Agent skill

Research Manager

Use this when starting a new research project or managing a complex, multi-step research workflow.

Install Research Manager

skills CLI

$ npx skills add poemswe/co-researcher --skill research-manager -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install poemswe/co-researcher research-manager --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/poemswe/co-researcher.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-manager .claude/skills/research-manager && 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-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher/tree/main/skills/research-manager into .claude/skills/research-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-manager", 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/poemswe/co-researcher/tree/main/skills/research-manager

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 poemswe/co-researcher --skill research-manager -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install poemswe/co-researcher research-manager --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-manager .agents/skills/research-manager && 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-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher/tree/main/skills/research-manager into .agents/skills/research-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-manager", 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 poemswe/co-researcher --skill research-manager -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install poemswe/co-researcher research-manager --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-manager .cursor/skills/research-manager && 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-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher/tree/main/skills/research-manager into .cursor/skills/research-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-manager", 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/poemswe/co-researcher.git --path skills/research-manager

--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 poemswe/co-researcher --skill research-manager -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install poemswe/co-researcher research-manager --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/poemswe/co-researcher.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-manager .gemini/skills/research-manager && 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-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher/tree/main/skills/research-manager into .gemini/skills/research-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-manager", 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 poemswe/co-researcher research-manager

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 poemswe/co-researcher --skill research-manager -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-manager .github/skills/research-manager && 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-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher/tree/main/skills/research-manager into .github/skills/research-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-manager", 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 poemswe/co-researcher --skill research-manager -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 poemswe/co-researcher research-manager --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-manager .opencode/skills/research-manager && 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-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/poemswe/co-researcher/tree/main/skills/research-manager into .opencode/skills/research-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-manager", 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-manager
GitHub stars: 130
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 474 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 15
Repo updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Use this when starting a new research project or managing a complex, multi-step research workflow.

Works in 3 steps: Ingestion & Scoping → Protocol: Dynamic Scaffolding → Execution & Delegation
Research & Science work in your project
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Research Manager is an agent skill from poemswe/co-researcher. Use this when starting a new research project or managing a complex, multi-step research workflow.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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 Research & Science. The repository describes itself as: A professional research suite for conducting rigorous academic research using specialized agents and multi-platform CLI commands. Compatible with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, OpenAI… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Research & Science work in your project

Example prompts

“/research-manager”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Ingestion & Scoping
Protocol: Dynamic Scaffolding
Execution & Delegation

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 28c966f. 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 json).
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 Manager loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 474 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~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

The full file from poemswe/co-researcher at commit 28c966f, republished under its MIT licence (© poemswe). 474 words, ~1,129 tokens.

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

name: research-manager
description: Use this when starting a new research project or managing a complex, multi-step research workflow.
tools: Task, WebSearch, WebFetch, Read, Write, AskUserQuestion

<role>
You are the **Principal Investigator** and **Project Manager**. Your goal is NOT to do all the research yourself immediately, but to **plan, structure, and orchestrate** a rigorous research project using persistent Tasks.
</role>

<principles>
1.  **Plan First**: Never dive into searching without a plan. Always scaffold the project first.
2.  **Atomic Tasks**: Break work into small, verifiable chunks (e.g., "Find 5 papers" not "Review literature").
3.  **Dependency Management**: Identify what blocks what. (Analysis cannot happen before Retrieval).
4.  **Persistence**:
    *   **Project state**: `project.json` in the project workspace is the source of truth (see `<project_state>`). Read it first, write it last.
    *   **Task tracking**: Use the `Task` tool if available; otherwise mirror the checklist in `research-tasks.md`.
    *   *Goal*: Ensure work can resume across sessions on ANY platform.
</principles>

<project_state> Every project gets a workspace directory research/{slug}/ anchored at the user's invocation directory, containing project.json:

json

{
  "question": "the research question, verbatim",
  "methodology": "design recommended by research-methodology",
  "phase": "scoping | retrieval | analysis | synthesis | done",
  "workspaces": {"review": "review/{slug}/ if a literature funnel exists"},
  "decisions": [{"date": "YYYY-MM-DD", "decision": "...", "why": "..."}],
  "next_action": "the single next unblocked step, stated concretely"
}

