Research skills help agents gather evidence, compare sources, synthesize findings, and preserve citations without turning every research session into a blank slate.
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Source discovery, evidence tables, literature reviews, fact checking, competitive research, and synthesis memos are strong candidates for reusable skills.
Good research skills force citations, distinguish evidence from assumptions, and call out uncertainty rather than smoothing it away.
Avoid feeding sensitive interviews, private documents, or unpublished research into workflows that call external tools without consent.
Skills can influence agent behavior, suggest commands, include helper files, or touch code and data. Skills Directory adds security context so you can inspect risk before installing a workflow from a public repo.
See the security modelNo. They make the research process more repeatable, but experts should still verify sources, methods, and conclusions.
A good research skill preserves sources, asks falsifying questions, separates facts from interpretation, and summarizes limitations.
They can be if they encourage scraping sensitive data, over-trust unverified sources, or hide browser/API behavior.
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