nw-research SKILL.md skillA
nw-research from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-research@git:20260407.db3038cPins git:20260407.db3038c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nwave-ai/nwave
- Path
nWave/skills/nw-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260407.db3038c, committed Apr 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 20, 2026
- Size
- 9,098 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
Gathers knowledge from web and files, cross-references across multiple sources, and produces cited research documents. Use when investigating technologies, patterns, or decisions that need evidence backing.
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
# NW-RESEARCH: Evidence-Driven Knowledge Research
**Wave**: CROSS_WAVE
**Agent**: Nova (nw-researcher)
**Command**: `*research`
## Overview
Systematic evidence-based research with source verification. Cross-wave support providing research-backed insights for any nWave phase using trusted academic|official|industry sources.
Optional `--skill-for={agent-name}` distills research into a practitioner-focused skill file for a specific agent.
## Orchestration: Trusted Source Config
At orchestration time, before invoking the researcher subagent:
1. **Read Config** — Read `.nwave/trusted-source-domains.yaml` from the project root. Gate: file read attempted.
2. **Seed If Missing** — If file missing, write it from the defaults in `## Default Trusted Sources` below, then notify the user: "Seeded `.nwave/trusted-source-domains.yaml` with defaults (7 categories, 42 trusted domains, 5 excluded). Edit the YAML directly to customize." Gate: file exists.
3. **Embed Config** — Embed the YAML content inline in the researcher subagent Task prompt so the agent receives trusted source config via prompt context. Gate: YAML present in Task prompt.
## Agent Invocation
@nw-researcher
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-research@sha256:8c8567a70b0d4055The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260407.db3038c, 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_scffe47vexcuxvs4)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Mar 20, 2026 and Apr 7, 2026, about one every 18 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260407.db3038c latest | 2026-04-07 | db3038c | 9,098 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260320.d98f3cb | 2026-03-20 | d98f3cb | 8,665 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 (9098 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
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_scffe47vexcuxvs4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8c8567a70b0d40556e7b7fb4600395b8d6146a8b3d18c4d369fe0eb6b8a48dbe
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.