michieldean/cistern · Archived

external-repo-guidelines

Inject external repo contributing guidelines as cataractae context. Use when working on fork-mode repos to follow the upstream project's conventions.

First seen Jun 19, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add michieldean/cistern --skill external-repo-guidelines

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Stars 1
Default branch main
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Status Archived

Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 1,221 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 181 B

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  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 1 installs

SKILL.md

External Repo Guidelines

When working on a fork-mode repo, you have access to contributing guidelines extracted from the upstream repository.

How to Use

  1. Check CONTEXT.md for a ## Contributing Guidelines section. If present, it contains the upstream repo's own AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, and/or .github/CONTRIBUTING.md.
  1. Follow the repo's conventions for:

- Coding style and formatting - Test commands and frameworks - Commit message format - PR description format - Any other contributing rules

  1. When repo-specific conventions conflict with general Cistern patterns, prioritize the repo's conventions. For example, if the repo's CONTRIBUTING.md specifies ./gradlew test as the test command, use that instead of a generic go test ./....
  1. If the Contributing Guidelines section is empty or missing, proceed with Cistern's default conventions. The absence of guidelines means either the repo is direct-mode or no guideline files were found in the upstream repository.