Agent skill

Research

Research a topic for an LLM Wiki vault. An agent skill from jackwener/llm-wiki.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Research

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jackwener/llm-wiki research --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research .claude/skills/research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "research" agent skill from https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki/tree/main/skills/research into .claude/skills/research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki/tree/main/skills/research

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jackwener/llm-wiki research --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research .agents/skills/research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "research" agent skill from https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki/tree/main/skills/research into .agents/skills/research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jackwener/llm-wiki research --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research .cursor/skills/research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "research" agent skill from https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki/tree/main/skills/research into .cursor/skills/research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki.git --path skills/research

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jackwener/llm-wiki research --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research .gemini/skills/research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "research" agent skill from https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki/tree/main/skills/research into .gemini/skills/research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jackwener/llm-wiki research

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research .github/skills/research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "research" agent skill from https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki/tree/main/skills/research into .github/skills/research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jackwener/llm-wiki research --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research .opencode/skills/research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "research" agent skill from https://github.com/jackwener/llm-wiki/tree/main/skills/research into .opencode/skills/research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: research
GitHub stars: 104
Token cost: ~516 tokens
SKILL.md length: 196 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 4
Repo updated: Jul 10, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Research a topic for an LLM Wiki vault. An agent skill from jackwener/llm-wiki.

Works in 7 steps: Read wiki-purpose.md and wiki-schema.md;… → Run the query workflow first to… → Gather 5–10 high-quality sources. Prefer… → …
The user invokes /research
SKILL.md covers Workflow and Guardrails
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Research is an agent skill from jackwener/llm-wiki. Research a topic for an LLM Wiki vault. Use whenever the user invokes /research, asks for a sourced deep dive beyond the current wiki, or asks to discover external sources and integrate the resulting knowledge into the wiki.

Its SKILL.md is about 520 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Knowledge Management, covering LLM wikis. The repository describes itself as: Agent-native persistent knowledge management — compile knowledge once, query forever. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

The user invokes /research
Asks for a sourced deep dive beyond the current wiki
Asks to discover external sources and integrate the resulting knowledge into the wiki

Example prompts

“/research”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Read wiki-purpose.md and wiki-schema.md; decline or narrow requests
Run the query workflow first to determine what is known and define a
Gather 5–10 high-quality sources. Prefer primary materials, official
Save each collected source under sources/YYYY-MM-DD/ before analysis.
Apply the ingest workflow to each source: update focused, attributable
Present a final report with this structure
Create a query-synthesis page only when the cross-source conclusion is

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cd54666. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are yaml and markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Research loads about 516 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 196 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~516

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jackwener/llm-wiki at commit cd54666, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© jackwener). 196 words, ~516 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/research/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: research
description: Research a topic for an LLM Wiki vault. Use whenever the user invokes `/research`, asks for a sourced deep dive beyond the current wiki, or asks to discover external sources and integrate the resulting knowledge into the wiki.

Research for an LLM Wiki

Research fills a scoped gap in the wiki, then preserves the evidence and its useful conclusions. It combines query, source collection, and ingestion.

Workflow

Read wiki-purpose.md and wiki-schema.md; decline or narrow requests outside the vault's scope.
Run the query workflow first to determine what is known and define a precise research question.
Gather 5–10 high-quality sources. Prefer primary materials, official documentation, papers, and authoritative recent analysis. Seek independent confirmation for important claims.

Save each collected source under sources/YYYY-MM-DD/ before analysis. Include provenance when creating a research note:

yaml

---
title: Source Title
url: https://original-url
author: Author Name
date: YYYY-MM-DD
retrieved: YYYY-MM-DD
type: article | paper | documentation | blog | video-transcript
---

Treat files in sources/ as immutable after saving.

Apply the ingest workflow to each source: update focused, attributable wiki pages and add wikilinks rather than compiling a detached report only.

Present a final report with this structure:

markdown

## Research Report: Topic
### Question
### Findings
### Sources Added
### Wiki Pages Created/Updated
### Remaining Gaps

Create a query-synthesis page only when the cross-source conclusion is genuinely new and well supported. Then append a research entry to wiki-log.md and run llm-wiki sync.

Guardrails

Keep the research question bounded; list tangents as follow-ups.
Attribute every material claim to saved sources or cited wiki pages.
Flag outdated evidence for fast-moving topics.
Never invent a source, citation, or conclusion.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/research of jackwener/llm-wiki.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cd54666

Compare with similar skills

Research next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Research compared with similar skills
Skill	Stars	Used in	Tokens	Auto-check	Licence	Repo updated
Research this skilljackwener/llm-wiki	104	—	~516	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	3 mo ago
Karpathy LLM WikiAstro-Han/karpathy-llm-wiki	2.4k	—	~3.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	2 mo ago
LLM Wiki Knowledge GraphEgonex-AI/Understand-Anything	86k	1 repos	~1.5k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	2 days ago
Hermes History IngestAr9av/obsidian-wiki	3.5k	1 repos	~2.2k	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	yesterday
LLM Wikilewislulu/llm-wiki-skill	655	—	~3.7k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	5 mo ago
Wiki Builderrohitg00/pro-workflow	2.9k	—	~1k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	9 days ago

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Questions about Research

What does Research do?

Research a topic for an LLM Wiki vault. An agent skill from jackwener/llm-wiki. Research is an agent skill from jackwener/llm-wiki. Research a topic for an LLM Wiki vault.

When should I use Research?

Research fits situations like: the user invokes /research; asks for a sourced deep dive beyond the current wiki; asks to discover external sources and integrate the resulting knowledge into the wiki.

How do I install Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research in jackwener/llm-wiki) into .claude/skills/research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research in jackwener/llm-wiki) into .agents/skills/research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Research in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add jackwener/llm-wiki --skill research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/research, .gemini/skills/research, .github/skills/research and .opencode/skills/research in your project.

What does Research need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Research is instructions for the agent only.

Does Research access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Research safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Research use?

Research is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Research use?

About 516 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Research?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Research: Karpathy LLM Wiki (Astro-Han/karpathy-llm-wiki, 2.4k stars), LLM Wiki Knowledge Graph (Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything, 86k stars), Hermes History Ingest (Ar9av/obsidian-wiki, 3.5k stars) and LLM Wiki (lewislulu/llm-wiki-skill, 655 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Research?

jackwener (a GitHub user) maintains it in jackwener/llm-wiki, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 10, 2026.

Source: jackwener/llm-wiki on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Research

Install Research

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Research for an LLM Wiki

Workflow

Guardrails

Files

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LLM Wiki Knowledge Graph

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Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Research for an LLM Wiki

Workflow

Guardrails

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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