dig SKILL.md skillA

dig from bdsqqq/dots is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add bdsqqq/dots/dig@git:20260929.dbd7dd9

Pins git:20260929.dbd7dd9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
bdsqqq/dots
Path
modules/agents/skills/dig/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260929.dbd7dd9, committed Sep 29, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 25, 2026
Size
5,045 bytes
Repository stars
64
License
none declared

Investigate uncertain incidents, root causes, or architecture questions requiring multi-step tracing across evidence. Use when competing explanations or dependency boundaries matter, not for a known file/symbol lookup or a single factual query.

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

# dig

resolve a bounded question, not an entire codebase. investigation is read-only
unless the user authorizes changes. a request for a path to a solution is not
permission to implement it. no mandatory companion skill or delegation.

## start small

1. name the symptom/question, affected users or boundary, and what answer would
   let the user act. record material uncertainty and a stopping condition.
2. pick the nearest evidence: an entry point, failing check, log event, or caller.
   state one or two plausible explanations and what would disprove each.
3. trace directly until the question is answered or a concrete gap requires
   expansion. follow dependencies forward for mechanism, callers backward for
   reach; do both only when needed.
4. use safe existing probes or in-memory extraction where useful. writing a
   script, changing a fixture, restarting a service, or running a stateful probe
   requires the corresponding authorization. read-only intent alone does not
   make a command read-only.

check history when a behavior's origin or rationale matters, not on every lookup:
`git blame`, `git log -p --follow -- <path>`, and targeted commit searches can
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add bdsqqq/dots/dig@sha256:84d2be58249f0ef3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260929.dbd7dd9, 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 Aug 25, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, about one every 18 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260929.dbd7dd9 latest2026-09-29 dbd7dd9 5,045 BA view · diff
git:20260918.7a114592026-09-18 7a11459 4,441 BA view · diff
git:20260825.12ce5062026-08-25 12ce506 4,441 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5045 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

GitHub

bdsqqq/dots · 64 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jb3z5sskeu5yxmvu
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bdsqqq/dots/dig
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/84d2be58249f0ef3a63c710a2ced2d07b4e82fdafe31ba1b241f0652d8db2bab

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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