file-search SKILL.md skillA
file-search from netresearch/file-search-skill is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add netresearch/file-search-skill/file-search@v1.8.4Pins v1.8.4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- netresearch/file-search-skill
- Path
skills/file-search/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1.8.4, committed Nov 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 23, 2026
- Size
- 4,083 bytes
- Repository stars
- 45
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Use when searching codebases (text, structural/AST, files by name, PDFs/archives, code stats) or building context before a task.
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
# File Search Skill
Efficient CLI search tools for AI agents.
## Tool Selection Guide
| Task | Use | Instead of |
|------|-----|------------|
| Search text in code files | `rg` (ripgrep) | `grep`, `grep -r` |
| Find files by name/path | `fd` | `find`, `ls -R` |
| Structural/syntax-aware code search | `sg` (ast-grep) | regex hacks |
| Apply rule packs (security/lint, taint) | `semgrep` | regex CI checks |
| Search PDFs, Office docs, archives | `rga` (ripgrep-all) | manual extraction |
| Count lines of code by language | `tokei` | `cloc`, `wc -l` |
| Code stats with complexity metrics | `scc` | `cloc`, `tokei` |
**Decision flow:** text → `rg` | structural → `sg` | rule packs →
`semgrep` | filenames → `fd` | PDFs/archives → `rga` | LOC →
`tokei`/`scc`
## Quick Examples
```bash
rg 'def \w+\(' -t py src/ # rg: text search in Python files
rg -c 'TODO' -t js | wc -l # rg: count first, then drill down
sg --pattern 'console.log($$$)' --rewrite 'logger.info($$$)' --lang js # sg: structural replace
fd -g '*.test.ts' --changed-within 1d # fd: -g for compound suffixes (NOT -e)
fd -g '*_test.go' -X rg 'func Test' # fd+rg: find files, verify contents
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add netresearch/file-search-skill/file-search@sha256:e0609121c9a62561The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.8.4, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Sep 23, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026, about one every 10 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.8.4 latest | 2026-11-04 | e62697c | 4,083 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.8.3 | 2026-10-25 | fca5184 | 4,083 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.8.3 | 2026-10-23 | c6d3f5b | 4,003 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.8.2 | 2026-09-29 | b214cef | 4,003 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.8.2 | 2026-09-23 | c948f87 | 3,916 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 (4083 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
netresearch/file-search-skill · 45 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dwuejg2ekwlumjjf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=netresearch/file-search-skill/file-search GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e0609121c9a62561624f420b77e0ce698bfd69e9d62568e936d52e1609c03d57
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