Research With Sources
Investigate a topic against preserved sources and write a draft-status research article...
Install
npx skills add inkeep/open-knowledge --skill research-with-sources -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- inkeep/open-knowledge4.8k
- Category
- Writing
- Updated
- 4d ago
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Investigate a topic against preserved sources and write a draft-status research article under `research/` in a Knowledge Base project (the `knowledge-base` starter pack). Read when asked to research a topic, compare options, synthesize sources, gather evidence, or extend an existing research doc. Carries the full procedure: scan existing coverage, agree a research rubric, capture every source verbatim before analyzing, write the article incrementally so a crash never loses work, cite every claim, and link it back into the graph. Does not promote findings to canonical knowledge, that is the sibling `consolidate-notes` skill, after a decision lands.
Research, gather sources and write provisional findings
This skill is pack guidance. The platform
/open-knowledgeskill (read/write/preview/linking/grounding rules) still governs every markdown operation, this layers the procedure on top.
Conduct evidence-driven research on a topic and produce a provisional research article under research/. Provisional, not canonical: research articles capture findings, trade-offs, and open questions at a point in time. They are promoted to canonical articles via the /consolidate-notes skill only when decisions solidify.
The content directory is the resolved content.dir, read it with config({ key: 'content.dir' }) if you don't already know it. Paths below are relative to it.
Three paths
- Path A, Research article (DEFAULT): A persistent provisional article with
status: draftand an inlinesources:frontmatter list pointing at raw sources captured via the ingest procedure. This is the default unless the user explicitly opts out. - Path B, Direct answer: Findings delivered in conversation only. Requires explicit user request (e.g., "just tell me", "no doc needed", "quick answer").
- Path C, Update existing research: Surgical additions/corrections to an existing research article. Triggered when the user references an existing research doc or says "update/refresh/extend."
Path A is the default because provisional articles compound over time; spoken answers do not.
Legacy reads: Existing articles may use status: provisional and string paths under sources:. Treat those as draft research and source resources. Do not mass-rewrite them; new writes use the OKF shapes below.
