updating-knowledge 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.
updating-knowledge from oaustegard/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add oaustegard/claude-skills/updating-knowledge@v1.1.0Pins v1.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- oaustegard/claude-skills
- Path
updating-knowledge/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.1.0, committed Sep 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Nov 5, 2025
- Size
- 4,926 bytes
- Repository stars
- 158
- License
- MIT
Systematic research methodology for building comprehensive, current knowledge on any topic. Requires web_search tool. Use when questions require thorough investigation, recent developments post-cutoff, synthesis across multiple sources, or when Claude's knowledge may be outdated or incomplete. Triggered by "Research", "Investigate", "What's current on", "Latest info on", complex queries needing validation, or technical topics with recent changes.
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
# Updating Knowledge ## Core Principles - **Systematic > ad-hoc** - Follow research methodology, don't scatter searches randomly - **Cross-validate** - Verify claims across multiple independent sources - **Confidence tracking** - Explicitly flag single-source claims and gaps - **Concise output** - Present findings efficiently, introspection in thinking blocks ## Preflight Check This skill requires web_search tool access. Verify it's available before proceeding. If it isn't, tell the user immediately — "I need web search enabled for research tasks. Please toggle on 'Web search' in the feature menu." — and stop there rather than researching from memory alone or spending context on workarounds. ## Trigger Disambiguation Avoid triggering on generic action verbs like "update" (which could mean file/code changes instead) — trigger on the explicit knowledge-gathering requests named in the description above. ## Research Workflow ### 1. Scope Definition (internal) Identify in thinking block: - What specifically needs investigation - Current knowledge baseline - Known gaps - Required depth (overview vs comprehensive) ### 2. Source Gathering (2-10 tool calls) **Source priority:** …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add oaustegard/claude-skills/updating-knowledge@sha256:241894b8ff1b0403The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1.0, 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_y5clj5rqw3raqzik)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Nov 5, 2025 and Sep 9, 2026, about one every 154 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1.0 latest | 2026-09-09 | db4e3e1 | 4,926 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.3 | 2026-01-01 | ab21c6f | 5,753 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251105.a847137 | 2025-11-05 | a847137 | 5,726 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 (4926 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
oaustegard/claude-skills · 158 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_y5clj5rqw3raqzik GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oaustegard/claude-skills/updating-knowledge GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/241894b8ff1b04033025c9e0e0424fd82998b22a8a8227db95c5c48a7225be1f
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