Research
Published by mattpocock in skills
What this skill does
It delegates a research question to a background agent, which checks primary sources such as official docs, code, and specifications. The agent saves cited findings in a Markdown file in the repository, following its existing convention. Best for Founders and developers who need sourced answers from official documentation without pausing their current work.
Add Research to your agent
Review the source and files first. When you are ready, copy the prompt instruction or use the CLI command supported by your environment.
Install with a prompt
Paste this into a compatible coding agent:
add this skill "research" from https://github.com/mattpocock/skillsInstall with the CLI
Run this command in a controlled environment after reviewing the repository:
npx skills add https://github.com/mattpocock/skills --skill researchSkill instructions
Spin up a background agent to do the research, so you keep working while it reads.
Its job:
- 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.
- Write the findings to a single Markdown file, citing each claim's source.
- 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 included
- agents/openai.yaml
- SKILL.md