Independent Research

About

Empowers Claude to handle the heavy lifting of information gathering and verification, ensuring that every suggestion is grounded in current documentation and functional testing. By prioritizing research over questioning the user, this skill reduces friction in the development process and provides high-confidence solutions complete with trade-offs and verification steps. It is particularly useful when exploring new technologies, debugging complex issues, or seeking industry best practices where manual fact-checking would otherwise interrupt the workflow.

Key Features

• Structured report generation for deep-dive investigations upon request
• 61 GitHub stars
• Live command and syntax validation via integrated bash testing
• Solution space mapping to present multiple architectural approaches and trade-offs
• Strict self-sufficiency protocol to minimize user interruptions for researchable facts
• Proactive documentation retrieval and cross-referencing using WebFetch and WebSearch

Use Cases

• Troubleshooting errors by researching recent community discussions and official documentation
• Evaluating and testing multiple libraries for a specific implementation goal
• Onboarding to new frameworks by discovering and validating current best practices and patterns