scout SKILL.md skillA
scout from vanducng/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vanducng/skills/scout@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
- vanducng/skills
- Path
skills/scout/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1.1.0, committed Sep 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 17, 2026
- Size
- 6,304 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- MIT
Fast, parallel codebase scouting across software, data-engineering, devops, and analytics surfaces. Use to locate files, dbt models, dashboards, IaC, pipeline DAGs, K8s manifests, secrets, and CI workflows before changes. Supports internal (Explore subagents) and external (Gemini/OpenCode CLI) modes.
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
# Scout Token-efficient parallel scouting that finds the right files before you touch them. Tuned for multi-discipline repos: app code, data pipelines, IaC, and BI artifacts. ## Modes | Argument | What | When | |---|---|---| | _(none)_ | **Internal** - Explore subagents in parallel (`references/internal-scouting.md`) | Default in Claude Code. Best for ≥6 logical segments. | | `ext` | **External** - Gemini / OpenCode CLI in parallel (`references/external-scouting.md`) | Large surfaces (1M+ ctx) and you have one of the CLIs installed. SCALE 1-5. | Internal mode needs the Task/Explore tool (Claude Code). In a runtime without it (e.g. Codex), use `ext` mode - run its `gemini`/`opencode` bash commands sequentially - or fall back to inline `Glob`/`Grep` sweeps. ## When to use …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vanducng/skills/scout@sha256:274d7be6cc220ca3The 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_yapxhv4lghddmxms)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 17, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026, about one every 21 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1.0 latest | 2026-09-11 | 9e58ef3 | 6,304 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-19 | 204f73f | 8,022 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-24 | 51405ee | 8,026 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-10 | 6f1e7cf | 8,078 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-06-17 | 55fdabe | 7,862 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 (6304 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
vanducng/skills · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yapxhv4lghddmxms GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vanducng/skills/scout GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/274d7be6cc220ca338b9ea251e3dcb6906636873252f89d5139f0c23a862d150
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.