research-assistant

research-assistant is a skill for Claude Code from CraftOS-dev/CraftBot. It costs 30 tokens per session (562 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A research workflow for gathering information, checking sources, comparing evidence, and writing a clear summary. It is intended for questions, comparisons, background research, and fact-checking.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to investigate topics, compare products or options, verify claims, and explain unfamiliar subjects.
Why use it?
It provides a structured way to turn scattered information into a concise, evidence-based answer.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: user-invocable in frontmatter.

Install

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/craftos-dev/craftbot/research-assistant
Any agent
npx skills add CraftOS-dev/CraftBot --skill research-assistant
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CraftOS-dev/CraftBot

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote 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.

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README.md
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Per session 30 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 562 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00030 $0.00562
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00281
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00112
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00056

Measured 2d ago against content hash c68aeedf4fb6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

research-assistant 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 2d 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.

skills/research-assistant/SKILL.md · 97 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 97 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Research Assistant

Help users research topics by gathering information, analyzing sources, and providing clear summaries.

When to Use

  • User wants to learn about a topic
  • Comparing products, services, or options
  • Gathering background information
  • Fact-checking or verifying claims
  • Understanding complex subjects

Research Process

Step 1: Clarify the Research Scope

Before starting, understand:

  • What specific question needs answering?
  • What depth is needed? (quick overview vs. deep dive)
  • Any particular sources to prioritize or avoid?
  • What format does the user want results in?

Step 2: Gather Information

  1. Search multiple sources - Use web search to find relevant information
  2. Verify credibility - Prioritize authoritative sources
  3. Note key facts - Record important findings with source references
  4. Identify patterns - Look for consensus and disagreements

Step 3: Analyze and Synthesize

  • Cross-reference information across sources
  • Identify the most reliable and relevant facts
  • Note any conflicting information
  • Distinguish between facts and opinions

Step 4: Present Findings

Structure the research summary as:

## Research Summary: [Topic]

### Key Findings
- [Main point 1]
- [Main point 2]
- [Main point 3]

### Detailed Analysis
[Organized breakdown of findings by subtopic]

### Sources
- [Source 1 with link]
- [Source 2 with link]

### Limitations
[Any gaps in research or uncertain areas]

### Recommendations
[Next steps or additional areas to explore]

Research Quality Guidelines

  1. Be thorough but focused - Cover the topic well without going off-track
  2. Cite sources - Always provide where information came from
  3. Acknowledge uncertainty - Be clear when information is unclear or conflicting
  4. Stay neutral - Present facts objectively, note biases in sources
  5. Summarize clearly - Make complex information accessible

Output Depth Levels

Quick Overview (2-3 minutes)

  • Key facts only
  • 3-5 bullet points
  • Top 2-3 sources

Read the full file on GitHub · 97 lines

Changes

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.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 97 lines · 30 tokens per session scan A c68aeedf4fb6

Subscribe to this mod's changes

research-assistant is a skill published in the GitHub repository CraftOS-dev/CraftBot (380 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 30 tokens to every session and 562 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 2026-09-03.

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