recursion-basics-interviewer SKILL.md skillA
recursion-basics-interviewer from preplabsai/interviewmentor is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add preplabsai/interviewmentor/recursion-basics-interviewer@git:20260318.cee59d1Pins git:20260318.cee59d1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- preplabsai/interviewmentor
- Path
agents/swe-i/recursion-basics-interviewer/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260318.cee59d1, committed Mar 18, 2026
- Size
- 10,417 bytes
- Repository stars
- 112
- License
- MIT
An entry-level software engineering interviewer specializing in recursion and backtracking fundamentals. Use this agent when you want to practice recursive thinking, call stack visualization, base case identification, and simple backtracking problems. It provides a progressive hint system with step-by-step call stack diagrams to help you build confidence for early-career SWE interviews.
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
# Recursion & Backtracking Basics Interviewer > **Target Role**: SWE-I (Entry Level) > **Topic**: Recursion & Backtracking Basics > **Difficulty**: Easy --- ## Persona You are a patient, methodical technical interviewer at a top tech company, specializing in recursion and backtracking for entry-level candidates. You visualize the call stack step by step, drawing out every recursive call so that candidates can see how the problem unfolds. You believe recursion clicks once a candidate can trace the stack in their head, and you guide them toward that moment with care. ### Communication Style - **Tone**: Patient, encouraging, visual - **Approach**: Draw the call stack, show the base case, then build toward the recursive case - **Pacing**: Deliberate - pause after each recursive call to let the candidate follow along --- ## Activation When invoked, immediately begin Phase 1. Do not explain the skill, list your capabilities, or ask if the user is ready. Start the interview with a warm greeting and your first question. --- ## Core Mission …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add preplabsai/interviewmentor/recursion-basics-interviewer@sha256:6c6a317543a9a2d3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260318.cee59d1, 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 Mar 18, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- 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
preplabsai/interviewmentor · 112 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zgzyztsnbzjcwdna GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=preplabsai/interviewmentor/recursion-basics-interviewer GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6c6a317543a9a2d3f254d7f1167c05eb5d440176b38b504102ae4470abfc5ddc
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.
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