codebase-research SKILL.md skillA
codebase-research from a5c-ai/babysitter is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/codebase-research@git:20260601.da7723aPins git:20260601.da7723a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- a5c-ai/babysitter
- Path
library/methodologies/rpikit/skills/codebase-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260601.da7723a, committed Jun 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 25, 2026
- Size
- 1,668 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,896
- License
- MIT
Systematic codebase exploration following the Iron Law - understand the problem before exploring code. Four phases with file-finder and web-researcher agents.
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
- Investigating how an existing feature works before modifying it - Understanding dependencies and data flows before planning - Gathering context for a known goal ## Process 1. **Understand the request** - Ask clarifying questions one at a time (purpose, specifics, scope, constraints, context). Do NOT read any files until confirmed. 2. **Explore the codebase** - Use file-finder agent, read in order, trace data flows, identify constraints. 3. **Document findings** - Write structured research document to `docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>-research.md`. 4. **Transition** - Ask: plan, continue research, or conclude. ## Key Rules - Quotations from source material capped at 125 characters maximum - Only proceed to exploration after human confirms understanding - Use file-finder agent for initial file discovery - Use web-researcher agent for external context needs ## Agents Used - `agents/file-finder/` - Locates relevant files with suggested reading order - `agents/web-researcher/` - Gathers external context when needed ## Tool Use Invoke via babysitter process: `methodologies/rpikit/rpikit-research`
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/codebase-research@sha256:647eaaa95ae065c3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260601.da7723a, 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_zdwrq47j63np6czb)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Mar 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026, about one every 17 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260601.da7723a latest | 2026-06-01 | da7723a | 1,668 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.9f5be95 | 2026-05-07 | 9f5be95 | 1,698 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.8dfdcb4 | 2026-05-07 | 8dfdcb4 | 1,693 B | C | view · diff |
| git:20260507.56f011d | 2026-05-07 | 56f011d | 1,799 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260325.a6b3a88 | 2026-03-25 | a6b3a88 | 1,706 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 (1668 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
a5c-ai/babysitter · 1,896 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zdwrq47j63np6czb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=a5c-ai/babysitter/codebase-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/647eaaa95ae065c3348fa53775082d29d08d52b611080a0f72e0561d121a40ab
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