research SKILL.md skillA
research from chrislacey89/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add chrislacey89/skills/research@git:20261030.5d7f43ePins git:20261030.5d7f43e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- chrislacey89/skills
- Path
research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 14
- Latest version
- git:20261030.5d7f43e, committed Oct 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 12, 2026
- Size
- 45,581 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Primary pipeline step after /shape and before /write-a-prd. Use to verify current docs, versions, repo patterns, and key unknowns before shaping. Invokes /api-design-review when API contract risk is high. Not for underdefined problems or implementation-ready work.
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 Always run this skill after /shape and before /write-a-prd. It auto-calibrates depth: sometimes it's a 2-minute version check that confirms your approach is still valid, sometimes it's a 30-minute deep dive into unfamiliar territory. The point is that it always runs — you don't get to skip it — because the most expensive research failures are the ones where you didn't know you needed to research. This is also the first anti-anchoring checkpoint in the workflow. If the user or an earlier conversation introduced a date, budget, or confidence claim, clarify whether it is a **target**, an **estimate**, or a **commitment** before carrying it forward into the PRD. > **One question per turn.** When confirming constraints, reviewing findings, or asking the user anything, ask one question at a time and wait for the answer before asking the next. Never present a batch of questions as a numbered or bulleted list. > > **Prefer single-select.** Use single-select multiple choice when the user is choosing one direction, one priority, or one next step. > …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add chrislacey89/skills/research@sha256:cf288b554e65234fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261030.5d7f43e, 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_7qwd2rv26rwdyyb7)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 14 versions of this file, between May 12, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, about one every 13 days.
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| git:20261030.5d7f43e latest | 2026-10-30 | 5d7f43e | 45,581 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261030.6cecfb3 | 2026-10-30 | 6cecfb3 | 45,542 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261021.d548445 | 2026-10-21 | d548445 | 45,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.f57e6a3 | 2026-10-20 | f57e6a3 | 45,176 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.fdb7304 | 2026-10-20 | fdb7304 | 45,211 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261019.4e767b1 | 2026-10-19 | 4e767b1 | 45,159 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261019.7550c8d | 2026-10-19 | 7550c8d | 45,187 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261018.b4cd67c | 2026-10-18 | b4cd67c | 44,573 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.1dd1817 | 2026-10-14 | 1dd1817 | 40,422 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260526.e9a5c8e | 2026-05-26 | e9a5c8e | 39,933 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260526.726ba2b | 2026-05-26 | 726ba2b | 39,195 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260515.2f3c7b1 | 2026-05-15 | 2f3c7b1 | 37,602 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260512.e63f7a7 | 2026-05-12 | e63f7a7 | 37,034 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260512.e42eec1 | 2026-05-12 | e42eec1 | 36,982 B | A | view |
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 (45581 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
chrislacey89/skills · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch prod
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7qwd2rv26rwdyyb7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chrislacey89/skills/research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cf288b554e65234f5e2cf5e6cc58426ee726620c084a43fe9720b89daec9312a
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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