AGENTS.mdB

AGENTS.md from damionrashford/rivalsearchmcp is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add damionrashford/rivalsearchmcp/AGENTS.md@git:20260527.df76525

Pins git:20260527.df76525 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
B, 13 of 14 checks passed
Kind
AGENTS.md file
Repository
damionrashford/rivalsearchmcp
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260527.df76525, committed May 27, 2026
First version recorded
Jan 18, 2026
Size
10,792 bytes
Repository stars
134
License
MIT

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

# AGENTS.md

This file provides guidance to AI coding agents (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Aider, Claude Code, etc.) when working with code in this repository.

> **Note:** For Claude Code specifically, see [CLAUDE.md](CLAUDE.md) which is optimized for Claude's interaction patterns.

## Project Overview

RivalSearchMCP is an MCP server providing 9 specialized tools for web research, content discovery, and analysis. Built on FastMCP, it offers multi-engine search (Yahoo/DuckDuckGo), website traversal, scientific research, and AI-enhanced research workflows. Ships with Claude Code Agent Skills for standalone CLI usage.

- **100% free**: No API keys required for core functionality
- **Dual deployment**: Hosted service at `https://RivalSearchMCP.fastmcp.app/mcp` or local development
- **Transport modes**: stdio (default, for CLI/IDE) or HTTP (production via `ENVIRONMENT=production`)

## Development Commands

### Setup & Running
```bash
# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Set up pre-commit hooks
pre-commit install

# Run server (stdio mode - default for MCP clients)
python server.py
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add damionrashford/rivalsearchmcp/AGENTS.md@sha256:b532d3a80fc87611

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260527.df76525, 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

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jan 18, 2026 and May 27, 2026, about one every 32 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260527.df76525 latest2026-05-27 df76525 10,792 BB view · diff
git:20260417.c63121d2026-04-17 c63121d 10,812 BB view · diff
git:20260318.7dbd9372026-03-18 7dbd937 10,497 BB view · diff
git:20260318.dfbe6022026-03-18 dfbe602 10,468 BB view · diff
git:20260118.416c4752026-01-18 416c475 9,273 BB view

Audit of the latest version

B  13 of 14 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://127.0.0.1:8000)
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10792 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 script tag

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

Source

GitHub

damionrashford/rivalsearchmcp · 134 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_l7ztenesbskl65s5
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=damionrashford/rivalsearchmcp/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b532d3a80fc8761128a7f09ceca79497256a78667d133bb81d874d9699257cb8

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: how to write a good AGENTS.md · AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md · which agent file does what.

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