Agent skill

Technical Research

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Technical spike and research investigation specialist. An agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Technical Research

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill technical-research -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace technical-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/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/89jobrien/technical-research .claude/skills/technical-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/

Facts

Skill name
technical-research
GitHub stars
430
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~364 tokens
SKILL.md length
121 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1,085
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Technical spike and research investigation specialist. An agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • Works in 6 steps: Objective - Clear questions to answer → Timebox - Fixed investigation period → Options - Multiple approaches explored → …
  • Exploring options for a technical decision
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Does, When to Use, Reference Files and Spike Structure, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Technical Research is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Technical spike and research investigation specialist. Use when exploring options for a technical decision, conducting timeboxed investigations, or evaluating technology choices.

Its SKILL.md is about 360 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/technical-spike.template.md` and `skill-report.json`).

It sits in Development, covering Prototyping. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Exploring options for a technical decision
  • Conducting timeboxed investigations
  • Evaluating technology choices

Example prompts

  • “/technical-research”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Objective - Clear questions to answer
  2. Timebox - Fixed investigation period
  3. Options - Multiple approaches explored
  4. POC - Working code for each option
  5. Comparison - Weighted criteria matrix
  6. Recommendation - Justified decision

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4ac52da. 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.

    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

Technical Research loads about 364 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 121 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~49
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~364
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.1k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 121 words (~364 tokens).

“Structured approach to technical spikes, proof of concepts, and technology evaluations.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
technical-research
author
Joseph OBrien
status
unpublished
updated
2025-12-23
version
1.0.1
tag
skill
type
skill

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/89jobrien/technical-research of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/technical-spike.template.md
  • skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4ac52da

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about Technical Research

What does Technical Research do?

Technical spike and research investigation specialist. An agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Technical Research is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Technical spike and research investigation specialist.

When should I use Technical Research?

Technical Research fits situations like: exploring options for a technical decision; conducting timeboxed investigations; evaluating technology choices.

How do I install Technical Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill technical-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/89jobrien/technical-research in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/technical-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Technical Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill technical-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/89jobrien/technical-research in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/technical-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Technical 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 aiskillstore/marketplace --skill technical-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/technical-research, .gemini/skills/technical-research, .github/skills/technical-research and .opencode/skills/technical-research in your project.

What does Technical Research need to run?

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

Does Technical 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 Technical 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 Technical Research use?

No licence was found for Technical Research or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Technical Research use?

About 364 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k 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 781 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Technical Research?

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Who maintains Technical Research?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,085 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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