multi-model-research

multi-model-research is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from psd401/psd-claude-plugins. It costs 55 tokens per session (1,338 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of multi-model-research, MIT.

A research workflow that asks several large language models—AI systems that generate and analyze text—for independent answers, peer review, and a final synthesis.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps conduct simple lookups or multi-model investigations, review the collected answers, and combine them into one report.
Why use it?
It reduces dependence on one model and compares different perspectives when research is complex, contested, or needs current information.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the psd-productivity plugin — 38 skills, 1 command, 8 agents shipped together

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/psd401/psd-claude-plugins/multi-model-research
Any agent
npx skills add psd401/psd-claude-plugins --skill multi-model-research
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/psd401/psd-claude-plugins

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install psd-productivity, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 38 skills, 1 command, 8 agents.

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Per session 55 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,338 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00055 $0.01338
Opus 5 $0.00028 $0.00669
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00268
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00134

Measured 4d ago against content hash 779aec6bc1c2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

multi-model-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 4d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 3 executable files (scripts/citation_tracker.py, scripts/llm_client.py, scripts/research.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to multi-model-research — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

plugins/psd-productivity/skills/multi-model-research/SKILL.md · 187 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 187 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Multi-Model Research Agent

Implements Karpathy's LLM Council pattern for superior research through parallel queries, peer review, and chairman synthesis.

Architecture

Geoffrey/Claude (Native Council Member):

  • Routes simple vs complex queries
  • Calls external API orchestrator (research.py)
  • Provides my own research response
  • Conducts peer review phase
  • Requests GPT-5.1 synthesis (chairman)
  • Saves final report to Obsidian

Python External API Orchestrator:

  • Fetches responses from GPT-5.1, Gemini 3.0 Pro, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1
  • Returns JSON with all external responses
  • I handle all orchestration and synthesis

When to Use This Skill

Use multi-model research when:

  • Complex analysis needed - Multiple perspectives valuable
  • Factual verification critical - Cross-model validation
  • Comprehensive coverage required - No single model sufficient
  • Current information essential - Perplexity provides web grounding
  • Contested topics - Benefit from diverse model perspectives

Simple vs Council Mode

Simple Mode (Perplexity only):

  • Factual lookups
  • Current events
  • Quick research with citations
  • Completes in <15 seconds

Council Mode (Full council):

  • Comparative analysis
  • Deep research
  • Multiple perspectives needed
  • Strategic questions
  • Completes in <90 seconds

Workflow

Simple Query

User: "What are the latest developments in quantum computing?"
     ↓
I decide: Simple query (factual, current)
     ↓
I call: uv run scripts/research.py --query "..." --models perplexity
     ↓
I read: JSON response from Perplexity
     ↓
I format: Markdown report with citations
     ↓
I save: To Obsidian Geoffrey/Research folder
     ↓
I return: Summary to user with Obsidian link

Council Query

User: "Compare the AI strategies of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google"
     ↓
I decide: Council query (comparative, complex)
     ↓
I call: uv run scripts/research.py --query "..." --models gpt,gemini,perplexity,grok
     ↓
I read: JSON with all external responses
     ↓
I provide: My own (Claude) research response
     ↓
I conduct: Peer review (each model ranks others)
     ↓
I request: GPT-5.1 chairman synthesis
     ↓
I format: Comprehensive markdown report
     ↓
I save: To Obsidian Geoffrey/Research folder
     ↓
I return: Summary with Obsidian link

Read the full file on GitHub · 187 lines

Files

What ships with it

9 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.

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. 4d ago First seen · 187 lines · 55 tokens per session scan A 779aec6bc1c2

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multi-model-research is a skill published in the GitHub repository psd401/psd-claude-plugins (2 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 55 tokens to every session and 1,338 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to multi-model-research, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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