search-before-building 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.
search-before-building from yeaight7/agent-powerups is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/search-before-building@git:20260606.85976e8Pins git:20260606.85976e8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- yeaight7/agent-powerups
- Path
plugins/codebase-intelligence/skills/search-before-building/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260606.85976e8, committed Jun 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 12, 2026
- Size
- 3,965 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- Apache-2.0
Use when about to add a new helper, utility, or abstraction, a task sounds like a solved problem, a new external dependency is being considered, or custom code is proposed without checking what already exists.
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
# Search Before Building Before implementing new functionality, verify it does not already exist and that the best option has been considered. ## When to Use - About to add a new helper, utility, or abstraction - Task says "add X" and X sounds like a solved problem - Considering a new external dependency - Agent proposes writing something from scratch without checking first ## Four-Step Check Run in order. Stop when you find a satisfactory answer. ### Step 1 — Repo-first Search the current codebase before anything else: ```bash rg "<keyword>" src/ lib/ --type ts --type js -l rg "<keyword>" --glob "*.py" -l ``` Check: Does equivalent logic already exist? Is it importable as-is, or would it need wrapper work? ### Step 2 — Package registry Search the relevant registry for the project language: | Language | Registry | Search method | | --- | --- | --- | | TypeScript/JS | npm | `npm search <keyword>` or npmjs.com | | Python | PyPI | `pip index search <keyword>` or pypi.org | | Go | pkg.go.dev | web search `site:pkg.go.dev <keyword>` | | Rust | crates.io | `cargo search <keyword>` | Score each candidate: - Maintenance: last commit < 1 year, open issues ratio …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/search-before-building@sha256:5a2016de602420edThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260606.85976e8, 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_uvsp6j3d5ocmltl3)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 12, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026, about one every 25 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260606.85976e8 latest | 2026-06-06 | 85976e8 | 3,965 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260512.f031c2f | 2026-05-12 | f031c2f | 3,469 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 (3965 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
yeaight7/agent-powerups · 8 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_uvsp6j3d5ocmltl3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yeaight7/agent-powerups/search-before-building GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5a2016de602420ed1e6f905443b29a13e8755970f10591a8803d1a407573bc9a
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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