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 agentmods add skills/terrene-foundation/metis/16-validation-patternsnpx skills add terrene-foundation/metis --skill 16-validation-patternsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/terrene-foundation/metisWrote 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/terrene-foundation/metis/16-validation-patterns)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/terrene-foundation/metis/16-validation-patterns"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/terrene-foundation/metis/16-validation-patterns.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" 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 | $0.00082 | $0.01380 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00041 | $0.00690 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00016 | $0.00276 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00008 | $0.00138 |
Grade A, and why
validation-patterns 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 5d 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.
This is a copy
86% identical to validation-patterns — 21 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 128 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Kailash Validation Patterns
Validation patterns and compliance checking for Kailash SDK development.
Sub-File Index
Core Validations
- validate-parameters - Node parameter validation
- Required params, type checking, value ranges, format, defaults
- validate-connections - Connection validation
- 4-parameter format, node existence, param name matching, type compatibility, circular dependency detection
- validate-workflow-structure - Workflow validation
- Node ID uniqueness, dead-end detection, entry/exit point validation
Framework-Specific Validations
- validate-dataflow-patterns - DataFlow compliance
- Result access:
results["node_id"]["result"](not.result) - String ID preservation, multi-instance isolation, transaction patterns
- Result access:
- validate-absolute-imports - Import validation
- Absolute vs relative, module path correctness, circular/missing import detection
- validate-security - Security checks
- Secret exposure, SQL/code injection, file path traversal, API key handling
Quick Reference
What Each Validation Catches
| Validation | Catches | Key Pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Missing/wrong-type params | Check before workflow.build() |
| Connections | Wrong 4-param format, nonexistent nodes | (src_id, src_param, tgt_id, tgt_param) |
| Workflow | Duplicate IDs, dead-ends, no entry point | Structural integrity |
| DataFlow | .result access, UUID conversion |
results["id"]["result"] |
| Imports | Relative imports, circular deps | Absolute imports only |
| Security | Hardcoded secrets, SQL injection | Env vars, parameterized queries |
What ships with it
7 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 5d ago First seen · 128 lines · 82 tokens per session scan A 0020477fb54e
validation-patterns is a skill published in the GitHub repository terrene-foundation/metis (2 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 82 tokens to every session and 1,380 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 86% identical to validation-patterns, differing in 21 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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