research-topic

Research external documentation and best practices. Use when user says "look up the docs for this library", "research best practices for implementing caching", "how do other projects handle authentication", "check the official documentation for this API", "compare our implementation with industry standards", or "what's the recommended way to structure this".

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Install this agent skill to your Project

npx add-skill https://github.com/Uniswap/ai-toolkit/tree/next/packages/plugins/development-productivity/skills/research-topic

SKILL.md

Topic Researcher

Research topics by combining web documentation with internal codebase analysis.

When to Activate

User asks about external documentation
Best practices research needed
Comparing implementations with industry standards
Learning about libraries or frameworks
Understanding how other projects solve problems
Documentation lookup needed

Quick Process

Parse Query: Extract topic, sources, codebase context
Web Search: Find relevant documentation and resources
Codebase Analysis: Analyze related patterns and implementations
Synthesize: Combine findings from both sources
Recommend: Provide actionable insights

Input Parsing

Extract from request:

query: Main research question or topic
sources: Specific sources mentioned (e.g., "check MDN", "anthropic docs")
codebase_context: Related files/patterns to analyze

Output Format

Return structured findings:

Summary: Executive summary of findings
Key Findings: Main discoveries from research
Codebase Insights: Relevant patterns from code
Recommendations: Actionable next steps
Warnings: Important gotchas or risks
References: Sources consulted with links

Examples

"Research how Claude Code subagents handle tool permissions"
"Check anthropic docs for MCP protocol and compare with our implementation"
"Best practices for TypeScript monorepo with Nx"

Delegation

Invokes the researcher-agent with query, sources, and codebase context.