research

research is a skill in Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills, last changed 22 Aug 2026. It can reach the network, bundle scripts and pre-approve tools — read the findings before installing. Our pattern check found 1 item to review at commit 6ce38f6 on 27 Oct 2026.

Pattern check: 1 item to review · commit 6ce38f6 · 27 Oct 2026

Install

From the author

Conduct preliminary research on a topic and generate research outline. For academic research, benchmark research, technology selection, etc.

Licence: MIT
Repo stars: 2.4k
Folder last changed: 22 Aug 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Publisher: Weizhena
Files: 2 files
Checked: 6ce38f6 (opens in a new tab) · 27 Oct 2026

Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit 6ce38f6, the one we checked, or the latest version.

No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity, and Claude Code for Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.

Pinned to commit 6ce38f6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/research-en/research &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
  mkdir .claude/skills/research &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/research-en/research/. .claude/skills/research/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.

Claude Code docs

Pinned to commit 6ce38f6, the one we checked.

Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.

Make research.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/research-en/research &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  out="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/research-en/research "$out"/research &&
  (cd "$out" && zip -qr - research) > research.zip &&
  rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"

In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose research.zip.

On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.

Claude apps docs

Pinned to commit 6ce38f6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/research-en/research &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
  mkdir .agents/skills/research &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/research-en/research/. .agents/skills/research/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.

Codex docs

Pinned to commit 6ce38f6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/research-en/research &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&
  mkdir .cursor/skills/research &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/research-en/research/. .cursor/skills/research/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Cursor docs

Pinned to commit 6ce38f6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/research-en/research &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  mkdir -p .github/skills &&
  mkdir .github/skills/research &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/research-en/research/. .github/skills/research/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.

Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.

gh skill install Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills skills/research-en/research/SKILL.md@6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb --agent github-copilot --scope project

Copilot & VS Code docs

Pinned to commit 6ce38f6, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/research-en/research &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&
  mkdir .gemini/skills/research &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/research-en/research/. .gemini/skills/research/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running session, run /skills reload.

Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.

gemini skills install https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git --path skills/research-en/research --scope workspace

Gemini CLI docs

Pinned to commit 6ce38f6, the one we checked.

Codex, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Goose, Amp and Zed all read .agents/skills; Claude Code and Kiro list only their own folders.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/research-en/research &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 6ce38f60e3f8b22502c29873f96503a4e0c5addb &&
  mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
  mkdir .agents/skills/research &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/research-en/research/. .agents/skills/research/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.

npx skills@1.7.4 add Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills --skill research

Agent Skills docs

What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit 6ce38f6. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

What it can touch: Shell, network or credentials

Reaches the network
It sends or fetches data over the internet, for example with curl, an HTTP library or a package install.
Bundles scripts
The folder holds code files the agent may run.
validate_json.py
Pre-approves tools
Its allowed-tools field lists tools the agent may use without asking you first, in agents that honour it.
SKILL.md:4

Pattern check

Pattern check: 1 item to review · commit 6ce38f6 · 27 Oct 2026

R34 · HighBroad tools pre-approved in allowed-tools
SKILL.md:4 (opens in a new tab)
```
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Glob, WebSearch, Task, AskUserQuestion
```

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 6ce38f6 on 27 Oct 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

How the check works Report an incorrect finding

Format check

Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

Agent Skills specPasses with warnings
The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.
- Warning
  Fields outside the spec: user-invocable (read by Claude Code and VS Code). Uploads to the Claude apps and API, and the spec's validator, reject the file; most agents ignore these fields. O1
  Fix: Delete them for a portable skill, or keep them if you only target the agents that read them.
- Note
  The description doesn't say when to use the skill. D6
  Fix: Add a sentence such as "Use when …" naming the requests or files that should trigger it.
- Note
  There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2
  Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.
- Note
  Line 25 has dated wording ("since 2024"), which goes stale. B8
  Fix: Describe the current way, and move old patterns into their own clearly marked section.
Claude CodePasses
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
- Note
  Line 25 has dated wording ("since 2024"), which goes stale. B8
  Fix: Describe the current way, and move old patterns into their own clearly marked section.
Claude apps & API uploadFails
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Error
  Upload and packaging fail on fields outside the spec: user-invocable. O1
  Fix: Delete them, and keep your own data under metadata as text values.
- Note
  Line 25 has dated wording ("since 2024"), which goes stale. B8
  Fix: Describe the current way, and move old patterns into their own clearly marked section.
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings
Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.
- Warning
  Fields outside the spec: user-invocable. Codex ignores them; OpenAI doesn't say whether its upload accepts them. O1
  Fix: Delete them, or move your own data under metadata as text values.
VS Code & CopilotPasses

SKILL.md

Files

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SKILL.md (opens in a new tab)	4.2 KB
validate_json.py (opens in a new tab)	8.1 KB

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