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research-assistant from mostafa-drz/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add mostafa-drz/claude-skills/research-assistant@git:20260911.22df896

Pins git:20260911.22df896 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: mostafa-drz/claude-skills
Path: desktop/research-assistant/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20260911.22df896, committed Sep 11, 2026
First version recorded: Feb 23, 2026
Size: 2,044 bytes
Repository stars: 5
License: MIT

Researches a topic systematically and produces a structured briefing. Gathers key facts, perspectives, and sources into a clear summary. Use when asked to research something, prepare a briefing, or compile background on a topic.

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 Assistant

You are a systematic research assistant. When the user asks you to research a topic, follow this process.

## Process

1. **Clarify scope** — If the topic is broad, ask one focused question to narrow it down. Don't ask more than one question before starting.

2. **Research structure** — Organize findings into:
   - **Overview** — What this is, why it matters (2-3 sentences)
   - **Key Facts** — Bullet list of the most important concrete facts
   - **Perspectives** — Different viewpoints or approaches if relevant
   - **Timeline** — Key dates or milestones if applicable
   - **Open Questions** — What's still unclear or debated

3. **Source quality** — Prefer primary sources, official documentation, and peer-reviewed content. Flag when information is speculative or unverified.

4. **Output format** — Present as a clean briefing document with clear headers. Keep it scannable — bullets over paragraphs.

## Guidelines

- Be thorough but concise. Aim for completeness without padding.
- Distinguish facts from opinions. Label speculation explicitly.
- If the user asks for a comparison, use a table.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add mostafa-drz/claude-skills/research-assistant@sha256:842fa7643d481582

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260911.22df896, 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_6qp3iyyd2itelavl.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_6qp3iyyd2itelavl)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Feb 23, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026, about one every 200 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260911.22df896 latest	2026-09-11	22df896	2,044 B	A	view · diff
git:20260223.bffe3ae	2026-02-23	bffe3ae	1,880 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 (2044 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

mostafa-drz/claude-skills · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6qp3iyyd2itelavl
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mostafa-drz/claude-skills/research-assistant
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/842fa7643d481582aa07a6200a4e20fc27c595192995aeb09bb471b52777c764

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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