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Research

by Weizhena

Research is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by Weizhena in Deep-Research-skills.

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Install Research
Copy Research into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills/tree/master/skills/research-codex-en/research ~/.claude/skills/research

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
skills/research-codex-en/research/SKILL.md in Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/research
Collection
One of 13 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation1523 skills

What Research does

Research conducts preliminary research on a topic, generating an initial framework from model knowledge, supplementing it with web search results, and producing outline.yaml and fields.yaml files for subsequent deep research. Use it for academic research, benchmark research, technology selection, and similar tasks requiring structured outlines.

Research is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Research comes from a repository tagged claude-code, claude-code-skills, deep-research-agent, gpt-skills and llm-agent.

Documentation

README

Research Skill - Preliminary Research

Trigger

/research <topic>

Workflow

Step 1: Generate Initial Framework from Model Knowledge

Based on topic, use model's existing knowledge to generate:

  • Main research objects/items list in this domain
  • Suggested research field framework

Output {step1_output}, use request_user_input to confirm:

  • Need to add/remove items?
  • Does field framework meet requirements?

Step 2: Web Search Supplement

Use request_user_input to ask for time range (e.g., last 6 months, since 2024, unlimited).

Parameter Retrieval:

  • {topic}: User input research topic
  • {YYYY-MM-DD}: Current date
  • {step1_output}: Complete output from Step 1
  • {time_range}: User specified time range

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Research provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

  • /research
  • /research-add-items
  • /research-add-fields
  • /research-deep

Frequently asked about Research

  • What else does Weizhena publish alongside Research?

    Research is one of 13 skills that DirSkills catalogs from Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Preliminary Research, Research and Research Add Fields. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Research does, and is maintained by Weizhena in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills page.

  • How does Research compare to other Automation skills?

    Research ranks #513 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Research against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

More from Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills

Research is one of 13 skills cataloged on DirSkills from Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.

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