuilding a screen, or when the user asks…

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

# Reference hunt

You already know what screen or flow to build. This finds the best real versions of
it before any code is written. It is not a market survey and not a list of ideas.
The output is a few concrete patterns from real screens, and one recommendation.

## The one rule

**Only describe a screen someone has actually seen.** Seen means one of:

- a Mobbin screen or flow opened in this session,
- a screenshot the user sent,
- an App Store or Google Play listing screenshot opened in this session.

Never describe another app's UI from a blog post, a review, a help page, a teardown
article or memory. Those are often years old, and a user can lose hours hunting
for a screen that no longer looks like that. A blog post can be a lead for where to
look. It is never the evidence.

Mark every pattern **seen on a screen** or **unconfirmed**. Unconfirmed means the
idea came from somewhere other than a screen you opened; say where, and suggest how
to see it (search Mobbin for it, or ask the user to screenshot it).

## Input

One sentence on what to find. Examples: "a paywall for a monthly subscription",
"the empty state of a list before anything is added", "a streak that is about to
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add namedtoaster/the-last-mile/reference-hunt@sha256:4b8ece2a67aa73f4

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261011.023ac29, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 11, 2026.

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git:20261011.023ac29 latest2026-10-11 023ac29 7,333 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 (7333 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

namedtoaster/the-last-mile · 14 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zgxzzjoc2hwx2ysf
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=namedtoaster/the-last-mile/reference-hunt
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4b8ece2a67aa73f4365f6b7d5a740f3760bbe7ee837775a378b1cab6661d949b

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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