# Research

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-kriscard-skills-research`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [kriscard](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/kriscard)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [kriscard](https://github.com/kriscard)
- **Source:** https://github.com/kriscard/Skills/tree/main/skills/dev/research

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-kriscard-skills-research
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Research

## Strategy (priority order)

Try these in order and stop at the first that returns useful results:

**1. Context7 MCP** — best for library/framework/SDK documentation
```
mcp__context7__resolve-library-id  →  mcp__context7__query-docs
```
Prefer this for npm packages, Python libraries, and popular frameworks. Training data goes stale; Context7 returns current docs.

**2. GitHub CLI** — for repos not indexed by Context7
```bash
gh repo view / --json description,readme
gh api repos///contents/docs
```

**3. WebFetch → WebSearch** — for everything else
- WebFetch a specific URL if you have it
- WebSearch when you need to find the right page first

## Output Format

Deliver actionable implementation guidance — not a raw docs dump.

**Key patterns** — show working code examples for the most common use cases

**Common pitfalls** — what trips people up, especially on first use

**Version notes** — call out anything version-specific, especially for fast-moving ecosystems (Next.js App Router vs Pages, React 19 changes, Python 3.12+ features)

**Authoritative sources** — link to the official docs page you drew from so the user can verify

## When to Search vs When to Answer From Memory

Search when:
- The user is actively writing code that uses a library
- The question involves specific API syntax, config options, or method signatures
- The library had major changes in the past 12 months (anything in the JS/Python ecosystem)

Answer from memory when:
- The question is about a fundamental concept (e.g., "what is a closure")
- The user is asking for a high-level explanation, not implementation details
- The library is very stable and the question is about basic usage (e.g., standard library functions)

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [kriscard](https://github.com/kriscard)
- **Source:** [kriscard/Skills](https://github.com/kriscard/Skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-kriscard-skills-research
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/kriscard
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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