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Plan, conduct, evaluate, and synthesize rigorous research investigations with credible evidence and a traceable method, including source-to-claim closure for media evidence.
$ npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills research-methodology --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-methodology .claude/skills/research-methodology && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "research-methodology" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/research-methodology into .claude/skills/research-methodology/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-methodology", 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 install https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/research-methodologyType 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.
$ npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills research-methodology --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-methodology .agents/skills/research-methodology && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "research-methodology" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/research-methodology into .agents/skills/research-methodology/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-methodology", 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.
$ npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills research-methodology --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-methodology .cursor/skills/research-methodology && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "research-methodology" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/research-methodology into .cursor/skills/research-methodology/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-methodology", 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 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git --path research-methodology--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills research-methodology --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-methodology .gemini/skills/research-methodology && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "research-methodology" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/research-methodology into .gemini/skills/research-methodology/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-methodology", 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.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills research-methodologyInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-methodology .github/skills/research-methodology && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "research-methodology" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/research-methodology into .github/skills/research-methodology/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-methodology", 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.
$ npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills research-methodology --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/research-methodology .opencode/skills/research-methodology && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "research-methodology" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/research-methodology into .opencode/skills/research-methodology/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-methodology", 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.
research-methodologyPlan, conduct, evaluate, and synthesize rigorous research investigations with credible evidence and a traceable method, including source-to-claim closure for media evidence.
Research Methodology is an agent skill from magnus919/agent-skills. Plan, conduct, evaluate, and synthesize rigorous research investigations with credible evidence and a traceable method, including source-to-claim closure for media evidence. Do not use this skill for repeated source extraction and durable note orchestration; use research-and-vault for that capture workflow, or ffmpeg for media operations.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 17 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `README.md`, `assets/media-claim-ledger.md` and `assets/research-brief.md`). Compatibility notes: No runtime dependency. Use appropriate retrieval tools and retain source URLs and access dates in the research log.
It sits in Media & Creative, covering Experimental design and Video production. It works with FFmpeg. The repository describes itself as: Curated collection of AI agent skills for Hermes and other agent frameworks. The licence is MIT.
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 22b4723. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
No runtime dependency. Use appropriate retrieval tools and retain source URLs and access dates in the research log.
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Research Methodology loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~13k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,030 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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.
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.
The full file from magnus919/agent-skills at commit 22b4723, republished under its MIT licence (© magnus919). 1,030 words, ~2,256 tokens.
.claude/skills/research-methodology/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 14 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.Professional research process for a subagent. Three tracks based on the type of research:
All three share the same lifecycle (Scope → Gather → Evaluate → Analyze → Synthesize → Report) but differ in evidence standards, speed, and output format.
Media evidence is a technical-verification extension, not a fourth operational track. This skill owns research scope, source evaluation, claim closure, sampling-completeness audits, exclusions, and durable preservation. The ffmpeg skill owns FFmpeg commands, media probes, extraction, editing, rendering, and target verification; human or capable reviewers own semantic/editorial observations and approval. Load references/media-evidence-routing.md whenever a research conclusion depends on media tooling, sampled frames/audio/transcripts, or editorial judgment.
Do not load this skill for:
backend-engineering, frontend-engineering).artifact-pyramids for the output architecture.research-and-vault.SCOPE → GATHER → EVALUATE → ANALYZE → SYNTHESIZE → REPORTResearch is not complete when an agent has produced a plausible answer. It is complete when the reusable evidence and reasoning have been preserved in the durable format that is natural to the host system and its users.
Before reporting, make the preservation decision explicit:
The right artifact shape depends on the environment. Do not assume a particular database, note-taking application, or orchestration system. The invariant is durable, navigable, evidence-linked research that a later user or agent can discover and build on.
A research worker timeout is an interruption, not a research result. Never close the investigation, summarize it as complete, or infer that no useful work exists because a delegated worker exceeded its execution cap. Long research jobs commonly encounter slow extraction, rate limits, or one unresponsive source after producing valuable partial work. Plan long research as bounded, resumable subtasks: use task-appropriate execution windows, write incremental checkpoints, and resume from the latest verified checkpoint instead of imposing arbitrary short caps or assuming an unbounded window is available.
