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Research Compendium

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Research Compendium skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Research Compendium is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: research-methods · Last updated: 2026-08-13

Deep-research a topic end to end and produce a permanent, reusable knowledge asset: archive every primary source verbatim (gated by the user's privacy/retention posture), write one 1:1 summary per source, then synthesize a single self-contained compendium page. Depth is a dial (base synthesis → grounded primaries → books + counter-canon → saturation), each level an idempotent superset of the one below. Distinct from data-research (structured trackers) and perplexity-research (web deltas): this produces prose knowledge synthesis backed by an archived source corpus.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Research Compendium includes pricing or quota commentary; at least one code block. At roughly 3,159 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License: MIT
Original author: garrytan
Indexed lastmod: 2026-08-13
Catalog position: Science & Research · research-methods
Indexed related skills: 10

How Research Compendium fits the catalog

Research Compendium sits in the Science & Research category under the research-methods sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

What this skill does

Research Compendium is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/research-compendium/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Research Compendium Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 184,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/research-compendium
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/research-compendium/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/research-compendium/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/research-compendium/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/research-compendium/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\research-compendium\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Research Compendium Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/research-compendium/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Research Compendium skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Research Compendium skill?

Use Research Compendium when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the research methods area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Research Compendium" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Research Compendium skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Research Compendium is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/garrytan/gbrain/blob/HEAD/skills/research-compendium/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: garrytan

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

garrytan. (2026). Research Compendium [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/research-compendium/

BibTeX

@misc{research-compendium-2026,
  author    = {garrytan},
  title     = {Research Compendium [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/research-compendium/}
}

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Grade B · scanned 2026-08-13 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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