research-codebase SKILL.md skillA
research-codebase from bastani-inc/atomic is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bastani-inc/atomic/research-codebase@git:20260920.46c242dPins git:20260920.46c242d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bastani-inc/atomic
- Path
packages/workflows/skills/research-codebase/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20260920.46c242d, committed Sep 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 1, 2026
- Size
- 15,373 bytes
- Repository stars
- 880
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Document codebase as-is with research directory for historical context.
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 Codebase
You are tasked with conducting comprehensive research across the codebase to answer user questions by spawning parallel sub-agents and synthesizing their findings.
The user's research question/request is: **$ARGUMENTS**
## Steps to follow after receiving the research query:
<EXTREMELY_IMPORTANT>
- OPTIMIZE the research question using your prompt-engineer skill to refine phrasing and structure for maximum clarity and precision.
- After research is complete and the research artifact(s) are generated, provide an executive summary of the research and path to the research document(s) to the user, and ask if they have any follow-up questions or need clarification.
</EXTREMELY_IMPORTANT>
1. **Read any directly mentioned files first:**
- If the user mentions specific files (tickets, docs, or other notes), read them FULLY first
- **IMPORTANT**: Use the `readFile` tool WITHOUT limit/offset parameters to read entire files
- **CRITICAL**: Read these files yourself in the main context before spawning any sub-tasks
- This ensures you have full context before decomposing the research
2. **Determine the compatibility posture:**
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add bastani-inc/atomic/research-codebase@sha256:2bd33ac0dfdae068The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260920.46c242d, 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_xt2af4qp5pajyzoh)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jun 1, 2026 and Sep 20, 2026, about one every 22 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260920.46c242d latest | 2026-09-20 | 46c242d | 15,373 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260618.e1fcc93 | 2026-06-18 | e1fcc93 | 15,372 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260614.01df896 | 2026-06-14 | 01df896 | 15,337 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260606.e9d9c08 | 2026-06-06 | e9d9c08 | 14,539 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260605.c801674 | 2026-06-05 | c801674 | 14,539 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260601.139b575 | 2026-06-01 | 139b575 | 12,073 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 (15373 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
bastani-inc/atomic · 880 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xt2af4qp5pajyzoh GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bastani-inc/atomic/research-codebase GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2bd33ac0dfdae068fd0809f5298e5630afdf316e8c6164a7dcd9a77e9fa9f14a
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