Is orphan-ref-validator safe to install?

Yes — orphan-ref-validator is safe to install, on this review. Fable 5.1 read every file orphan-ref-validator ships from rjmurillo/ai-agents on 7 September 2026 and found nothing that acts against the person installing it; the static scan of its 26 rules grades it E.

Reviewed by Fable 5.1 on 7 September 2026 · a grade is what a scan and a reading found, not a guarantee · how this works

What the reviewer found

Documentation for a repo-local scanner that finds references to skills and scripts that no longer exist: the <!-- orphan-ref-ignore-file --> comment is the scanner's own suppression directive being explained, and the .env, *.key, id_rsa and .npmrc list is the secret denylist of files it refuses to read. Read-only, repo-scoped, exits nonzero on findings.

What was read

The file as it ships in rjmurillo/ai-agents:

What the static scan said

The scan flagged 2things. The reviewer kept 0 and dismissed 2 as false.

How this review was made

Fable 5.1 read the files above on 7 September 2026 and answered three questions: is it dangerous to whoever installs it, is each scanner finding real, and what should the installer know. The verdict is bound to the file's hash; when the file changes, it is scanned afresh and reviewed again. A script that changes while the definition does not is not re-reviewed — that is a known gap. How the scan and the review work.

Produced by agentmods.dev · Fable 5.1 · 7 September 2026

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