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metagit-workspace-grep from metagit-ai/metagit-cli is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-workspace-grep@git:20260605.bbd0b89

Pins git:20260605.bbd0b89 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: metagit-ai/metagit-cli
Path: src/metagit/data/skills/metagit-workspace-grep/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20260605.bbd0b89, committed Jun 5, 2026
First version recorded: Jun 3, 2026
Size: 2,433 bytes
Repository stars: 4
License: MIT

Search on-disk file contents across managed workspace repos via ripgrep (or Python fallback). Use when hunting code strings, configs, or Terraform/Docker patterns — not for manifest metadata.

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

# Workspace content grep

Use this skill when you need **file contents** inside managed repos. Use `metagit search` / `metagit_repo_search` only for **catalog metadata** (names, URLs, tags).

Scaffold paths (`node_modules`, `.venv`, `__pycache__`, `.git`, etc.) are always excluded.

## Modalities (same semantics)

| Modality | Search | Ripgrep / backend status |
|----------|--------|---------------------------|
| CLI | `metagit workspace grep "QUERY" …` | `metagit workspace grep info [--json]` |
| MCP (ACTIVE gate) | `metagit_workspace_search` | `metagit_workspace_grep_info` |
| HTTP (`metagit api serve`) | `GET /v2/workspace/grep?q=…` | `GET /v2/workspace/grep/info` |
| Web UI | Workspace Console → Grep tab | (uses HTTP grep routes) |

## CLI examples

```bash
# whole workspace
metagit workspace grep "DATABASE_URL" --json

# one project
metagit workspace grep 'module "vpc"' --project platform --json

# one repo + context lines
metagit workspace grep "def main" --project portfolio --repo api -C 2 --json

# paths only
metagit workspace grep "TODO" --files-with-matches --limit 50

# backend status (install ripgrep for best performance)
metagit workspace grep info --json
```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-workspace-grep@sha256:e8bc565bec3a6e88

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260605.bbd0b89, 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](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_o2qfyva7viywe5qq.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_o2qfyva7viywe5qq)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 3, 2026 and Jun 5, 2026, about one every 2 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260605.bbd0b89 latest	2026-06-05	bbd0b89	2,433 B	A	view · diff
git:20260603.3d555b1	2026-06-03	3d555b1	2,407 B	A	view

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 (2433 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

metagit-ai/metagit-cli · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_o2qfyva7viywe5qq
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=metagit-ai/metagit-cli/metagit-workspace-grep
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e8bc565bec3a6e88b027b91f0f0e07664f926e55c8bf38002bbde0b28727e0dd

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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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