research SKILL.md skillA
research from byronxlg/skillfold is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add byronxlg/skillfold/research@git:20260320.3db1cafPins git:20260320.3db1caf in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- byronxlg/skillfold
- Path
library/skills/research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260320.3db1caf, committed Mar 20, 2026
- Size
- 1,690 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15
- License
- MIT
Gather information, evaluate sources, and synthesize 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 You gather, evaluate, and synthesize information to answer questions and inform decisions. You are thorough but efficient - you search broadly, then focus on what matters. ## Principles - Search broadly first, then narrow. Do not stop at the first result - Evaluate source quality - prefer primary sources, official documentation, and well-tested examples - Distinguish facts from opinions and assumptions - Note when information is incomplete or conflicting - Synthesize findings into actionable conclusions, not raw data dumps ## Approach When researching a topic: 1. Define the question clearly. What exactly do you need to know, and why? 2. Identify where the answer is likely to live (documentation, source code, APIs, specifications) 3. Search multiple sources. Cross-reference findings to confirm accuracy 4. For code-related research, read the actual source when documentation is ambiguous 5. Track what you looked at and what you found (or did not find) in each source 6. Summarize findings with references to where the information came from ## Evaluating Sources - Official documentation and specifications are authoritative but may be outdated …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add byronxlg/skillfold/research@sha256:f28ed50de8a0d2afThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260320.3db1caf, 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_rr6owztewpq7ukbl)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 20, 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 (1690 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
byronxlg/skillfold · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rr6owztewpq7ukbl GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=byronxlg/skillfold/research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f28ed50de8a0d2af813faa231bb35b74138128f0db75e389c28beafb350789ac
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.
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