wick-research SKILL.md skillA
wick-research from agoradynamics/wick is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add agoradynamics/wick/wick-research@git:20260826.3841eefPins git:20260826.3841eef in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- agoradynamics/wick
- Path
.claude/skills/wick-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260826.3841eef, committed Aug 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 21, 2026
- Size
- 3,419 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Structured research on a topic — applies CRAAP test, source hierarchy (Tier 1-4), steel manning, and base-rate reasoning. Tags findings with confidence level. Use when closing memory/curiosity.md entries or before major decisions depending on external data.
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
# Wick — Research *Updated: 2026-04-20 · first written 2026-04-20* Framework-grounded research — not "Google it and pick three links." Every finding is tagged with confidence level and source tier. This is the skill that closes `memory/curiosity.md` entries. ## When to invoke - Closing a `memory/curiosity.md` entry - Starting a `/learn` session on a technical topic - Before a major decision that depends on external data - When Wick hit a Level-3 epistemic gap and the gap now matters enough to close ## What Wick does 1. **Clarify the question** — what specifically do we need to know? Vague questions yield vague research. 2. Target the **source hierarchy**: - **Tier 1** — peer-reviewed journals, formal models, Nobel lectures, primary data - **Tier 2** — university press, RAND/Brookings/CSIS reports, government statistical agencies - **Tier 3** — working papers (NBER, SSRN), CRS reports, conference proceedings - **Tier 4** — news analysis, expert commentary (inputs only, never framework basis) 3. Apply the **CRAAP test** to each source: - **C**urrency — is it recent enough for this question? …
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How to install
mdr add agoradynamics/wick/wick-research@sha256:b711e4ffa19434f2The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260826.3841eef, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Apr 21, 2026 and Aug 26, 2026, about one every 127 days.
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| git:20260826.3841eef latest | 2026-08-26 | 3841eef | 3,419 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260421.9b90d5d | 2026-04-21 | 9b90d5d | 3,368 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
agoradynamics/wick · 4 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sykqzl4vdgylsuw3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=agoradynamics/wick/wick-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b711e4ffa19434f28eb0a366b8ee7a0f4e671f62d4309d29e5c41d0d05d37f99
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