write-docs SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

write-docs from dzhng/duet-agent is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add dzhng/duet-agent/write-docs@git:20260717.934babf

Pins git:20260717.934babf in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
dzhng/duet-agent
Path
.agents/skills/write-docs/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260717.934babf, committed Jul 17, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 8, 2026
Size
3,739 bytes
Repository stars
50
License
Apache-2.0

Write and edit project docs (README/markdown) as a glossary of principles, not a mirror of the code. Use when creating or revising a README; when a doc enumerates exact scenes, scenarios, helpers, class ids, file lists, or command/flag matrices the code already holds; when trimming narrative or changelog out of a doc; or when deduplicating overlapping docs and wiring a root doc to its sub-docs.

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

# Write Docs

A doc is a **glossary**: it names the moving parts, says why each exists, and
carries the principles a reader can't derive by grepping. The code is the source
of truth for *what exists right now* — the doc must never race it. Before writing
any line, ask the one question that governs this skill: **could the reader get
this faster and more reliably by reading the code?** If yes, point them at the
code instead of copying it in.

## Keep vs shed

Keep — a reader cannot grep their way to these:

- The WHY: why a thing exists, the principle behind a split, the taxonomy file
  names don't reveal.
- Non-obvious discoveries: platform quirks, "if you remove this, X breaks
  because Y", a contract two files silently share.
- Pointers to where things live, and what KIND of thing lives there plus the
  rule for what belongs.

Shed — the code or its git history already holds these, so a copy only rots:

- Exact rosters: scene names, scenario tables, helper lists, class ids, file
  lists, command/flag matrices.
- Narrative and changelog: "we renamed X", "the old Y was removed as a dup",
  what was tried and abandoned.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add dzhng/duet-agent/write-docs@sha256:522d8171a7067b20

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260717.934babf, 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 2 versions of this file, between Jul 8, 2026 and Jul 17, 2026, about one every 9 days.

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git:20260717.934babf latest2026-07-17 934babf 3,739 BA view · diff
git:20260708.f6fb4c42026-07-08 f6fb4c4 3,739 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 (3739 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

dzhng/duet-agent · 50 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zr5djxcrs6dwtfup
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dzhng/duet-agent/write-docs
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/522d8171a7067b20880b17f389009d7aaa8d38ec4ffdc46af9ae4147e5353eb7

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