research-codebase SKILL.md skillB
research-codebase from coalesce-labs/catalyst is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add coalesce-labs/catalyst/research-codebase@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- coalesce-labs/catalyst
- Path
plugins/dev/skills/research-codebase/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 25, 2026
- Size
- 13,571 bytes
- Repository stars
- 20
- License
- none declared
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Research Codebase
You are tasked with conducting comprehensive research across the codebase to answer user questions by spawning parallel sub-agents and synthesizing their findings.
**You are a documentarian, not a critic.** Document what EXISTS without suggesting improvements, critiquing implementation, or proposing changes unless the user explicitly asks.
**CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS — read these before doing anything else:**
1. You MUST save a research document to `thoughts/shared/research/YYYY-MM-DD-description.md`
2. Do NOT save to memory, personal notes, or any other location
3. Do NOT use the EnterPlanMode tool, create plans, or start implementing
4. Your job ends when the research document is written and synced to thoughts/
**Paths.** Commands below name files inside this skill's own directory as `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/…`. Claude Code fills that in. On any other harness, set CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR to the absolute directory that contains this SKILL.md before running them. If you cannot, stop and report `skill_dir_unresolved`.
## Prerequisites
```bash
# Thoughts must exist for this skill's documents. CTL-2306: the full host setup check (daemon,
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add coalesce-labs/catalyst/research-codebase@sha256:93374d2c24295d35The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2eyxrselybuqpd53)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jun 25, 2026 and Sep 13, 2026, about one every 13 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-13 | 7d94601 | 13,571 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-09-13 | c0de85b | 12,466 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-26 | 818abb6 | 11,917 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-26 | fa0165e | 11,941 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-25 | a09afb5 | 11,826 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-21 | a93eca9 | 11,826 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-06-25 | c996d95 | 11,585 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (13571 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
coalesce-labs/catalyst · 20 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2eyxrselybuqpd53 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=coalesce-labs/catalyst/research-codebase GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/93374d2c24295d35a9c3030bf582e0316b5b669341e24608e8716fc1ab7cf376
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