Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add aigentive/RalphX --skill research-methodologygit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aigentive/RalphXWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/aigentive/ralphx/research-methodology)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/aigentive/ralphx/research-methodology"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/aigentive/ralphx/research-methodology/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/aigentive/ralphx/research-methodology"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/aigentive/ralphx/research-methodology.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00009 | $0.00519 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00208 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00002 | $0.00104 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00001 | $0.00052 |
Grade A, and why
research-methodology scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 114 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Research Methodology
Research Process
1. Scope Definition
- Define the research question
- Set boundaries (what's included/excluded)
- Identify success criteria
- Estimate depth needed
2. Survey Phase
- Broad exploration of the topic
- Identify key sources
- Map the landscape
- Note promising areas
3. Deep Dive
- Focus on key areas
- Read primary sources
- Collect evidence
- Track citations
4. Verification
- Cross-reference claims
- Check for contradictions
- Verify source credibility
- Note confidence levels
5. Synthesis
- Connect findings
- Identify patterns
- Draw conclusions
- Acknowledge limitations
Source Evaluation
Credibility Criteria
- Authority: Who created this?
- Accuracy: Is it verifiable?
- Currency: How recent?
- Coverage: How complete?
- Bias: What perspective?
Source Hierarchy
- Primary sources (original work)
- Peer-reviewed research
- Official documentation
- Expert analysis
- Community consensus
Red Flags
- No author attribution
- No date or very old
- Broken citations
- Sensational language
- Single source claims
Citation Format
[1] Author Name. "Title." Source, Date. URL
Example:
[1] Mozilla. "JavaScript Guide." MDN Web Docs, 2024.
https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide
Confidence Levels
| Level | Meaning | Evidence Required |
|---|---|---|
| High | Strongly supported | Multiple primary sources |
| Medium | Well supported | Credible sources agree |
| Low | Tentative | Limited or conflicting |
| Uncertain | Needs more research | Insufficient evidence |
Output Template
## Executive Summary
[1-3 sentences of key findings]
## Research Question
[What was investigated]
## Methodology
[How research was conducted]
## Findings
### [Topic 1]
[Findings with [N] citations]
### [Topic 2]
...
## Sources
[Numbered list with full citations]
## Limitations
[What wasn't covered, caveats]
## Recommendations
[Next steps, actionable insights]
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 1mo ago First seen · 114 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 4432564d8cef
research-methodology is a skill published in the GitHub repository aigentive/RalphX (5 stars, last pushed 24d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 519 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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