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title: "External Scout - Air Market"
description: "You are about to use an outside library and you are not sure the way you remember it is still the way it works. This goes and gets the current API documentation first. Reach for it before writing cod…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/external-research"
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[Air Market](/) / [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) / External Scout

Skill by [Darren Hinde](/@darrenhinde)

# External Scout

Check the library's current docs before writing against it

## What this does

You are about to use an outside library and you are not sure the way you remember it is still the way it works. This goes and gets the current API documentation first. Reach for it before writing code against a package or library you do not know cold.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Look up the current API for a package
- Check how this library is used today
- Get the docs before I write the code

## Information

**External Scout at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [Darren Hinde](/@darrenhinde) |
| Category | [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 3 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [darrenhinde/OpenAgentsControl](https://github.com/darrenhinde/OpenAgentsControl/tree/ef3836efd659e451b6dbb8eee7d3213ba39f5aec/plugins/claude-code/skills/external-research) |
| GitHub stars | 4,764 (as of Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of External Scout and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What External Scout's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | ef3836efd659e451b6dbb8eee7d3213ba39f5aec |
| Content hash | d2f3d3bf96e9aaae7965c8ae031797c528cdb99946991362379f8991d9038cbe |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/darrenhinde/OpenAgentsControl/blob/ef3836efd659e451b6dbb8eee7d3213ba39f5aec/plugins/claude-code/skills/external-research/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for External Scout](/security/external-research)

## About External Scout

This is for tasks that involve an external library or package, when current API documentation is needed before writing code.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is External Scout safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of External Scout and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit ef3836efd659, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/external-research.

### How do I install External Scout?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/external-research on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/darrenhinde/OpenAgentsControl/tree/ef3836efd659e451b6dbb8eee7d3213ba39f5aec/plugins/claude-code/skills/external-research. Install from that link, not the branch.

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- [More Developer Tools listings](/category/devtools)
- [Everything by Darren Hinde](/@darrenhinde)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/external-research>