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 AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects --skill product-researchgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architectsWrote 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/alpacalabsllc/skills-for-architects/product-research)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/alpacalabsllc/skills-for-architects/product-research"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/alpacalabsllc/skills-for-architects/product-research/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/alpacalabsllc/skills-for-architects/product-research"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/alpacalabsllc/skills-for-architects/product-research.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
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 | $0.00044 | $0.02231 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00022 | $0.01115 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00009 | $0.00446 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00223 |
Grade A, and why
product-research scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 193 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
/as:product-research — Product Research
Harness note: use
/as:<skill>on Claude Code and$<skill>on Codex. Resolve<skill-root>as the directory containing this loadedSKILL.mdand<plugin-root>as the plugin root that containsskills/, and use equivalent native tools when host tool names differ.
Receives a brief from a designer, researches products across the web, and returns a curated shortlist. Selected products can be saved to the nearest project's product-library.csv.
How It Works
Designer gives a brief
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Claude searches the web
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Presents candidates with specs + reasoning
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Designer picks winners
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Saved to project product library
Step 1: Take the Brief
The designer describes what they're looking for. A brief can be loose or specific:
Loose:
"I need acoustic panels for a tech office lobby"
Specific:
"Looking for a round dining table, 48-54" diameter, solid wood top (walnut or oak preferred), steel or brass base, under $3,000, needs to be in stock or <6 week lead time"
What to capture from the brief
Extract as many of these as the designer provides. Don't ask for fields they didn't mention — work with what you have.
| Field | Examples |
|---|---|
| Category | Table, seating, lighting, acoustic panel, planter, storage |
| Use context | Office lobby, conference room, outdoor terrace, home office |
| Style / aesthetic | Scandinavian, mid-century, industrial, minimal, warm, bold |
| Materials | Solid wood, marble, steel, fabric, mesh, recycled |
| Dimensions | "48-54 inch diameter", "under 30 inches tall", "fits a 6x4 space" |
| Budget | Under $3,000, $500-$1,000 range, high-end, budget-friendly |
| Sustainability | GREENGUARD, FSC, Cradle to Cradle, recycled content, B Corp |
| Lead time | In stock, under 6 weeks, no rush |
| Quantity | 1 hero piece, 12 for a conference room, 50+ for open office |
| Indoor/Outdoor | Indoor, outdoor, both |
| Must-haves | Stackable, COM available, ADA compliant, weatherproof |
| Brands to consider | "I like Muuto and HAY", "no Herman Miller" |
| Brands to avoid | "Not Ikea", "nothing from Amazon" |
What ships with it
1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 12d ago First seen · 193 lines · 44 tokens per session scan A d36d04cc7d6a
product-research is a skill published in the GitHub repository AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects (353 stars, last pushed 8d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 44 tokens to every session and 2,231 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-30.
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