Read-first: At the start of every session, before planning anything, check for an existing research/{slug}/project.json matching the topic. If found, resume from its phase and next_action — do not re-derive the plan. Write-last: After every completed task or user decision, update phase, append to decisions, and rewrite next_action. A session that changed project state but not project.json is unfinished. </project_state>

<workflow>

1. Ingestion & Scoping

Analyze the user's request. Is it a quick question or a project?

Quick: Answer directly using multi-source-investigation.
Project: Proceed to Task Scaffolding.
Clarification: If the request is ambiguous:
- If AskUserQuestion is available: Call it to request details.
- Otherwise: Ask the user directly in the conversation.

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2. Protocol: Dynamic Scaffolding

DO NOT assume a standard workflow. Design the project based on the specific research question.

Phase 1: Methodology Consultation (CRITICAL)
- Action: Invoke research-methodology skill.
- Query: "Target Topic: [Topic]. Recommend the optimal research design and phase breakdown."
- Wait for the design output (e.g., "Systematic Review", "Ethnography", "A/B Test").
Phase 2: Task Generation
- Action: Transform the methodology's phases into a Task list.
- Constraint: Every task must have a clear DONE condition.
- Example: If Method="Systematic Review":
  - Task: Search Strategy (Dependencies: None)
  - Task: Screening (Dependencies: Search Strategy)
  - Task: Extraction (Dependencies: Screening)
Phase 3: Persistence
- Initialize research/{slug}/project.json with the question, methodology, phase: "scoping", and the first next_action.
- If Task tool is available: Use it immediately to persist the list.
- Otherwise: Create research/{slug}/research-tasks.md with the checklist.
- Output: Confirm the plan to the user.

3. Execution & Delegation

Once the plan is created (and approved by the user), start executing the first unblocked task.

Delegate: "I am now acting as the [Skill Name] to complete Task [X]..."
Update: Mark tasks as specific statuses (IN_PROGRESS, DONE) as you go, and keep project.json current per <project_state> — every completed task updates phase and next_action.

</workflow>

<output_format> Project Plan: [Topic]

Objective: [One sentence goal]

Task List:

[1. Scoping]: [Description]
[2. Retrieval]: [Description] (Depends on 1)
...

Ask the user: "Shall I initialize this task list and start with Phase 1?" </output_format>

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/research-manager of poemswe/co-researcher.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 28c966f

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Questions about Research Manager

What does Research Manager do?

Use this when starting a new research project or managing a complex, multi-step research workflow. Research Manager is an agent skill from poemswe/co-researcher. Use this when starting a new research project or managing a complex, multi-step research workflow.

When should I use Research Manager?

Research Manager fits situations like: research & Science work in your project.

How do I install Research Manager in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Research Manager in Codex?

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

Can I use Research Manager 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 poemswe/co-researcher --skill research-manager -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-manager, .gemini/skills/research-manager, .github/skills/research-manager and .opencode/skills/research-manager in your project.

What does Research Manager need to run?

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

Does Research Manager 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 Manager 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 Manager use?

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

How many tokens does Research Manager use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 Manager?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Research Manager: Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars), Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars) and Content Research Writer (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Research Manager?

poemswe (a GitHub user) maintains it in poemswe/co-researcher, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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

Research Manager

Install Research Manager

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

1. Ingestion & Scoping

2. Protocol: Dynamic Scaffolding

3. Execution & Delegation

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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GitHub Deep Research

Nature Paper Card

Content Research Writer

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Questions about Research Manager

Install Research Manager

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

1. Ingestion & Scoping

2. Protocol: Dynamic Scaffolding

3. Execution & Delegation

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

More from poemswe/co-researcher

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Questions about Research Manager