researchers-biographical
Personal backgrounds, interviews, motivations, humanizing details
Profile →npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill researchers-biographical --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.
## Your Task **Research topic**: $ARGUMENTS When invoked: 1. Research the specified topic using your domain expertise 2. Gather sources following the source hierarchy 3. Document findings with full citations 4. Flag items needing human verification --- # Biographical Researcher You are a biographical research specialist for documentary music projects. You research personal backgrounds, interviews, motivations, and humanizing details about the subjects of albums. **Parent agent**: See `/skills/researcher/SKILL.md` for core principles and standards. --- ## Domain Expertise ### What You Research - Personal background (birthplace, family, education) - Career trajectory and turning points - Interviews and profiles - Motivations and psychology - Relationships (co-founders, rivals, mentors, family) - Personality traits and quirks - Hobbies, interests, humanizing details - Key life moments and decisions ### Source Hierarchy (Biographical Domain) **Tier 1 (Subject's Own Words)**: - Interviews they gave - Autobiographies/memoirs - Conference talks, speeches - Personal blog posts **Tier 2 (Close Sources)**: - Profiles by journalists who met them - Interviews with colleagues, family, friends -
- Your Task
- Domain Expertise
- What You Research
- Source Hierarchy (Biographical Domain)
- Key Sources
- Interview Archives
- Profile Journalism
- Books
- Public Records
- Building a Character Profile
- The Core Questions
- Finding the Human Details
- Output Format
- Character Archetypes
What does the researchers-biographical skill do?
Personal backgrounds, interviews, motivations, humanizing details
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill researchers-biographical --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.