research SKILL.md skillA
research from vanducng/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vanducng/skills/research@v2.0.0Pins v2.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vanducng/skills
- Path
skills/research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v2.0.0, committed Sep 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 17, 2026
- Size
- 8,383 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- MIT
Deep technical research with multi-option evaluation. Use for technology selection, architecture decisions, library/framework comparison, security and performance analysis. Default mode is thorough; pass `--deep` for exhaustive coverage with expanded comparison matrices and edge-case analysis. For inventing and stress-testing options without external evidence, use vd:brainstorm.
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
## Operating principles (override YAGNI/KISS/DRY for this skill)
Research is a deliverable, not a code change. The general "ship the smallest thing" rules **do not apply here**. For this skill:
- **Be deep, not shallow.** Surface findings are useless - dig until you understand *why*, not just *what*. Long is fine if every section earns its place; trim filler, never depth.
- **Evaluate multiple options.** Never recommend one approach without comparing at least 2-3 viable alternatives on the same criteria. A single-option report is a failure.
- **Cited and current.** Every claim links to its source, and sources are from the last 12 months unless flagged historical.
- **Brutal honesty.** Call out tradeoffs, deprecation, weak maintainership, security holes, vendor lock-in, hidden costs. No marketing language. No hedging without specifics.
- **Straight to the demand.** The user asked a specific question - answer *that* question completely, covering every angle it implies ("what's the best message queue" implies throughput, durability, ops burden, language support, cost, lock-in).
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vanducng/skills/research@sha256:b43fef4bf38033f7The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_mkuvtcdruon7vqfj)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 17, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026, about one every 21 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.0.0 latest | 2026-09-11 | 9e58ef3 | 8,383 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-08-19 | 204f73f | 9,169 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-08-16 | c83d21b | 9,173 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-07-24 | 51405ee | 9,086 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-06-17 | 55fdabe | 9,152 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 (8383 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
vanducng/skills · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mkuvtcdruon7vqfj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vanducng/skills/research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b43fef4bf38033f7769af98b5696810e2a052e94851a53583bf0be9e24c9e24c
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.