08_ethics_compliance SKILL.md skillC

08_ethics_compliance from adilshamim8/claude-research-excellence is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add adilshamim8/claude-research-excellence/08_ethics_compliance@git:20261030.4302e85

Pins git:20261030.4302e85 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
C, 14 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
adilshamim8/claude-research-excellence
Path
skills/08_ethics_compliance/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20261030.4302e85, committed Oct 30, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 9, 2026
Size
18,381 bytes
Repository stars
9
License
none declared

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

# SKILL 08: Ethics & Compliance

> **Ensure your research meets the highest ethical standards and reporting requirements — because integrity is non-negotiable.**

---

## ACTIVATE: ETHICS

When you input `ACTIVATE: ETHICS`, the system executes a comprehensive ethics audit across five critical sections, each with specific checklist items that must be verified before submission.

---

## SECTION A: HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH

### A1. Institutional Review Board (IRB) / Ethics Committee Approval

- [ ] **IRB/ethics committee approval obtained** before any data collection began
- [ ] Approval number and date documented in the manuscript (typically in Methods section)
- [ ] Approval covers the specific protocol, population, and procedures used
- [ ] If the study was deemed exempt, the exemption category and rationale are documented
- [ ] For multi-site studies: each site has its own approval or a reliance agreement is in place

### A2. Informed Consent

- [ ] **Informed consent obtained** from all participants (or their legal guardians)
- [ ] Consent process documented: written, verbal, or electronic (with justification for non-written)
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add adilshamim8/claude-research-excellence/08_ethics_compliance@sha256:d349cab1282564fd

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261030.4302e85, 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 3 versions of this file, between Jun 9, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, about one every 71 days.

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git:20261030.4302e85 latest2026-10-30 4302e85 18,381 BC view · diff
git:20260918.49ebfd52026-09-18 49ebfd5 18,373 BC view · diff
git:20260609.deb30f62026-06-09 deb30f6 18,373 BC view

Audit of the latest version

C  14 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: Frontmatter block present
  • fail: Frontmatter declares a name
  • fail: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (18381 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

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

adilshamim8/claude-research-excellence · 9 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hnopf5r7fbqw6z3g
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=adilshamim8/claude-research-excellence/08_ethics_compliance
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d349cab1282564fdbf0044ac05c8c1d3cafe6483a54662d45d793db6f71a608c

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