research-with-sources SKILL.md skillA
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research-with-sources from inkeep/open-knowledge-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/research-with-sources@git:20261014.2bb8524Pins git:20261014.2bb8524 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- inkeep/open-knowledge-skills
- Path
skills/starter-packs/knowledge-base/research-with-sources/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261014.2bb8524, committed Oct 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 5, 2026
- Size
- 22,406 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Investigate a topic against preserved sources and write a draft-status research article under `research/` in a Knowledge Base project (the `knowledge-base` starter pack). Read when asked to research a topic, compare options, synthesize sources, gather evidence, or extend an existing research doc. Carries the full procedure: scan existing coverage, agree a research rubric, capture every source verbatim before analyzing, write the article incrementally so a crash never loses work, cite every…
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What the file says
# Research — gather sources and write provisional findings
> This skill is pack guidance. The platform `/open-knowledge` skill (read/write/preview/linking/grounding rules) still governs every markdown operation — this layers the procedure on top.
Conduct **evidence-driven research** on a topic and produce a provisional research article under `research/`. Provisional, not canonical: research articles capture findings, trade-offs, and open questions at a point in time. They are promoted to canonical articles via the `/consolidate-notes` skill only when decisions solidify.
The content directory is the resolved `content.dir` — read it with `config({ key: 'content.dir' })` if you don't already know it. Paths below are relative to it.
## Three paths
- **Path A — Research article (DEFAULT):** A persistent provisional article with `status: draft` and an inline `sources:` frontmatter list pointing at raw sources captured via the ingest procedure. This is the default unless the user explicitly opts out.
- **Path B — Direct answer:** Findings delivered in conversation only. **Requires explicit user request** (e.g., "just tell me", "no doc needed", "quick answer").
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/research-with-sources@sha256:acdb87ed61a8ef0dThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.2bb8524, 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 6 versions of this file, between Aug 5, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 14 days.
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| git:20261014.2bb8524 latest | 2026-10-14 | 2bb8524 | 22,406 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260825.dda5ab1 | 2026-08-25 | dda5ab1 | 22,385 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260824.159d280 | 2026-08-24 | 159d280 | 22,363 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260815.5ab9589 | 2026-08-15 | 5ab9589 | 22,394 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.be5d62e | 2026-08-13 | be5d62e | 22,036 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.99a8b17 | 2026-08-05 | 99a8b17 | 22,069 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 (22406 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
inkeep/open-knowledge-skills · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n2c5lxuqho4igbkn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/research-with-sources GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/acdb87ed61a8ef0db3beb680f4fb41804b3932d60954daacc0c45a0768bb1125
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