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Agent skill

Research Synthesizer

by ownpilot in ownpilot/OwnPilot

OwnPilot official general skill for turning mixed research material into concise, sourced briefs, comparisons, decisions, and next steps.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Research Synthesizer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ownpilot/OwnPilot --skill research-synthesizer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ownpilot/OwnPilot research-synthesizer --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/ownpilot/OwnPilot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/gateway/data/example-skills/research-synthesizer .claude/skills/research-synthesizer && 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
research-synthesizer
GitHub stars
426
Token cost
~368 tokens
SKILL.md length
141 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

OwnPilot official general skill for turning mixed research material into concise, sourced briefs, comparisons, decisions, and next steps.

  • Works in 6 steps: Restate the question and the decision… → Separate facts, assumptions, and… → Prefer primary sources when claims are… → …
  • The user asks to research
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Output Shapes and Quality Bar
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Research Synthesizer is an agent skill from ownpilot/OwnPilot. OwnPilot official general skill for turning mixed research material into concise, sourced briefs, comparisons, decisions, and next steps. Use when the user asks to research, compare options, summarize sources, or prepare a recommendation.

Its SKILL.md is about 370 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Privacy-first personal AI assistant platform with autonomous agents, tool orchestration, and multi-provider support. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to research
  • Compare options
  • Summarize sources
  • Prepare a recommendation

Example prompts

  • “/research-synthesizer”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Restate the question and the decision the user is trying to make.
  2. Separate facts, assumptions, and interpretation.
  3. Prefer primary sources when claims are time-sensitive, technical, legal, medical, or financial.
  4. Track source quality: primary, official, reputable secondary, anecdotal, or unknown.
  5. Highlight conflicts instead of averaging them away.
  6. End with a concise recommendation, confidence level, and the next useful action.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit eb4c27f. 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

Research Synthesizer loads about 368 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 141 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~368

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 ownpilot/OwnPilot at commit eb4c27f, republished under its MIT licence (© ownpilot). 141 words, ~368 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/research-synthesizer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
research-synthesizer
description
OwnPilot official general skill for turning mixed research material into concise, sourced briefs, comparisons, decisions, and next steps. Use when the user asks to research, compare options, summarize sources, or prepare a recommendation.
metadata.author
OwnPilot Official
metadata.version
1.0.0
license
MIT

Research Synthesizer

Use this skill when the user needs a clear answer from multiple sources, notes, files, or web findings.

Workflow

  1. Restate the question and the decision the user is trying to make.
  2. Separate facts, assumptions, and interpretation.
  3. Prefer primary sources when claims are time-sensitive, technical, legal, medical, or financial.
  4. Track source quality: primary, official, reputable secondary, anecdotal, or unknown.
  5. Highlight conflicts instead of averaging them away.
  6. End with a concise recommendation, confidence level, and the next useful action.

Output Shapes

Use a brief when the user wants a fast answer:

text
Short answer:
Key evidence:
Tradeoffs:
Recommendation:
Confidence:

Use a comparison when the user is choosing between options:

text
Options:
Decision criteria:
Best fit:
Risks:
What would change the decision:

Quality Bar

  • Cite or name sources when possible.
  • Say when evidence is missing.
  • Avoid inventing exact numbers, dates, quotes, or source claims.
  • Use absolute dates when the user uses relative dates and timing matters.

© ownpilot, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/gateway/data/example-skills/research-synthesizer of ownpilot/OwnPilot.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit eb4c27f

Compare with similar skills

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Turn This Into A Threadsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Materialbergside/awesome-design-skills3.1k1 repos~919Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Research Synthesizer

What does Research Synthesizer do?

OwnPilot official general skill for turning mixed research material into concise, sourced briefs, comparisons, decisions, and next steps. Research Synthesizer is an agent skill from ownpilot/OwnPilot. OwnPilot official general skill for turning mixed research material into concise, sourced briefs, comparisons, decisions, and next steps.

When should I use Research Synthesizer?

Research Synthesizer fits situations like: the user asks to research; compare options; summarize sources; prepare a recommendation.

How do I install Research Synthesizer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ownpilot/OwnPilot --skill research-synthesizer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/gateway/data/example-skills/research-synthesizer in ownpilot/OwnPilot) into .claude/skills/research-synthesizer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Research Synthesizer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ownpilot/OwnPilot --skill research-synthesizer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/gateway/data/example-skills/research-synthesizer in ownpilot/OwnPilot) into .agents/skills/research-synthesizer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Research Synthesizer 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 ownpilot/OwnPilot --skill research-synthesizer -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-synthesizer, .gemini/skills/research-synthesizer, .github/skills/research-synthesizer and .opencode/skills/research-synthesizer in your project.

What does Research Synthesizer need to run?

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

Does Research Synthesizer 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 Synthesizer 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 Synthesizer use?

Research Synthesizer is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Research Synthesizer use?

About 368 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.

What are the alternatives to Research Synthesizer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Research Synthesizer: Research Synthesize (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars), Investor Materials (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars), Material Design (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Turn This Into A Thread (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Research Synthesizer?

ownpilot (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ownpilot/OwnPilot, which has 426 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 8, 2026.

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