# Research Synthesis

Decision-grade workflow for synthesizing a source set into clear findings...

- Repository: https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1 (4752 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill research-synthesis -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill research-synthesis -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill research-synthesis -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill research-synthesis -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Decision-grade workflow for synthesizing a source set into clear findings, contradictions, confidence markers, gaps, and next questions. Use for prompts like "synthesize these sources", "turn this research into a brief", "what are the key findings", or "where do these sources disagree". Best when you have a research question, a defined audience, and a set of source materials. Optional Open Brain search and capture can pull prior context and store the final synthesis.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Research Synthesis

## Problem

Most research work fails at the synthesis step. Facts get repeated instead of
organized, contradictions disappear, and the final brief sounds cleaner than the
evidence really is.

## Audience

- Primary: both operators and investors

## When to Use

- Turning a defined source set into a clear, decision-grade brief
- Resolving or surfacing contradictions across sources
- Distilling a large research packet into findings, gaps, and next questions
- Preparing material for a memo, strategy discussion, or leadership review

## When Not to Use

- Competitive market mapping with light source work: use `competitive-analysis`
- Transcript cleanup, action extraction, or follow-up drafting: use `meeting-synthesis`
- Final memo drafting when the synthesis is already done: use `deal-memo-drafting`
- Model-specific assumption review: use `financial-model-review`

## Required Context

Gather or confirm:

- the research question
- the intended audience
- the full source set, or the highest-priority source subset
- the desired output type: summary, brief, recommendation support, or memo input
- any important constraints such as time window, source quality, or confidence threshold

## Process

The rest: https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/blob/HEAD/skills/research-synthesis/SKILL.md