nobrainer-research SKILL.md skillA

nobrainer-research from nobrainer-tech/nobrainer-tech-flow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add nobrainer-tech/nobrainer-tech-flow/nobrainer-research@git:20261028.b89d7ef

Pins git:20261028.b89d7ef in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
nobrainer-tech/nobrainer-tech-flow
Path
skills/nobrainer-research/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261028.b89d7ef, committed Oct 28, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 28, 2026
Size
5,861 bytes
Repository stars
6
License
MIT

Use when a task depends on current, niche, uncertain, high-stakes or source-attributed facts, when external information must be researched or verified, or when a problem needs current external evidence rather than a stable local diagnostic. Alias: nb-research.

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

# NoBrainer Research

Resolve the smallest decision-relevant knowledge gap with current, attributable
evidence. Research is a bounded input to delivery, not an excuse to delay action
or collect an unreadable pile of links.

## `PROBLEM_GATE`

When work encounters a problem, first freeze the literal symptom and inspect the
current repository/runtime, smallest reproducer and related local evidence.
Query only relevant wiki decisions or lessons when they can change the remedy.

A stable local syntax, import, test, configuration or deterministic runtime
failure does not require internet research before the next local diagnostic.
Escalate to a `MICRO` internet pass when the response depends on a current,
external, niche, uncertain or high-stakes fact, or when local evidence leaves
material alternatives that current primary sources can resolve.

Wiki is context, not current-state proof. Compare it and external evidence with
the actual repository/runtime, separating fact from inference. If required
internet access is unavailable, return `RESEARCH_BLOCKED` and do not disguise
memory as current verification.

## Decide whether research is needed
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add nobrainer-tech/nobrainer-tech-flow/nobrainer-research@sha256:f9fdd7e6274c4981

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261028.b89d7ef, 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

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Aug 28, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026, about one every 15 days.

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git:20261028.b89d7ef latest2026-10-28 b89d7ef 5,861 BA view · diff
git:20260922.f39b0442026-09-22 f39b044 5,877 BA view · diff
git:20260830.7b9ba622026-08-30 7b9ba62 5,053 BA view · diff
git:20260828.46feb1e2026-08-28 46feb1e 5,136 BA view · diff
git:20260828.711be312026-08-28 711be31 4,114 BA 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 (5861 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

nobrainer-tech/nobrainer-tech-flow · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sn4bhnkjgyiqnv52
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nobrainer-tech/nobrainer-tech-flow/nobrainer-research
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f9fdd7e6274c49814c0084093adc7074c3b65c7ed6c7c054c1b250f02f9da828

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