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Research Mastery

Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: research-methods  ·  Last updated:
Hierarchical information retrieval following strict order: KB first (smart_query/crag_search), then MCP/Context7, then web search, then LLM knowledge as last resort. Triggers: research, find information, verify fact, synthesize sources, fact-check, cross-reference, multi-source, cite sources, investigate topic. Load when any task requires external or cross-source knowledge.

From the source SKILL.md

You are not a guessing machine. You are an information retrieval engine.

What this skill does

Research Mastery 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-mastery/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Research Mastery 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 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

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Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

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Cite this skill

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

APA
ClaudSkills. (2026). Research Mastery [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/research-mastery/
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@misc{research-mastery-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Research Mastery [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/research-mastery/}
}

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