ClaudSkills / Science & Research / research-methods

Research Council

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Research Council 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 Council 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: 2026-05-30

type:review

USE FOR: orchestrating a 5-member Lean 4 research council (Α / Β / Γ / Δ / Ε) — RESEARCH loop (dual to RALPH), Rumsfeld epistemic mapping (known/unknown × known/unknown), cross-disciplinary research domains (Mathlib / AI / Physics / Bio / Social), session protocol, literature synthesis, self-improvement meta-loop. DO NOT USE FOR: single proof or single literature lookup (use @lean-research); proof review (use @lean-review-council); synthesis-only emission (use @research-synthesis-engine); proof itself (use @lean-proof). TRIGGERS: research council, RESEARCH loop, Rumsfeld matrix, epistemic mapping, research session, literature synthesis council, cross-disciplinary research.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Research Council includes at least one code block. The SKILL.md is on the shorter side at about 542 words.

Source: github.com/r-irbe/proof-skills
License: Apache-2.0
Original author: r-irbe
Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-30
Catalog position: Science & Research · research-methods
Indexed related skills: 10

How Research Council fits the catalog

Research Council 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.

From the source SKILL.md

The Research Council is a 5-member multi-agent system for systematic knowledge acquisition, domain exploration, and epistemic mapping. It is the input side of the formalization pipeline, while the Review Council is the output side.

Research Council → Specification → Implementation → Review Council
    (what to prove)                                    (is the proof good?)

What this skill does

Research Council 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-council/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Research Council 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 93,000+ 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-council
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/research-council/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/research-council/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/research-council/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\research-council\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 Council Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Research Council 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 Council skill?

Use Research Council 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 Council" 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 Council 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 Council 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/r-irbe/proof-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/research-council/SKILL.md
License: Apache-2.0
Author: r-irbe
Website: https://github.com/r-irbe/proof-skills

Cite this skill

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

APA

r-irbe. (2026). Research Council [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/research-council/

BibTeX

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

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