nzbn-register SKILL.md skillA

nzbn-register from thecolab-ai/.skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add thecolab-ai/.skills/nzbn-register@git:20260719.1748a98

Pins git:20260719.1748a98 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: thecolab-ai/.skills
Path: skills/nzbn-register/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 4
Latest version: git:20260719.1748a98, committed Jul 19, 2026
First version recorded: May 23, 2026
Size: 3,502 bytes
Repository stars: 33
License: MIT

Search and lookup public NZBN Register NZ business records: NZBN identity, company/entity status, trading names, addresses, and source-register identifiers. No login or API key required.

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

# NZBN Register

## Goal

Query live public NZBN Register business/entity data through a small deterministic Python CLI with human-readable and JSON output.

## Use this when

- A user asks to find an NZ business/entity by name
- A user has a 13-digit NZBN and wants public register details
- A workflow needs machine-readable NZBN, entity status, entity type, trading names, Companies Office source id, public addresses, websites, or contact fields published on the register
- A user needs an official NZ business identifier before checking other sources

## Do not use this for

- Authenticated MyNZBN actions, authority management, watchlists, or profile edits
- Private/suppressed register data
- Bulk scraping, full-register replication, or enrichment at high volume
- Mutating NZBN records or contacting businesses automatically
- Treating live register output as legal advice

## Preferred workflow

1. Run `scripts/cli.py search` with the narrowest business name/query that answers the task
2. Select the likely `nzbn` from results, then run `lookup <nzbn>` for exact public details
3. Use `--json` for agent chaining, comparisons, or structured reports
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add thecolab-ai/.skills/nzbn-register@sha256:8adac9c43c89c1fd

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260719.1748a98, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_2lntailwldwza33y.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2lntailwldwza33y)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between May 23, 2026 and Jul 19, 2026, about one every 19 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260719.1748a98 latest	2026-07-19	1748a98	3,502 B	A	view · diff
git:20260529.2b8b7b0	2026-05-29	2b8b7b0	2,779 B	A	view · diff
git:20260525.2852069	2026-05-25	2852069	2,779 B	A	view · diff
git:20260523.c1f5ab3	2026-05-23	c1f5ab3	2,994 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3502 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

Source

GitHub

thecolab-ai/.skills · 33 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-12 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2lntailwldwza33y
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thecolab-ai/.skills/nzbn-register
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8adac9c43c89c1fd3f7d11de18ce12b8442550aa09107b0a8f9ff1ffb3c01708

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