# Research

> Research a question using primary sources and record the findings.

- Skill: `ci/research` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ci/research`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ci/research/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: ci (https://skillmd.com/u/ci)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ci/research

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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.