refresh-research SKILL.md skillA
refresh-research from harnessprotocol/harness-kit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add harnessprotocol/harness-kit/refresh-research@git:20260317.9e62267Pins git:20260317.9e62267 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- harnessprotocol/harness-kit
- Path
plugins/research/skills/refresh-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260317.9e62267, committed Mar 17, 2026
- Size
- 14,981 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- Apache-2.0
Use when user invokes /refresh-research to re-fetch refreshable research sources, detect meaningful changes, and update synthesis files. Supports specific files, categories, staleness thresholds, backfill of source_type, and audit-only dry runs.
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 Refresh Protocol ## Overview Re-fetch live research sources (repos, docs), detect meaningful changes since initial capture, and update synthesis files. Raw sources are versioned (never overwritten), syntheses are surgically updated, and INDEX.md is rebuilt. **Core principles:** 1. **Only refreshable sources are fetched.** `repo` and `docs` source types. Blogs, papers, videos, and internal docs are static — skip them. 2. **Raw sources are versioned, never overwritten.** New fetch → new file with today's date. 3. **Syntheses are updated, not replaced.** Preserve analysis and structure; update facts. ## When to Use User types `/refresh-research` followed by: | Invocation | Behavior | |------------|----------| | *(empty)* | Interactive — show stale entries, let user pick which to refresh | | `research/agent-memory/cognee-architecture.md` | Refresh a specific synthesis file | | `agent-memory` | All refreshable entries in that category | | `--all` | All refreshable entries across all categories | | `--stale 14` | Entries not checked in 14+ days (default threshold: 30) | | `--backfill` | One-time: add `source_type` to entries missing it | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add harnessprotocol/harness-kit/refresh-research@sha256:14816c04a074a510The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260317.9e62267, 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_nqoswtr55pewctck)
4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 17, 2026.
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 (14981 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
harnessprotocol/harness-kit · 10 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nqoswtr55pewctck GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=harnessprotocol/harness-kit/refresh-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/14816c04a074a510cdfe2c8cdc5b0b23de424fa4a444b6734f2376d5687f386e
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.