Research Websites

Research website

When To Use

Use this skill when the user asks you to research, explain, compare, summarize, or analyze a topic and provides one or more website URLs (or clearly indicates target sites).

Prefer this skill when:

• The user wants conclusions grounded in specific website content.
• The task requires extracting claims, positioning, offerings, policies, or evidence from those sites.
• The user wants a concise brief rather than raw browsing notes.

Inputs

• Required: at least one target website URL (or a clear instruction identifying the target website(s)).
• Required: research objective/question tied to the target website(s).
• Optional constraints: timeframe, geography, audience level, preferred sources, depth, and output focus.
• Optional focus areas or sub-questions.

If URL(s), scope, or intent are ambiguous, ask one brief clarifying question before deep research.

Workflow

1. Confirm scope:

   • Restate the target website(s) and research objective.
   • Identify key sub-questions needed for a useful answer.
   • Note any user constraints (time range, region, etc.).

2. Extract first-party evidence from provided website(s):

   • Prioritize official pages (about, product, pricing, docs, policy, blog/newsroom, support, legal pages).
   • Capture factual claims, dates, metrics, and direct statements with page URLs.
   • Distinguish between explicit statements and inference.

3. Corroborate and contextualize with external sources:

   • Validate major claims with credible independent sources where possible.
   • Prefer primary/authoritative sources and recent information when recency matters.
   • Capture disagreements and identify who makes each claim.
   • If external corroboration is unavailable, explicitly state this limitation.

4. Read templates/summary.md and produce the final response in that exact structure:

   • Replace each placeholder with concise, source-supported content.
   • Use Not found in reviewed sources where evidence is missing.
   • Keep <EXECUTIVE_SUMMARY> to 2-4 sentences.
   • Keep findings factual and neutral.
   • Put assumptions, uncertainty, and evidence gaps in caveats.

Quality Bar

• Use the provided website(s) as primary evidence; do not substitute unrelated sources.
• Use at least 3 distinct sources total when feasible (including target website pages and external corroboration), unless user requests otherwise.
• Prefer high-quality and recent sources for fast-changing topics.
• Cite URLs for major claims, metrics, dates, and contentious points.
• Keep the summary concise and avoid raw dumps.
• Separate observed facts from inference.
• Mention uncertainty when sources disagree or evidence is sparse.
• Do not invent facts, numbers, dates, or citations.

Edge Cases

• If the user provides multiple websites, compare them explicitly and note alignment vs differences.
• If first-party claims cannot be independently validated, mark confidence lower and explain why.
• If sources strongly conflict, present both sides and explain confidence levels.
• If only low-quality or sparse sources are available, state that limitation clearly.
• If the website is inaccessible or blocked, report it and request replacement URLs.
• If the topic evolves quickly, explicitly include an "as of" date in findings.