research:create
Create a research plan with parallel investigation tasks. Use when exploring a topic, analyzing external code, or gathering information to inform an implementation plan.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill research-create --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Research Create Skill Design a research plan that decomposes a topic into parallel investigation tasks. ## Process 1. **Invoke an Explore subagent** using the Task tool with `subagent_type=Explore` to understand the current codebase context relevant to the research topic. **Capture the `agentId`** from the Task result. 2. **Design the research plan.** Break the topic into independent questions that can be investigated in parallel. For each question, define: - The question itself (what we need to find out) - The where/what/how/why framework: - **Where:** Which codebases, files, docs, or external sources to investigate - **What:** What specific information to extract - **How:** How the system/algorithm/feature works - **Why:** Why it was designed this way, what tradeoffs were made - The output file name for findings - Which sources to consult (local code, external repos, docs, web) 3. **Find the next research number** by checking both `research/` and `research/archive/` for the highest `NNNN-*` prefix. Unnumbered directories are legacy and should be ignored when determining the next number. 4. **Create the research directory:** `research/NNNN-topic-name/` 5. **Write `research-plan.
- Process
- Findings File Template
- Hierarchical Research
What does the research:create skill do?
Create a research plan with parallel investigation tasks. Use when exploring a topic, analyzing external code, or gathering information to inform an implementation plan.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill research-create --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.