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Quality

Research Mode

by assafkip

Research Mode is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by assafkip in research-mode.

149 stars14 forkson assafkip/research-modeAdded 2026/07/16Repository updated 2026/04/16
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Install Research Mode
Copy Research Mode 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/assafkip/research-mode ~/.claude/skills/research-mode

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/assafkip/research-mode.git

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

In this catalog

Source file
SKILL.md in assafkip/research-mode
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/research-mode
Collection
The only skill cataloged from this repository
Category
Quality — 1897 skills

What Research Mode does

Enforces citation requirements, source grounding, and 'I don't know' behavior to reduce hallucination. Toggle on for research that needs factual accuracy.

Research Mode is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Research Mode comes from a repository tagged ai-safety, anti-hallucination, citations, claude-code and claude-code-plugin.

Documentation

README

Research Mode

Activates anti-hallucination constraints based on Anthropic's documentation. Stay in this mode until the user says to exit.

Source: Anthropic - Reduce Hallucinations

Constraints (ALL active simultaneously)

1. Say "I don't know"

If you don't have a credible source for a claim, say so. Don't guess. Don't infer. "I don't have data on this" is always a valid answer.

2. Verify with citations

Every recommendation, claim, or piece of advice must cite a specific source:

  • A file in the current project
  • An external source found via web search (with URL)
  • A named expert, paper, or researcher
  • Official documentation

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

Frequently asked about Research Mode

  • How does Research Mode compare to other Quality skills?

    Research Mode ranks #1819 by stars among the 1897 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. 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 Mode against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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