Agent skill

Cs Research Methodology

by sundial-org in sundial-org/skills

Conduct a literature review and develop a CS research proposal.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Cs Research Methodology

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/skills --skill cs-research-methodology -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/skills cs-research-methodology --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/sundial-org/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cs-research-methodology .claude/skills/cs-research-methodology && 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
cs-research-methodology
GitHub stars
153
Token cost
~397 tokens
SKILL.md length
151 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Conduct a literature review and develop a CS research proposal.

  • Works in 4 steps: Identify the Bit → Find Where It Fails → Propose the Flip → …
  • Asked to review a research area
  • SKILL.md covers Core Concept: The Bit Flip and Investigation Process
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Cs Research Methodology is an agent skill from sundial-org/skills. Conduct a literature review and develop a CS research proposal. Use when asked to review a research area, find gaps in existing work, and propose a novel research contribution. The output is a research proposal identifying an assumption to challenge (the "bit flip") and how to validate it.

Its SKILL.md is about 400 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `references/framing.md`, `references/landscape.md` and `references/prioritization.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Experimental design, Creative writing and fiction and Literature review. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code Skills by Sundial.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to review a research area
  • Find gaps in existing work
  • Propose a novel research contribution

Example prompts

  • “bit flip”
  • “/cs-research-methodology”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify the Bit
  2. Find Where It Fails
  3. Propose the Flip
  4. Design the Proof

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5a3bf9f. 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

Cs Research Methodology loads about 397 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 151 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~79
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~397
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.7k

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 151 words (~397 tokens).

“Framework for investigating problems by identifying assumptions and proposing alternatives.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
cs-research-methodology

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in skills/cs-research-methodology of sundial-org/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/framing.md
  • references/landscape.md
  • references/prioritization.md
  • references/validation.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5a3bf9f

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Academic Writingwentorai/Research-Claw858—~896Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
Research Paper WritingRedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop1776 repos~16kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Discover Researchrand/cc-polymath181—~2.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Cs Research Methodology

What does Cs Research Methodology do?

Conduct a literature review and develop a CS research proposal. Cs Research Methodology is an agent skill from sundial-org/skills. Conduct a literature review and develop a CS research proposal.

When should I use Cs Research Methodology?

Cs Research Methodology fits situations like: asked to review a research area; find gaps in existing work; propose a novel research contribution.

How do I install Cs Research Methodology in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Cs Research Methodology in Codex?

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

Can I use Cs Research Methodology 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 sundial-org/skills --skill cs-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/cs-research-methodology, .gemini/skills/cs-research-methodology, .github/skills/cs-research-methodology and .opencode/skills/cs-research-methodology in your project.

What does Cs Research Methodology need to run?

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

Does Cs Research Methodology 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 Cs Research Methodology 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 Cs Research Methodology use?

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

How many tokens does Cs Research Methodology use?

About 397 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 1.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Cs Research Methodology?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cs Research Methodology: Scholar Evaluation (jimmc414/Kosmos, 595 stars), Denario (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Academic Writing (wentorai/Research-Claw, 858 stars) and Research Paper Writing (RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop, 177 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cs Research Methodology?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/skills, which has 153 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 15, 2026.

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