search-first skillA
search-first is agent-read markdown (skill) from leeyudok/agents-scaffold: A workflow that searches for an existing solution (this repo → internal mirrors → package registries → MCP/skills → GitHub) before writing new code. Triggers right before adding a new feature/utility/dependency, or the moment a "add feature X" request tempts you to jump straight to code. (Origin: the search-first skill from [affaan-m/ECC](https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC), MIT — ported and adapted).
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# search-first — search before you build A workflow to avoid reinventing the wheel. Custom code is the **last resort when the search comes up empty**. ## When it triggers - The moment you're about to build a new feature/utility/helper that likely already has an existing solution - Right before adding a dependency or integration (external API, parser, client, etc.) - The moment you receive an "add feature X" request and are about to jump straight to code ## Search order (inner → outer) | Order | Channel | Method | |---|---|---| | 1 | **This repo** | Sweep related modules/tests with `rg` — it may already exist and simply be unnoticed | | 2 | **Internal mirrors** | Check `<your-git-host>/mirrors/` group first (mirrors of OSS agents/skills/icons, etc.). Bring external originals in via the mirror rather than referencing them directly. Skip if there's no mirror group | | 3 | **Package registries** | npm / PyPI / crates.io / etc., whichever fits the project's stack | | 4 | **MCP / skills** | Check whether an already-connected MCP server provides the feature, or whether the same skill exists under `.claude/skills/` | …
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How to install
mdr add leeyudok/agents-scaffold/search-first@git:20260822.68fade8mdr add leeyudok/agents-scaffold/search-first@sha256:e140707390dde563Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ep373jbi46pqgy54)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260822.68fade8 latest | 2026-08-22 | 68fade8 | 3,347 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260816.a9fd324 | 2026-08-16 | a9fd324 | 3,273 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 (3347 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
leeyudok/agents-scaffold · 25 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ep373jbi46pqgy54 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=leeyudok/agents-scaffold/search-first GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e140707390dde563e5f09a64e261c6ea13664fc626b504a4afd5a6d65cd7c5ee
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