research-methodology SKILL.md skillA
research-methodology from magnus919/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add magnus919/agent-skills/research-methodology@git:20260908.addad86Pins git:20260908.addad86 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- magnus919/agent-skills
- Path
research-methodology/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260908.addad86, committed Sep 8, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 22, 2026
- Size
- 9,074 bytes
- Repository stars
- 166
- License
- MIT
Plan, conduct, evaluate, and synthesize rigorous research investigations with credible evidence and a traceable method, including source-to-claim closure for media evidence. Do not use this skill for repeated source extraction and durable note orchestration; use `research-and-vault` for that capture workflow, or `ffmpeg` for media operations.
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 Methodology Professional research process for a subagent. Three tracks based on the type of research: - **Journalistic** — investigative pieces, primary source research, source-heavy narrative work - **Industry analysis** — market research and strategy, signal detection - **Academic/Comprehensive** — deep systematic research when depth matters most All three share the same lifecycle (Scope → Gather → Evaluate → Analyze → Synthesize → Report) but differ in evidence standards, speed, and output format. Media evidence is a technical-verification extension, not a fourth operational track. This skill owns research scope, source evaluation, claim closure, sampling-completeness audits, exclusions, and durable preservation. The `ffmpeg` skill owns FFmpeg commands, media probes, extraction, editing, rendering, and target verification; human or capable reviewers own semantic/editorial observations and approval. Load `references/media-evidence-routing.md` whenever a research conclusion depends on media tooling, sampled frames/audio/transcripts, or editorial judgment. ## When not to use Do **not** load this skill for: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add magnus919/agent-skills/research-methodology@sha256:8070a34a707b95daThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260908.addad86, 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 Aug 22, 2026 and Sep 8, 2026, about one every 4 days.
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| git:20260908.addad86 latest | 2026-09-08 | addad86 | 9,074 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.c8f7e8d | 2026-09-02 | c8f7e8d | 8,131 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.035e58d | 2026-09-02 | 035e58d | 7,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260822.78dc36e | 2026-08-22 | 78dc36e | 7,780 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260822.2c7c0d5 | 2026-08-22 | 2c7c0d5 | 6,882 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 (9074 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
magnus919/agent-skills · 166 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_k76zxx7wc5mzr5bi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=magnus919/agent-skills/research-methodology GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8070a34a707b95dabc9b1df916b4d9180f7bc4b2522424cdde42b1243dfc667c
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