Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add jxoesneon/Ciel --skill search-firstgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jxoesneon/CielWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/jxoesneon/ciel/search-first)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/jxoesneon/ciel/search-first"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/jxoesneon/ciel/search-first/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/jxoesneon/ciel/search-first"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/jxoesneon/ciel/search-first.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00035 | $0.00847 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00017 | $0.00424 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00007 | $0.00169 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00085 |
Grade A, and why
search-first scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 69 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
CIEL ADAPTATION: Search-First (Research Mandate)
This skill operationalizes CIEL's core "Research-Before-Strategy" mandate. It acts as a hard gate preventing the premature generation of net-new code when robust, maintained solutions already exist in the ecosystem, the repository, or via MCP servers.
Integration Context
Adapted from ~/.agents/skills/search-first/. This skill heavily influences the Strategy Layer (specifically the make-plan skill). It dictates that the initial phase of any non-trivial implementation MUST be a dedicated research turn.
The Search-First Decision Matrix
Before proposing a custom implementation, agents must evaluate existing solutions against this matrix:
| Signal / Finding | Required Action |
|---|---|
| Exact match, well-maintained, MIT/Apache | Adopt: Propose installation. REQUIRE HUMAN CONFIRMATION before modifying package files. Do not wrap unnecessarily. |
| Partial match, strong foundation | Extend: Propose installation. REQUIRE HUMAN CONFIRMATION. Write a thin, specific wrapper. |
| Multiple weak matches | Compose: Combine small packages. REQUIRE HUMAN CONFIRMATION for all new dependencies. |
| Nothing suitable found | Build: Write custom code, informed by the research phase. |
Orchestration Workflow
When triggered, execute the following workflow:
- Need Analysis: Define the exact constraints (language, framework, license).
- Local Context Search:
- Use
grep_searchandglobto verify the functionality doesn't already exist in the repo. - Check available MCP servers (e.g., via
cli_helpor direct MCP tool listing).
- Use
- Ecosystem Search:
- If internet tools (like
google_web_searchorexa-search) are available, search the relevant package manager (npm, PyPI, crates.io). - Evaluate community trust, download counts, and recent update activity to mitigate supply chain risks.
- If internet tools (like
- Evaluate & Decide: Score candidates and apply the Decision Matrix.
- Documentation (Evolution): If a new external dependency is adopted, the agent MUST document the rationale, version, and alternatives considered in the project's architectural log (e.g.,
ARCHITECTURE.md) or via memory.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 69 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A a3eccceba1ed
search-first is a skill published in the GitHub repository jxoesneon/Ciel (1 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 847 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.
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