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.
research from kensaurus/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kensaurus/skills/research@git:20261006.890b042Pins git:20261006.890b042 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kensaurus/skills
- Path
skills/research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261006.890b042, committed Oct 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 20, 2026
- Size
- 13,867 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
Research current practice with Context7, Firecrawl, and official docs before a non-trivial change: gap analysis and a file-mapped plan, no implementation. Use when "look up current docs" or before anything unfamiliar.
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 — Production research protocol **Degree of freedom: MIXED.** Repo-first inventory and official-docs order `[LOW freedom — run exactly]`. Which sources to trust and which pattern to recommend `[HIGH freedom]`. Understand the current repo first. Then fetch version-matched official docs. Then map findings back to specific files. **Do not implement until the user asks or approves.** Recognizing a library, tool, or product name is not knowing its current state. Search the name as written and fetch the installed version's docs even when you think you already know the answer — that is the whole point of this skill. ## This skill vs neighbors | Skill | Owns | |---|---| | **research** (this) | Current-year, version-matched investigation + gap analysis + plan | | `plan-*` | Audit → approved burndown (no implementation) | | `docs-adr` | Decision memory after a choice is made | | `workflow-onboard` | First-contact repo orientation, not industry research | | `complete-everything` | Execute an already-approved plan | ## How to reason 1. **Observe** — installed versions, current files, existing pattern 2. **Interpret** — what is actually missing vs what just looks old …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kensaurus/skills/research@sha256:40c0c8f83c589d0cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261006.890b042, 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 5 versions of this file, between Aug 20, 2026 and Oct 6, 2026, about one every 12 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261006.890b042 latest | 2026-10-06 | 890b042 | 13,867 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.3fce9fb | 2026-10-01 | 3fce9fb | 12,666 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.68c095e | 2026-09-23 | 68c095e | 12,703 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.cf348bd | 2026-09-23 | cf348bd | 12,748 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260820.1d34d60 | 2026-08-20 | 1d34d60 | 12,527 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 (13867 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
kensaurus/skills · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wgg2bqwuvxpyckky GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kensaurus/skills/research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/40c0c8f83c589d0c516953a4e95daaa4601631053f4384a1d38859b21c20503a
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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