octopus-research SKILL.md skillA
octopus-research from nyldn/claude-octopus is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nyldn/claude-octopus/octopus-research@git:20261022.fa1eab5Pins git:20261022.fa1eab5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nyldn/claude-octopus
- Path
.claude/skills/skill-deep-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261022.fa1eab5, committed Oct 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 19, 2026
- Size
- 8,565 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,409
- License
- MIT
Thorough research across multiple sources — use for complex topics needing broad synthesis.
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
## ⚠️ EXECUTION CONTRACT (MANDATORY - CANNOT SKIP)
<HARD-GATE>
**CRITICAL: You MUST call orchestrate.sh via the Bash tool. Do NOT research the topic yourself.
Do NOT use Task agents, web search, or your own knowledge as a substitute. The ONLY valid
execution path is: Bash → orchestrate.sh probe. If you produce research findings without
a Bash call to orchestrate.sh, you have violated this contract.**
</HARD-GATE>
This skill uses **ENFORCED execution mode**. You MUST follow this exact sequence.
### STEP 1: Interactive Questions (BLOCKING - Answer before proceeding)
**You MUST call AskUserQuestion with all 3 questions below BEFORE any other action.**
```javascript
AskUserQuestion({
questions: [
{
question: "How deep should the research go?",
header: "Research Depth",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{label: "Quick overview (Recommended)", description: "1-2 min, surface-level"},
{label: "Moderate depth", description: "2-3 min, standard"},
{label: "Comprehensive", description: "3-4 min, thorough"},
{label: "Deep dive", description: "4-5 min, exhaustive"}
]
},
{
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nyldn/claude-octopus/octopus-research@sha256:d4a2665a495582bfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261022.fa1eab5, 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_ctqph6rwvd2wfhk7)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between May 19, 2026 and Oct 22, 2026, about one every 26 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261022.fa1eab5 latest | 2026-10-22 | fa1eab5 | 8,565 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260929.dbf6863 | 2026-09-29 | dbf6863 | 7,831 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260929.8ac221d | 2026-09-29 | 8ac221d | 7,829 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.14437ae | 2026-08-13 | 14437ae | 7,828 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260810.4407017 | 2026-08-10 | 4407017 | 7,820 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260615.cf8410b | 2026-06-15 | cf8410b | 7,952 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260519.8e7e251 | 2026-05-19 | 8e7e251 | 7,607 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 (8565 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
nyldn/claude-octopus · 4,409 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ctqph6rwvd2wfhk7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nyldn/claude-octopus/octopus-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d4a2665a495582bfcd17971f2dd4fbca404eb19a70864656065dc4eac8bf6f38
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.
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