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research

Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated to a background agent.

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v1.0Saved Jul 3, 2026

Spin up a background agent to do the research, so you keep working while it reads.

Its job:

  1. Investigate the question against primary sources — official docs, source code, specs, first-party APIs — not a secondary write-up of them. Follow every claim back to the source that owns it.
  2. Write the findings to a single Markdown file, citing each claim's source.
  3. Save it where the repo already keeps such notes; match the existing convention, and if there is none, put it somewhere sensible and say where.
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Overall Score

42/100

Grade

D

Below Average

Safety

55

Quality

28

Clarity

52

Completeness

25

Summary

This skill directs an agent to investigate a question against primary sources (official docs, source code, specs, APIs) and write findings as a cited Markdown file saved to the repository. It emphasizes following claims back to authoritative sources rather than secondary summaries, and delegates research work to a background agent to keep the user productive.

Detected Capabilities

file writemarkdown generationbackground agent spawninghttp request (implicit for document/spec retrieval)text analysis

Trigger Keywords

Phrases that MCP clients use to match this skill to user intent.

research topicinvestigate documentationgather api factsverify technical claimsdelegate research

Risk Signals

WARNING

Background agent execution scope not constrained

Primary instructions, line 3
INFO

No guardrails documented for primary source identification

Primary instructions, line 6
INFO

File write location uses convention-matching heuristic

Primary instructions, line 9

Use Cases

  • Investigate technical documentation for accuracy or latest changes
  • Research API specifications before implementing integrations
  • Gather facts about libraries, frameworks, or tools from official sources
  • Delegate time-consuming research tasks to a background process
  • Capture research findings with citations for team reference

Quality Notes

  • Skill is extremely brief — lacks procedural details on how agent should identify primary sources vs. secondary content
  • No guidance on error handling (e.g., when source is unavailable, conflicting claims exist, or docs are unclear)
  • Lacks examples of acceptable sources or citation formats
  • Does not specify how to handle closed-source systems or proprietary APIs where 'primary source' is inaccessible
  • Does not document scope boundaries — unclear whether agent should search Internet broadly or restrict to specific domains
  • No guidance on depth (how thorough should research be?) or time limits
  • Saving 'somewhere sensible' is vague — no heuristics provided for directory selection if convention doesn't exist
Model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001Analyzed: Jul 3, 2026

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