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vaultspec-research from nevenincs/vaultspec-core is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add nevenincs/vaultspec-core/vaultspec-research@git:20260927.50639bc

Pins git:20260927.50639bc in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: nevenincs/vaultspec-core
Path: src/vaultspec_core/builtins/skills/vaultspec-research/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 7
Latest version: git:20260927.50639bc, committed Sep 27, 2026
First version recorded: Jun 26, 2026
Size: 2,550 bytes
Repository stars: 2
License: MIT

Ground a decision in evidence before it is made. Use when an ADR is warranted and the options have not been weighed on evidence already in the vault or the code.

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 (vaultspec-research)

Produces a Research record: the evidence a later ADR decides on. Enter it when the
vaultspec decision test warrants an ADR and the options are not already weighed in the
vault or the code. A question this session can answer without new evidence is answered
in the conversation. Reuse sufficient existing Research, Reference, or Audit evidence
before creating more. This skill terminates within one run.

## Steps

- Ground per the `vaultspec-discovery` rule, decisions first: prior ADRs and research on
  the feature, read whole. Link what already exists; do not restate it.
- Scaffold: `vaultspec-core vault add research --feature {feature}` (or the `create`
  tool). Read `.vaultspec/templates/research.md`; its hint blocks fix the body shape:
  answer-first lead, claim-first `## Findings`, closing `## Sources`.
- Research in this run, or dispatch `vaultspec-researcher` with the question and
  existing evidence. Preserve the returned findings' locators. The ADR persona drafts
  decisions from evidence; do not dispatch it for research-only work.
- When the decision needs grounding in real code, branch to `vaultspec-code-research`
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add nevenincs/vaultspec-core/vaultspec-research@sha256:7ad63d03a69ca3d0

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260927.50639bc, 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_3dw66emuw37xkv53.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_3dw66emuw37xkv53)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jun 26, 2026 and Sep 27, 2026, about one every 15 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260927.50639bc latest	2026-09-27	50639bc	2,550 B	A	view · diff
git:20260908.af390dd	2026-09-08	af390dd	2,562 B	A	view · diff
git:20260905.f755314	2026-09-05	f755314	2,549 B	A	view · diff
git:20260714.78f2e42	2026-07-14	78f2e42	5,397 B	A	view · diff
git:20260714.547e7c7	2026-07-14	547e7c7	5,199 B	A	view · diff
git:20260714.837b640	2026-07-14	837b640	5,588 B	A	view · diff
git:20260626.475d40c	2026-06-26	475d40c	3,881 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 (2550 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

nevenincs/vaultspec-core · 2 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3dw66emuw37xkv53
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nevenincs/vaultspec-core/vaultspec-research
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7ad63d03a69ca3d0c29d23b7f545c5ea5bcb1d7dfbef420e1658ac0ecb8e9d0b

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