When a worker times out:
The acceptance gate is evidence completeness and artifact verification, not elapsed time, worker status, or the existence of a plausible partial summary.
| Track | Reference | When to load |
|---|---|---|
| Journalistic | references/journalistic-research.md | You're researching an investigative piece — primary sources, interviews, documents, series management, pre-publication verification |
| Industry analysis | references/industry-analysis.md | You're researching an industry analysis piece — signal detection, corporate evidence, competitive intelligence, case study standards |
| Academic / Comprehensive | references/research-lifecycle.md | You're doing deep systematic research — question scoping, search strategy, inclusion/exclusion criteria |
| Reference | When to load |
|---|---|
references/source-evaluation.md | You need to judge whether a source is credible — CRAAP test, triangulation, reliability tiers |
references/structured-analytic-techniques.md | You need to evaluate competing explanations — ACH, driving forces, pre-mortem, indicators |
references/synthesis-patterns.md | You need to combine findings from multiple sources into synthesized conclusions |
references/technical-verification.md | You need to test a technical claim by reproducing it — benchmarks, API behavior, configuration |
references/media-evidence-routing.md | Media research needs an explicit research/FFmpeg/reviewer boundary, sampling audit, or source-to-claim closure |
| Asset | What it produces |
|---|---|
assets/research-brief.md | Structured brief with findings, confidence assessment, evidence table, open questions |
assets/research-log.md | Traceable record of searches, sources, and decisions |
assets/media-claim-ledger.md | Media brief boundary, claim-to-source/experiment closure, sampling audit, and exclusion log |
Use both assets for every substantial investigation. Before closing the work, complete their durable-artifact sections and verify that retained sources and extracted claims are represented in the destination system.
For any piece that makes factual claims, load the relevant track's verification protocol before reporting back:
references/journalistic-research.mdreferences/industry-analysis.mdreferences/technical-verification.mdThis skill is intentionally host-neutral. Use your agent's normal mechanisms to load the references, templates, and scripts listed here. Do not assume a particular profile system, task orchestrator, memory service, or response-handoff format.
© magnus919, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
SKILL.md and 14 other files (references, assets) in research-methodology of magnus919/agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 22b4723
Research Methodology 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Methodology this skillmagnus919/agent-skills | 115 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Video Understandcalesthio/OpenMontage | 66k | — | ~841 | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| HyperFrames Video Entry Pointheygen-com/hyperframes | 60k | 3 repos | ~5.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Video Shotseternityspring/reelbench-skills | 878 | 1 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Mobile Demo Film Editorsuperset-sh/superset | 15k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Video Editcalesthio/OpenMontage | 66k | — | ~855 | Automated safety check: Notes | AGPL-3.0 |
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Plan, conduct, evaluate, and synthesize rigorous research investigations with credible evidence and a traceable method, including source-to-claim closure for media evidence. Research Methodology is an agent skill from magnus919/agent-skills. Plan, conduct, evaluate, and synthesize rigorous research investigations with credible evidence and a traceable method, including source-to-claim closure for media evidence.
Research Methodology fits situations like: repeated source extraction and durable note orchestration; use research-and-vault for that capture workflow; ffmpeg for media operations.
Run `npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (research-methodology in magnus919/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/research-methodology in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (research-methodology in magnus919/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/research-methodology in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill research-methodology -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-methodology, .gemini/skills/research-methodology, .github/skills/research-methodology and .opencode/skills/research-methodology in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Research Methodology is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): No runtime dependency. Use appropriate retrieval tools and retain source URLs and access dates in the research log..
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.
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.
Research Methodology is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 10k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Research Methodology: Video Understand (calesthio/OpenMontage, 66k stars), HyperFrames Video Entry Point (heygen-com/hyperframes, 60k stars), Video Shots (eternityspring/reelbench-skills, 878 stars) and Mobile Demo Film Editor (superset-sh/superset, 15k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
magnus919 (a GitHub user) maintains it in magnus919/agent-skills, which has 115 GitHub stars. The repository holds 131 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: magnus919/agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.