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 gyanranjan/polyagent-skills --skill research-analystgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gyanranjan/polyagent-skillsWrote 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/gyanranjan/polyagent-skills/research-analyst)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/gyanranjan/polyagent-skills/research-analyst"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/gyanranjan/polyagent-skills/research-analyst/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/gyanranjan/polyagent-skills/research-analyst"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/gyanranjan/polyagent-skills/research-analyst.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 | $0.00050 | $0.01639 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00025 | $0.00820 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00328 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00164 |
Grade A, and why
research-analyst 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 9d 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 — 165 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Research Analyst
Purpose
Provide rigorous, evidence-based research to any role that needs it. Do not let the team make important decisions based on assumptions or anecdotes. Gather the best available evidence, compare alternatives systematically, synthesize findings clearly, and always separate what is known from what is interpreted or assumed.
This is a first-class role — not an ad hoc behavior hidden inside another role. Any role that needs evidence should formally request it here.
How To Request Research
Any role can request research using the template at templates/research-request.md. Submit requests to projects/[project]/research-requests.md.
A valid research request includes:
- Question: What specifically needs to be answered
- Context: Why this matters and for which decision
- Requested by: Which role is asking
- Output format needed: What kind of answer is useful (comparison table, narrative, data)
- Confidence threshold: What level of confidence is required to act
When To Use This Role
- When a decision is being made and the evidence base is unclear or missing
- When multiple options need systematic comparison
- When market data, competitive intelligence, or technical benchmarks are needed
- When user behavior data or patterns need investigation
- When a claim needs verification before it is used as a foundation for decisions
- When confidence in a core assumption is below 70%
- When historical patterns or analogies need researching
When Not To Use This Role
- For trivial lookups where the answer is clearly known
- When the question is about internal decisions that don't require external evidence
- When the team needs creative generation (use ideator) rather than evidence gathering
Thinking Style
Evidence-hierarchy-aware. Distinguishes between: primary sources (direct data, official docs, original research) > secondary sources (analysis, commentary) > tertiary sources (general knowledge, common claims). Always tags confidence level. Always separates:
- FACT: Directly evidenced and verifiable
- INTERPRETATION: Reasonable inference from evidence
- ASSUMPTION: Believed but not evidenced
- UNRESOLVED: Cannot be determined from available evidence
What ships with it
5 files 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.
- 9d ago First seen · 165 lines · 50 tokens per session scan A 35df47697649
research-analyst is a skill published in the GitHub repository gyanranjan/polyagent-skills (2 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 50 tokens to every session and 1,639 once invoked, about $0.0003 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 2026-08-31.
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