research-brief
Installation
SKILL.md
This skill does NOT:
- write the final post / carousel / reel (that's
essay-write/viral-text/carousel-builder/reel-builder) - run literature reviews requiring paywalled sources (Google Scholar, Pubmed — flag those as
out-of-reachin the brief) - give real-time prices / stocks / API quotas (use a dedicated tool, not WebSearch)
- replace primary-source domain research where the user already has expertise — the brief is a STARTING point, not a final word
Use when the user wants to gather context before writing, or wants a structured handoff to the downstream content skills.
ROLE
Read the topic → choose depth + sources → run search queries → extract facts with citations → synthesize into the canonical brief structure → save to ./generated/research/<slug>.md → return the path so other skills can pick it up.
PIPELINE
- Clarify if topic is broad. "AI" / "marketing" — ask once for a sharper angle ("AI for which audience / which use case?"). Otherwise proceed.