Autonomous deep researcher and fallback engine. Evaluates trade-offs and discovers production-grade alternatives when dependencies fail or libraries are deprecated.
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
# Autonomous Deep Research & Alternatives (`/research`)
> **Philosophy**: *Never get blocked. When an approach, library, or API fails, pivot systematically to tested, production-grade alternatives.*
This skill guides agents and engineers through autonomous deep research, competitive benchmarking, compatibility validation, and zero-downtime dependency alternatives.
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## 1. Quick Navigation & Progressive Disclosure
| Resource Type | Document | Description |
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| **Reference** | [references/autonomous-research-methodology.md](references/autonomous-research-methodology.md) | Local introspection, 4-dimension trade-off matrix evaluation, drop-in POC validation. |
| **Reference** | [references/package-deprecation-pivots.md](references/package-deprecation-pivots.md) | Approved production alternatives for moment.js, request, crypto-js, google-generativeai. |
| **Utility** | [scripts/research_alternatives.py](scripts/research_alternatives.py) | CLI utility to evaluate alternative packages by star velocity, license safety, and maintenance. |
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## 2. The Fallback & Alternative Decision Framework
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261029.1aa6bef, 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.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eobdpvg6uejza7pm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=darknecrocities/skillbuilder/.cursor/rules/research.mdc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a5285843ae2acdd2bf74ac3b56d5e894dd5c60ab005c6676e65757596b59e0ab
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