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Markdown Viewer
v1.2.0Live markdown viewer for AI pair-editing. When you collaborate, the updates render instantly. Works with any AI agent and web browser.
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byParker Todd Brooks@parkertoddbrooks
MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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medium confidencePurpose & Capability
Name/description (live markdown viewer) match the declared needs: Node (to run mdview) and curl (used in the quick-start check). The SKILL.md includes an npm install target and a mdview binary, which is coherent with the stated purpose.
Instruction Scope
Instructions stay within the viewer's purpose (install npm package, run local server, open /view?path=/absolute/path/to/file.md). Be aware the server reads arbitrary filesystem paths via the path query parameter — that's expected for a viewer but also means the agent or user could open sensitive files. The SKILL.md notes --root to limit access; it doesn't enforce it automatically.
Install Mechanism
Although this is an instruction-only skill with no shipped code, it tells the user to install @wipcomputer/markdown-viewer from the public npm registry. Installing a global npm package downloads and places code on disk (supply-chain risk). The SKILL.md's claim of "Zero npm dependencies" and "Zero external requests" is slightly misleading because installing the package requires fetching it from npm.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables or credentials. The only privilege it needs is filesystem read access to the markdown files whose paths the user supplies; that is proportionate to a viewer but worth noting because absolute paths can point to sensitive files.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not always-enabled, does not request elevated persistence, and the server runs only while the user starts it (SKILL.md says it does not survive reboots). Default autonomous invocation is allowed by platform policy but is not in itself a red flag here.
Assessment
This appears to be what it says: a local markdown viewer implemented as an npm package. Before installing: (1) review the npm package/source (GitHub link in SKILL.md) to verify there are no unexpected behaviors or dependencies; (2) run it without elevated privileges and consider using --root to restrict filesystem access in shared environments; (3) avoid using it to open arbitrary system-sensitive paths (secrets, config files); and (4) remember installing from npm fetches code from the network — if you need stronger assurance, audit the package code or run it in a sandboxed environment.Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.
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License
MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
Runtime requirements
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Binsnode, curl
