research-topic SKILL.md skillA
research-topic from tomzx/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tomzx/agents/research-topic@git:20261007.b35fc4bPins git:20261007.b35fc4b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tomzx/agents
- Path
skills/research-topic/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261007.b35fc4b, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 6, 2026
- Size
- 15,228 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Research any topic by running a comprehensive web search, snapshotting each visited page's raw HTML and converting it to clean markdown, then synthesizing a structured research document. Use when the user says /research-topic, 'research a topic', 'investigate a subject', 'gather sources', 'background research', 'build a research dossier', 'find information on', or wants a topic researched with sources saved on disk. Persists snapshots of every source so findings are auditable and re-usable.…
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 Topic Given any topic, runs a comprehensive web search across multiple angles and source types, snapshots every page it visits (raw HTML plus a clean markdown conversion), and synthesizes a structured research document. The snapshots stay on disk so every claim in the final document can be traced back to the exact content that was read, and the material can be re-used later without re-fetching. ## Prerequisites - **Topic**: The subject to investigate (e.g., "how WebRTC handles NAT traversal", "React Server Components vs. Remix", "the 2024 SQLite virtual table changes") - **Scope** (optional but recommended): The specific question or angle, time bounds (e.g., "last 2 years"), and how many sources to deep-read (default 8-12) - **Seed sources** (optional): Any URLs the user already knows matter - **Output directory** (optional): Defaults to `./research/<topic-slug>/` relative to the current working directory ### Tools This skill does its fetching, image handling, and conversion through one script: `scripts/snapshot.py` (next to this file). The script handles every deterministic decision so the skill steps stay focused on research judgment, not tool mechanics. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tomzx/agents/research-topic@sha256:d707226ddedb5854The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.b35fc4b, 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_tugzh27cigxcy6gz)
1 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jul 6, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 46 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261007.b35fc4b latest | 2026-10-07 | b35fc4b | 15,228 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.00bb0c5 | 2026-10-04 | 00bb0c5 | 15,227 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260706.756567d | 2026-07-06 | 756567d | 15,231 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 (15228 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
tomzx/agents · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tugzh27cigxcy6gz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tomzx/agents/research-topic GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d707226ddedb58548b4e52d5b2ca0b8dc44d700f6e4f42650a08781c7a35e7cc
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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.