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Matt PocockCommunityCreated by Matt Pocock

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  • Content generator
  • Data and AI
  • MIT
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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.
— the description by Matt Pocock

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The research skill offloads time-consuming information gathering to a background agent. It is designed to perform thorough investigations by prioritizing primary sources such as official documentation, specifications, and source code. The agent operates independently, allowing the user to continue working while it compiles findings into a structured Markdown document with verified citations.

What it does

  • Investigates user-provided questions using high-trust primary sources.
  • Ensures all claims are traced back to their original source.
  • Generates a comprehensive Markdown report of the research findings.
  • Automatically saves the output file to the repository using existing conventions.
  • Operates as a background process to maintain user productivity.

When to use it

  • When you need to gather facts from technical documentation or API specifications.
  • When you want to delegate time-intensive reading and verification tasks.
  • When you need a reliable, cited summary of a complex topic.
  • When you want to keep your current workspace focused while an agent handles background research.

Advantages

  • Reduces manual effort by automating the search and verification process.
  • Increases reliability by focusing exclusively on primary source material.
  • Maintains project organization by saving findings directly into the repository.
  • Improves efficiency by running as a background task.

Usage examples

“Research the latest authentication requirements for the XYZ API and save it to the docs folder.”
The agent investigates the official API documentation, compiles the requirements into a Markdown file, and saves it in the specified directory with proper citations.
“Investigate how the current codebase handles memory allocation and summarize the findings.”
The agent analyzes the source code, identifies the relevant allocation patterns, and creates a Markdown report detailing its findings with links to the specific code sections.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/mattpocock/research/download

  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip research.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Matt Pocock

Spin up a background agent to do the research, so you keep working while it reads. Start it with a fresh context window.

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

LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Requirements and compatibility

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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Security

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Attribution and licence

Created by
Matt Pocock
Publisher
Matt Pocock (Community)
Source
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/research · commit 4ae2317
Licence
MIT License (redistribution allowed)
  • LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from LICENSE)
  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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