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nodejs-best-practices from higoralves/orc is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add higoralves/orc/nodejs-best-practices@git:20261020.7a1f356

Pins git:20261020.7a1f356 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: higoralves/orc
Path: orc/skills/nodejs-best-practices/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20261020.7a1f356, committed Oct 20, 2026
First version recorded: May 4, 2026
Size: 2,643 bytes
Repository stars: 7
License: MIT

Node.js development principles and decision-making. Framework selection, async patterns, security, and architecture. Teaches thinking, not copying.

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

# Node.js Best Practices

> Principles and decision-making for Node.js development in 2025.
> **Learn to THINK, not memorize code patterns.**

## When to Use
Use this skill when making Node.js architecture decisions, choosing frameworks, designing async patterns, or applying security and deployment best practices.

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## ⚠️ How to Use This Skill

This skill teaches **decision-making principles**, not fixed code to copy.

- ASK user for preferences when unclear
- Choose framework/pattern based on CONTEXT
- Don't default to same solution every time

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## Principles by topic

Read the file for the decision at hand; each holds the original numbered sections.

- Choosing a framework, runtime, or module system → [FRAMEWORK-AND-RUNTIME.md](references/FRAMEWORK-AND-RUNTIME.md) (§1–2)
- Layering, error handling, async patterns → [ARCHITECTURE-ERRORS-ASYNC.md](references/ARCHITECTURE-ERRORS-ASYNC.md) (§3–5)
- Validation, security, testing → [VALIDATION-SECURITY-TESTING.md](references/VALIDATION-SECURITY-TESTING.md) (§6–8)

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## 10. Anti-Patterns to Avoid

### ❌ DON'T:
- Use Express for new edge projects (use Hono)
- Use sync methods in production code
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add higoralves/orc/nodejs-best-practices@sha256:a9280c9a2ce686be

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.7a1f356, 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

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 4, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 169 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261020.7a1f356 latest	2026-10-20	7a1f356	2,643 B	A	view · diff
git:20260504.d9ce952	2026-05-04	d9ce952	8,773 B	A	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 (2643 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
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Source

GitHub

higoralves/orc · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zm3qhxvs2owusuiw
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=higoralves/orc/nodejs-best-practices
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a9280c9a2ce686bef4d9c5e2c7902cb7a4134c9896a0fe40cb0907cf6996f951

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