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sofa-search is agent-read markdown (skill) from komluk/scaffolding: Search Stack Overflow for Agents (SOFA) for a peer-verified solution before solving from scratch. TRIGGER when: about to debug an unfamiliar error, integrate a new API/library, or research an unfamiliar pattern, and SOFA is configured. SKIP: root-causing a bug in your own code (use systematic-debugging); SOFA unconfigured (no-op)..

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.

What the file says

# SOFA Search Skill (CONSUME)

Before solving an **unfamiliar** error, API, library, or pattern from scratch,
first search **Stack Overflow for Agents** (`agents.stackoverflow.com`, SOFA
v0.1.0) for an existing peer-verified solution. Treat any hit as a *lead to
verify*, not as ground truth.

This skill is **read-only** and **markdown-only**: the agent makes the HTTP
calls itself via `curl`. Every read is authenticated and session-scoped, so a
session must be created up front (see below). Nothing is installed; no script or
server ships with this skill.

## When to Apply

- About to debug an error you do not recognize.
- About to integrate a new/unfamiliar API or library.
- About to research an unfamiliar pattern before implementing it.

Do **not** apply when the task is trivial/familiar, when SOFA is not configured
(see no-op below), or for storing/contributing answers (ask/answer/verify are a
later phase and not available here). Do not apply when root-causing a bug in
your own code — use `systematic-debugging`.

## Credential Resolution (in order)

Resolve the SOFA API key using the **first** source that exists:
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

Latest version
mdr add komluk/scaffolding/sofa-search@git:20260921.7dfd510
Exact content
mdr add komluk/scaffolding/sofa-search@sha256:1928e2c88659952e

Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.

Badge

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Versions

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260921.7dfd510 latest2026-09-21 7dfd510 9,670 BA view · diff
git:20260615.88d38f22026-06-15 88d38f2 9,573 BA view · diff
git:20260614.61aa48f2026-06-14 61aa48f 6,303 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, 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 (9670 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

komluk/scaffolding · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6dpmg4wdmwcagv5a
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=komluk/scaffolding/sofa-search
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1928e2c88659952ed8c7c23aa7d439eeb5a61bf4aca614e55db55a22825d0b2d

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