connection-finder SKILL.md skillA
connection-finder from kalyvask/winning-writing is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kalyvask/winning-writing/connection-finder@git:20260514.46dad60Pins git:20260514.46dad60 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kalyvask/winning-writing
- Path
skills/connection-finder/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260514.46dad60, committed May 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 30, 2026
- Size
- 5,636 bytes
- Repository stars
- 17
- License
- MIT
Finds specific, genuine "like you" hooks between the writer and a cold-outreach target — the bridges that turn a generic email into one that feels hand-written. Takes the recipient dossier and the writer's profile (about-me.md) and surfaces ranked angles. Use after recipient-research is done, before drafting. Triggers on "like you," "find a connection," "what do we have in common," "common ground.".
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
# Connection finder Source: `points/cold-email-rules.md` rule 5 — *"Compare yourself to the recipient — the 'like you' move."* ## Why this exists Rachel Konrad's rule 5 is the most-failed rule in the playbook. Most "like you" lines are either: - **Generic** — *"Like you, I believe AI will transform the future."* (Everyone believes that. Cut.) - **Self-diminishing** — *"Like you, but at a vastly smaller scale."* (They already know that. Cut.) - **Boastful** — *"Like you, I'm super smart and super successful."* (Backfires. Cut.) What works: **specific, genuine, slightly unexpected.** A "like you" line should reference a sensory detail from your shared origin that *cannot be sent to anyone else* — a specific cuisine you both grew up with, a specific city you both lived in for a specific year, a specific job you both did before the one you're emailing about. That's the whole point. ## What you need This skill takes two inputs: 1. **Recipient dossier** (from `recipient-research`) 2. **Writer's profile** (`context/about-me.md` or equivalent) If either is missing, run `recipient-research` first or ask the user to point you at their about-me file. ## What to look for …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kalyvask/winning-writing/connection-finder@sha256:bd95f004dd2fc48cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260514.46dad60, 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_zhdzjc5aeqghxixw)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 30, 2026 and May 14, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260514.46dad60 latest | 2026-05-14 | 46dad60 | 5,636 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260514.f5e2df1 | 2026-05-14 | f5e2df1 | 5,489 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260430.41d65aa | 2026-04-30 | 41d65aa | 5,332 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 (5636 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
kalyvask/winning-writing · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zhdzjc5aeqghxixw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kalyvask/winning-writing/connection-finder GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bd95f004dd2fc48cfbc9697455aa79add98783f25491c912276df2f6fd65bcba
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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