Research

Spin up a background agent to do the research, so the user keeps working while it reads. The agent investigates the question against primary sources and writes findings to a durable GitHub issue — not a local file that gets lost.

When to Use

• "research X for me"
• "look into how Y works"
• "find the official docs on Z"
• "what does the spec say about W"
• Any time the user wants facts gathered from primary sources without derailing the current session

Interaction Method

This skill fires one question — whether to launch now or refine the question first — via the platform's blocking question tool. AskUserQuestion in Claude Code (call ToolSearch with select:AskUserQuestion first if its schema isn't loaded), request_user_input in Codex, ask_user in Gemini/Pi. Fall back to a numbered list in chat only when no blocking tool exists or the call errors.

Process

1. Clarify the question