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scout from huytieu/cog-second-brain is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add huytieu/cog-second-brain/scout@git:20260319.941fd34

Pins git:20260319.941fd34 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: huytieu/cog-second-brain
Path: .claude/skills/scout/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20260319.941fd34, committed Mar 19, 2026
First version recorded: Mar 16, 2026
Size: 7,298 bytes
Repository stars: 1,350
License: MIT

Evaluate URLs and tools — check vault coverage, assess relevance, recommend save or skip.

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

# COG Scout Skill

## Purpose
Lightweight URL/tool triage that sits between "ignore" and `/url-dump`. Evaluates whether a URL or tool is worth saving or skipping — checking existing vault coverage, assessing relevance to the user's profile and interests, and recommending a clear next action.

## When to Invoke
- User wants to evaluate a URL or tool before committing to a full save
- User says "scout this", "evaluate this", "should I save this?", "is this relevant?"
- User shares one or more URLs and wants a quick relevance assessment
- User mentions a tool/service name and wants to know if it's worth investigating

## Agent Mode Awareness

**Check `agent_mode` in `00-inbox/MY-PROFILE.md` frontmatter:**
- If `agent_mode: team` — delegate vault scanning and web fetching to parallel sub-agents (one for vault search, one for content fetch/analysis). Combine results for recommendation.
- If `agent_mode: solo` (default) — handle all scanning and analysis directly in the conversation. No delegation.

## Pre-Flight Check

**Before executing, check for user profile:**

1. Look for `00-inbox/MY-PROFILE.md` and `00-inbox/MY-INTERESTS.md` in the vault
2. If NOT found:
   ```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add huytieu/cog-second-brain/scout@sha256:1f298e95ae883bdf

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260319.941fd34, 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_666nte7jqczvbwol.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_666nte7jqczvbwol)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 19, 2026, about one every 3 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260319.941fd34 latest	2026-03-19	941fd34	7,298 B	A	view · diff
git:20260316.24eb538	2026-03-16	24eb538	7,108 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 (7298 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

huytieu/cog-second-brain · 1,350 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-23 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_666nte7jqczvbwol
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=huytieu/cog-second-brain/scout
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1f298e95ae883bdf5299a18c765dc891648e0985f3ace22465a756615a5d6ac2

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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