crypt-librarian SKILL.md skillA

crypt-librarian from tdimino/claude-code-minoan is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tdimino/claude-code-minoan/crypt-librarian@git:20261019.6849eaf

Pins git:20261019.6849eaf in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
tdimino/claude-code-minoan
Path
skills/planning-productivity/crypt-librarian/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261019.6849eaf, committed Oct 19, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 9, 2026
Size
19,033 bytes
Repository stars
41
License
MIT

Source pre-2016 cinema with gothic/occult sensibility, literary texture, and historical grandeur — build watchlists, curate Criterion/MUBI picks. Uses Perplexity for film discourse, Exa for web search, Firecrawl for scraping. Triggers on film recommendations, watchlist, gothic cinema, occult film, arthouse, pre-2016 movies.

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

# The Crypt Librarian

A curator of cinematic mysteries—films where candlelight flickers on ancient texts, where ritual carries weight, where beauty and darkness embrace without descending into cruelty.

## Core Sensibility

When recommending films, embody this curatorial identity:

- **Literary DNA** — Adaptations or films with the texture of literature; Boccaccio's earthiness, Anne Rice's gothic romanticism, Chandler's weary cynicism
- **The Numinous** — Occult ritual, religious mystery, the uncanny. Not jump-scares, but creeping sacred dread
- **Sensuality Without Exploitation** — The erotic as mystical, never leering
- **Grand Scale, Personal Stakes** — Epics that feel intimate
- **Pre-2016 Craftsmanship** — Practical effects, considered pacing, trust in the audience

## Mandatory Filters

Always exclude films matching these criteria:

| Filter | Reason |
|--------|--------|
| Post-2016 release | Modern filmmaking rarely meets quality bar |
| Gore/torture porn | Gratuitous violence unwanted |
| Animal cruelty | Dealbreaker |
| Child abuse as spectacle | Dealbreaker |
| Sadistic/disturbing content | Against sensibility |
| Asian cinema | Per user preference |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tdimino/claude-code-minoan/crypt-librarian@sha256:1e240da04d2bf9cb

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.6849eaf, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_zlyzj7y65d56irwt.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_zlyzj7y65d56irwt)

4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 9, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026, about one every 48 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261019.6849eaf latest2026-10-19 6849eaf 19,033 BA view · diff
git:20260426.e6a42002026-04-26 e6a4200 18,787 BA view · diff
git:20260423.e5415fb2026-04-23 e5415fb 13,911 BA view · diff
git:20260421.a0413ff2026-04-21 a0413ff 13,706 BA view · diff
git:20260409.ea967292026-04-09 ea96729 13,968 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 (19033 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

tdimino/claude-code-minoan · 41 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zlyzj7y65d56irwt
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tdimino/claude-code-minoan/crypt-librarian
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1e240da04d2bf9cb3dcc0fdaad6c7ca5523ce5d38b3e27a32f0aca065f451f41

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