research SKILL.md skillA
research from martineserios/thebrana is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add martineserios/thebrana/research@git:20260824.49aeb9dPins git:20260824.49aeb9d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- martineserios/thebrana
- Path
system/skills/research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260824.49aeb9d, committed Aug 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 10, 2026
- Size
- 37,944 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Research a topic, doc, or creator — check sources, follow references, produce findings. Use when starting deep research on a topic or external source.
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 The atomic research primitive. Takes a topic, doc number, creator, or lead. Checks sources in the registry, follows references recursively, produces structured findings. Also runs batch knowledge refresh via `--refresh`. ## Usage `/brana:research [target] [--no-agy] [--nlm] [--refresh [scope]] [--strategy research|evaluate|learn|investigate]` ### Strategies The skill auto-detects strategy from your phrasing (or you can pass `--strategy` explicitly): - **research** (default) — "What is X?" — produces dimension doc updates - **evaluate** — "Should we use X or Y?" / "X vs Y" — produces an ADR (decision record) - **learn** — "I'm starting with X" / "New to X" — produces dimension doc + gotchas + learning path - **investigate** — "Why is X broken?" / "X is failing" — produces root cause + fix + gotcha All strategies share the same research flow (source finding, reading, synthesizing). The difference is the output format. Target options: - A topic (e.g., `/brana:research context engineering`) — find and check sources related to this topic - A doc number (e.g., `/brana:research 14`) — research updates for this specific dimension doc …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add martineserios/thebrana/research@sha256:974b2cc53f1cbbdcThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260824.49aeb9d, 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 5 versions of this file, between Jun 10, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026, about one every 19 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260824.49aeb9d latest | 2026-08-24 | 49aeb9d | 37,944 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260812.028a90e | 2026-08-12 | 028a90e | 37,809 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260812.579b97d | 2026-08-12 | 579b97d | 37,550 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260621.a01331a | 2026-06-21 | a01331a | 37,602 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260610.c15894f | 2026-06-10 | c15894f | 37,532 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 (37944 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
martineserios/thebrana · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jsbsklpifynednqv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=martineserios/thebrana/research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/974b2cc53f1cbbdc21dfeb525e8c0fc3fbb7817df50d8cc313b01ca960a9ecd1
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