How does the 'Dialog with User' step work?

The skill identifies key decision points—like choosing between architectural patterns—and presents concrete options to the user before proceeding to the design phase.

What documentation does this skill produce?

It generates a high-level FEATURE.md for project context and multiple spec-research.md files that break down the work into implementable, dependency-aware tasks.

What is the purpose of the research-qc agent?

The QC agent is a validation step that automatically reviews all generated research artifacts to ensure they meet quality standards and contain no orphaned dependencies or unresolved TBDs.

When should I use the Research skill in my workflow?

Use the Research skill at the very beginning of any task that requires exploration, such as building a new feature, investigating a bug, or planning a codebase migration.

Architectural Research & Planning

Name: Architectural Research & Planning
Author: AI-Builder-Team

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Productivity & Workflow

Orchestrates the discovery phase of development by analyzing codebases, designing architectures, and decomposing requirements into technical specs.

The Research skill provides a rigorous, standardized framework for the 'fuzzy front end' of software development. It enables Claude to perform deep codebase exploration, engage in structured decision-making with the user, and define clear interface contracts before implementation begins. By automating the creation of FEATURE.md files and granular implementation specs, this skill ensures that complex changes are well-architected, follow existing patterns, and are broken down into manageable, testable units.

Key Features

01Formalized interface contract definition with data source tracing

02Interactive decision-making for scope confirmation and architectural choices

03Automated codebase exploration and pattern discovery using specialized agents

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05Multi-step QC validation to ensure high-quality research artifacts

06Automated test planning derived directly from function signatures and types

Use Cases

01Starting a new feature or enhancement with ambiguous requirements

02Decomposing large architectural changes into a sequence of mergeable pull requests

03Investigating complex bugs or legacy code to plan a safe refactor

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add ai-builder-team/ai-builder-plugin-marketplace research

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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