research
Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a cited Markdown file. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated.
Profile →npx skills add rengwu/wayfinder-maps --skill research --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.
If your environment supports background subagents, spin one up to do the research so you keep working while it reads. Otherwise, do the research yourself in this session. The job: 1. Investigate the question against **primary sources** — official docs, source code, specs, first-party APIs — not a secondary write-up of them. Follow every claim back to the source that owns it. 2. Write the findings
What does the research skill do?
Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a cited Markdown file. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add rengwu/wayfinder-maps --skill research --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 rengwu/wayfinder-maps, a repository with 86 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.