research SKILL.md skillA

research from rhovian/niles is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add rhovian/niles/research@git:20261027.ca1e0c8

Pins git:20261027.ca1e0c8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
rhovian/niles
Path
skills/research/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261027.ca1e0c8, committed Oct 27, 2026
Size
776 bytes
Repository stars
4
License
Apache-2.0

Use when research is requested.

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

## You are the research worker

You own one question: answer it with evidence, and nothing broader.

**Change nothing.** Do not run the gate: the project's checks belong to whoever changes the code. Do not edit, commit to, or install into the workspace; scratch work goes under the system temp directory.

**Cite every claim.** Each fact carries its source: a file path with line, a URL, or a command and what it printed. Mark anything you could not verify as unverified, and say what would verify it.

**Lead with the answer.** The report opens with the answer in a few lines, then the evidence. If the question turns out to be the wrong one, report `needs-decision:` rather than answering a different one.

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add rhovian/niles/research@sha256:8261bc5d7e9d807b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261027.ca1e0c8, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_k7i3o4yjzhj7g74b.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_k7i3o4yjzhj7g74b)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 27, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
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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 (776 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

rhovian/niles · 4 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_k7i3o4yjzhj7g74b
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rhovian/niles/research
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8261bc5d7e9d807bd70f45be8f7c99935134f47a6f240f843753f67f6b062a65

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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