Investigate an open question and return grounded, sourced findings.
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
Use this skill when the next step depends on something not yet known. Research
answers questions; it does not implement.
This is the canonical research lane. `deep-dive`, `sciomc`, and `autoresearch`
route here.
## Goal
Replace assumptions with evidence, and say plainly what remains uncertain.
## Workflow
1. State the question precisely enough to know when it is answered.
2. Search the repo and its docs first — local evidence outranks recollection.
3. For external SDKs, frameworks, or APIs, consult official documentation.
4. Sweep more than one way when the answer could hide: by file, by symbol, by caller, by history.
5. Synthesize into findings, each tied to where it came from.
## Scale
- **Narrow lookup** — answer it directly.
- **Multiple independent questions** — investigate in parallel.
- **Unknown-size discovery** — keep going until additional passes surface nothing new.
## Rules
- Cite the source: file and line, or the document consulted.
- Distinguish what was verified from what was inferred.
- Report contradicting evidence rather than picking the tidier story.
- Do not implement as a side effect of researching.
## Output
- The question
…
The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260906.bface5c, 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.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rlzrnuw2uewotlyv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=naimkatiman/continuous-improvement/research
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c449ecaa93571a90d79c99b1d03fc8c09d8b78fb92adfcdb051aa1a79a010dd6
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naimkatiman/continuous-improvement · plugins/continuous-improvement/skills/audit/SKILL.md · Enforces Law 4 (Verify Before Reporting) of the 7 Laws of AI Agent Discipline. Audits a window of recent commits for…
naimkatiman/continuous-improvement · plugins/continuous-improvement/skills/deploy-receipt/SKILL.md · Enforces Law 4 (Verify Before Reporting) of the 7 Laws of AI Agent Discipline at the deploy seam. A merge into a branch…
naimkatiman/continuous-improvement · plugins/continuous-improvement/skills/gateguard/SKILL.md · Enforces Law 1 (Research Before Executing) of the 7 Laws of AI Agent Discipline. Fact-forcing gate that blocks…
naimkatiman/continuous-improvement · plugins/continuous-improvement/skills/goal-monitor/SKILL.md · Enforces Law 2 (Plan Is Sacred) of the 7 Laws of AI Agent Discipline. Detects when a session has drifted away from its…
naimkatiman/continuous-improvement · plugins/continuous-improvement/skills/grill-me/SKILL.md · Enforces Law 1 (Research Before Executing) of the 7 Laws of AI Agent Discipline. Interview the user relentlessly about…
naimkatiman/continuous-improvement · plugins/continuous-improvement/skills/grill-with-docs/SKILL.md · Enforces Law 1 (Research Before Executing) and Law 7 (Learn From Every Session) of the 7 Laws of AI Agent Discipline…
naimkatiman/continuous-improvement · plugins/continuous-improvement/skills/handoff/SKILL.md · Enforces Law 5 (Reflect After Every Session) of the 7 Laws of AI Agent Discipline. Compact the current conversation…
sethgammon/citadel · skills/research/SKILL.md · Focused research investigations. Converts questions into structured findings with confidence levels and source…
zhongkaifu/tensorsharp · TensorAgent/skills/research/SKILL.md · Use for web searches and current information lookups, finding sources, and fact-checking without being given any URLs…
oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix · plugins/elixir-phoenix/skills/research/SKILL.md · Research Elixir/Phoenix/Ecto topics or evaluate Hex libraries (--library). Use when learning about libraries, patterns…
boshu2/agentops · skills/research/SKILL.md · Answer one cited question on code, history, claims or patterns. Use when: asked how it works, why it changed, if a…
aiskillstore/marketplace · pending/warpdotdev/research/SKILL.md · Delegate noisy investigation to one or more subagents so the orchestrator's context stays clean, then work from the…
