# Cross Tool Research

> Find, correlate, summarize, and investigate information across the user’s connectors. Use for cross-tool searches, conversation or ticket summaries, and investigations that need alerts, logs, messages, documents, or code context.

- Skill: `tines/cross-tool-research` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tines/cross-tool-research`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tines/cross-tool-research/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- License: Apache-2.0
- Author: tines (https://skillmd.com/u/tines)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tines/cross-tool-research

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# Cross-tool research

Clarify the target when the request does not identify a person, project, incident, channel, ticket, or time range.

Search the most likely authoritative sources first, then follow identifiers and links across connectors. Keep evidence separate from inference. Report:

- The direct answer or current state
- A short timeline when sequence matters
- The source of each important fact
- Conflicts, missing evidence, and unresolved questions
- The next useful query or action

For investigations, start with the observed symptom, establish scope and timing, correlate recent changes, and avoid claiming a root cause until the evidence supports it.