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Research

mattpocock/research · Agent Skill (multi-file)

by mattpocock · bundle

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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.

SKILL.md

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.

Files

This skill is a package of 2 files. Install with the command above, or download the folder.

  • 📄SKILL.md entry
  • 📁agents
  • ◆openai.yaml GitHub 94 B
mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/research commit · 6654f6b60c

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Research skill?

Run npx skillmds add mattpocock/research in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Research skill do?

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. It is listed under Docs & Writing on SkillMD.

Is Research safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: docs only. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Research?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Research free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Research?

mattpocock (@mattpocock) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.