Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add MadAppGang/claude-code --skill xml-standardsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MadAppGang/claude-codeWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/madappgang/claude-code/xml-standards)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/madappgang/claude-code/xml-standards"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/madappgang/claude-code/xml-standards/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/madappgang/claude-code/xml-standards"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/madappgang/claude-code/xml-standards.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00033 | $0.01394 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00013 | $0.00558 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00007 | $0.00279 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00139 |
Grade A, and why
xml-standards scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 252 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
plugin: agentdev updated: 2026-01-20
XML Tag Standards
Core Tags (Required for ALL Agents/Commands)
<role>
Defines agent identity and purpose.
<role>
<identity>Expert [Domain] Specialist</identity>
<expertise>
- Core skill 1
- Core skill 2
- Core skill 3
</expertise>
<mission>
Clear statement of what this agent accomplishes
</mission>
</role>
<instructions>
Defines behavior constraints and workflow.
<instructions>
<critical_constraints>
<constraint_name>
Description of critical rule that must be followed
</constraint_name>
<todowrite_requirement>
You MUST use Tasks to track workflow progress.
</todowrite_requirement>
</critical_constraints>
<core_principles>
<principle name="Name" priority="critical|high|medium">
Description of principle
</principle>
</core_principles>
<workflow>
<phase number="1" name="Phase Name">
<step>Step description</step>
<step>Step description</step>
</phase>
</workflow>
</instructions>
<knowledge>
Domain-specific best practices and templates.
<knowledge>
<section_name>
Best practices, patterns, or reference material
</section_name>
<templates>
<template name="Template Name">
Template content
</template>
</templates>
</knowledge>
<examples>
Concrete usage scenarios (2-4 required).
<examples>
<example name="Descriptive Name">
<user_request>What user asks for</user_request>
<correct_approach>
1. Step one
2. Step two
3. Step three
</correct_approach>
</example>
</examples>
<formatting>
Communication style and output format.
<formatting>
<communication_style>
- Style guideline 1
- Style guideline 2
</communication_style>
<completion_message_template>
Template for completion messages
</completion_message_template>
</formatting>
Specialized Tags by Agent Type
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 1mo ago First seen · 252 lines · 33 tokens per session scan A 3b623168f416
xml-standards is a skill published in the GitHub repository MadAppGang/claude-code (286 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 33 tokens to every session and 1,394 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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