vaultspec-code-research SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

vaultspec-code-research from nevenincs/vaultspec-core is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add nevenincs/vaultspec-core/vaultspec-code-research@git:20260924.afdc9ea

Pins git:20260924.afdc9ea in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
nevenincs/vaultspec-core
Path
src/vaultspec_core/builtins/skills/vaultspec-code-research/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
8
Latest version
git:20260924.afdc9ea, committed Sep 24, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 12, 2026
Size
1,791 bytes
Repository stars
2
License
MIT

Ground a decision or plan in how real code does it. Use when an ADR or plan needs a blueprint from this or another codebase.

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

# Code research (vaultspec-code-research)

Produces a Reference record: how a codebase (this project, a submodule, or an external
reference) implements the thing, as patterns with locators. It is an entry point
alongside `vaultspec-research`; sufficient Audit evidence can also ground an ADR. This
skill terminates within one run.

## Steps

- Discover per the `vaultspec-discovery` rule: locate code by meaning, read the
  epicenter or nearest analogue whole, confirm exact symbols with grep, and list the
  decisions.
- Scaffold: `vaultspec-core vault add reference --feature {feature}` (or the `create`
  tool). Read `.vaultspec/templates/reference.md`; its hint blocks fix the body shape.
- Audit in this run, or dispatch the `vaultspec-reference-auditor` persona to locate and
  audit the `{feature}` implementation in the named codebase; it returns findings for
  you to persist. If the record exists already, update its body.
- Verify with `vaultspec-core vault check all`.

## Quality gate

- **Faithful.** Exact module and `file:line`; the reference's version or commit pinned.
- **Pattern-level.** Abstractions, boundaries, and module interactions; never pasted
  implementation.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add nevenincs/vaultspec-core/vaultspec-code-research@sha256:38b76510a2c8d37e

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260924.afdc9ea, 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_ugcdxhiomspm4b4m.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ugcdxhiomspm4b4m)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Jun 12, 2026 and Sep 24, 2026, about one every 15 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260924.afdc9ea latest2026-09-24 afdc9ea 1,791 BA view · diff
git:20260908.5b407182026-09-08 5b40718 1,996 BA view · diff
git:20260908.af390dd2026-09-08 af390dd 1,998 BA view · diff
git:20260905.f7553142026-09-05 f755314 1,935 BA view · diff
git:20260626.475d40c2026-06-26 475d40c 2,955 BA view · diff
git:20260624.055eb802026-06-24 055eb80 2,776 BA view · diff
git:20260613.68b0c192026-06-13 68b0c19 2,321 BA view · diff
git:20260612.69d4b582026-06-12 69d4b58 2,423 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 (1791 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

nevenincs/vaultspec-core · 2 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ugcdxhiomspm4b4m
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nevenincs/vaultspec-core/vaultspec-code-research
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/38b76510a2c8d37ea6caf558f7a0f3bbdd0ac5a90962dd4ff6d479003b27ef76

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