private-repo-search SKILL.md skillA
private-repo-search from patrickserrano/lacquer is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add patrickserrano/lacquer/private-repo-search@git:20260725.3f0d943Pins git:20260725.3f0d943 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- patrickserrano/lacquer
- Path
core/skills/private-repo-search/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260725.3f0d943, committed Jul 25, 2026
- Size
- 2,905 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
Use when you need to find code, a pattern, or a past implementation across GitHub repos — including private ones you have access to — not just the current working directory. grep/Glob only reach the checked-out repo; this reaches everywhere `gh` is authenticated for. Own version of the dx plugin's `/dx:private-github-search`.
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
# Private Repo Search `gh search code` — GitHub's code search API through the CLI you already have authenticated, scoped to exactly the repos/orgs you need instead of a raw `gh api` call. ## Prerequisites Requires the [`gh` CLI](https://cli.github.com) installed. ```bash gh auth status # confirm authenticated; code search needs no extra scope beyond default ``` ## Core usage ```bash gh search code <query> [flags] ``` | Flag | Use for | |---|---| | `--owner <org-or-user>` | Scope to everything an org/user owns | | `--repo <owner/name>` (repeatable) | Scope to specific repo(s) | | `--language <lang>` | Filter by language | | `--filename <name>` | Filter by filename (e.g. `package.json`) | | `--extension <ext>` | Filter by file extension | | `--match file\|path` | Restrict the match to file contents or the path itself | | `--json path,repository,sha,textMatches,url` + `-q <jq-expr>` | Structured output for scripting | | `-L, --limit <n>` | Result cap (default 30) | ```bash # Find where a symbol is used across every repo in an org gh search code "someFunctionName" --owner patrickserrano # Narrow to specific repos and a language …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add patrickserrano/lacquer/private-repo-search@sha256:2edc9b98bfe0f996The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260725.3f0d943, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_7pogt7f3wdr56bvp)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 25, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2905 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
patrickserrano/lacquer · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7pogt7f3wdr56bvp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=patrickserrano/lacquer/private-repo-search GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2edc9b98bfe0f996cec9a9d7f8139b3c69b4fa2213e50272b135ce9b32b6a126
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.