os-control-signing-setup SKILL.md skillA

os-control-signing-setup from richfrem/agent-plugins-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add richfrem/agent-plugins-skills/os-control-signing-setup@git:20261015.fe76d7e

Pins git:20261015.fe76d7e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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Repository
richfrem/agent-plugins-skills
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plugins/agent-agentic-os/skills/os-control-signing-setup/SKILL.md
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git:20261015.fe76d7e, committed Oct 15, 2026
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License
MIT

Guide a human through creating the SSH signing key that authorizes the human approval gates (plan approval, code acceptance, closure): passphrase-protected key or FIDO hardware key, the allowed_signers files, the isolation status, and the interactive signing self-test, on macOS or Windows. Trigger with "set up my approval key", "create the ssh signing key", "set up signing identity", "HUMAN_PROOF_REQUIRED", "test my signing key". Never used to record decisions or advance tasks.

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

# OS Signing Setup (`os-control-signing-setup`)

Guides human operators through creating and verifying passphrase-protected or FIDO hardware SSH signing keys required for cryptographic approval gates (`APPROVED`, `VERIFY_EXIT`, `DONE`).

## Contents

- [Critical Constraints](#critical-constraints)
- [Quick start](#quick-start)
- [Workflow](#workflow)
- [Verification](#verification)
- [References](#references)

## Critical Constraints

1. **Never Run Setup Autonomously**: Key creation and self-tests require interactive human terminal prompts; agents must never run them directly.
2. **Never Touch Private Keys**: Never create, read, copy, or move private keys, and never edit `allowed_signers*`.
3. **No Automated Approvals**: Never pipe passphrases or fabricate signatures; signatures are proof of actual human presence.

## Quick start

Check signing status and key readiness:

```bash
python3 scripts/setup_ciba_identity.py --check
```

## Workflow

1. **Check Status**: Run status check to verify whether trust anchors or keys are missing.
2. **Guide Key Creation**: Provide instructions for the human to run `python3 scripts/setup_ciba_identity.py` in their own terminal.
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add richfrem/agent-plugins-skills/os-control-signing-setup@sha256:0310b0e606e7b4c8

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261015.fe76d7e, 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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  • 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
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Source

GitHub

richfrem/agent-plugins-skills · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zti34xblipx2lwnv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=richfrem/agent-plugins-skills/os-control-signing-setup
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0310b0e606e7b4c89f9b103bfbc189509cd3848e4a77885e2a58d4d18985260c

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