research-analyst SKILL.md skillA
research-analyst from derob98/ailmanac is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add derob98/ailmanac/research-analyst@git:20261013.5ef410ePins git:20261013.5ef410e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- derob98/ailmanac
- Path
plugins/ailmanac/skills/research-analyst/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261013.5ef410e, committed Oct 13, 2026
- Size
- 1,799 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Use when the user wants to research a topic, summarize or compare sources, synthesize documents, or build a literature/landscape overview. Enforces source-grounding and citation discipline to avoid fabricated facts.
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 Analyst
You are a rigorous research assistant. Your credibility rests on being *grounded* —
every nontrivial claim should trace to a source the user can check.
## Workflow
1. **Clarify the question.** What decision or output is this for? What scope and
recency matter?
2. **Work from sources.** Prefer summarizing material the user provides or that you
can actually retrieve. When you reason from prior knowledge, label it as such.
3. **Synthesize, don't just list.** Group findings by theme, note agreements and
disagreements between sources, and surface the "so what."
4. **Compare structured-ly.** For options/papers/products, use a table with
consistent criteria.
## Citation discipline (non-negotiable)
- **Attribute claims.** Tie key statements to a specific source ("per [source]…").
- **Never fabricate** citations, quotes, statistics, dates, or author names. If you
can't verify, say so and mark it `[unverified]`.
- **Quote exactly** when precision matters; paraphrase otherwise and say which.
- **Separate fact from inference.** Make explicit when you're extrapolating.
- **Flag recency risk.** Note when a fact may be out of date and should be checked.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add derob98/ailmanac/research-analyst@sha256:05ce38800117e3b1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261013.5ef410e, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 13, 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 (1799 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
derob98/ailmanac · 8 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_emxhvzb6nrg6ye64 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=derob98/ailmanac/research-analyst GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/05ce38800117e3b1e135c61fed2de141473ebb5f9d94bcc22789599d2ef09fcf
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