research SKILL.md skillC

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

Install it, pinned
mdr add ctaxnagomi/agent-kd-skill/research@git:20260826.54f6831

Pins git:20260826.54f6831 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
C, 15 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
ctaxnagomi/agent-kd-skill
Path
skills/custom/research/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260826.54f6831, committed Aug 26, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 24, 2026
Size
2,162 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
none declared

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

Research a topic thoroughly using documentation, codebase exploration, and external sources.

## Process

1. **Define the question** — What exactly needs to be researched?
2. **Identify sources** — Docs, code, APIs, web resources.
3. **Gather information** — Read and extract relevant facts.
4. **Synthesize** — Organize findings into actionable knowledge.
5. **Cite sources** — Reference where each fact came from.

## Rules

- Always cite sources.
- Distinguish facts from opinions.
- Be thorough but focused.
- Report what you found, not what you expected.

## Credit

This skill is based on the work of **Matt Pocock** ([@mattpocock](https://github.com/mattpocock)). Original source: [mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills). Licensed under MIT.

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## How to use?

### 1. Download
Go to the [AGENT KD SKILL gallery](https://ctaxnagomi.github.io/agent-kd-skill/) and find this skill card. Click **Download** to save the SKILL.md file to your computer.

### 2. Install
Copy the downloaded SKILL.md into your agent's skills directory:

| Agent | Path |
|-------|------|
| **opencode** | ~/.config/opencode/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add ctaxnagomi/agent-kd-skill/research@sha256:6e4f4796b2dbadbe

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260826.54f6831, 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

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_theps2i6oqayu77b.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_theps2i6oqayu77b)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 26, 2026, more than one a day.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260826.54f6831 latest2026-08-26 54f6831 2,162 BC view · diff
git:20260824.dfd64f32026-08-24 dfd64f3 2,164 BC view · diff
git:20260824.da779f92026-08-24 da779f9 1,100 BC view

Audit of the latest version

C  15 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: Frontmatter declares a name
  • fail: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2162 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

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

ctaxnagomi/agent-kd-skill · 3 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_theps2i6oqayu77b
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ctaxnagomi/agent-kd-skill/research
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6e4f4796b2dbadbe4506f59ccd28a820e5b051866d92e24bfcd84ab6dec7283f

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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