Topic Research
Research any topic end to end and get back a fact-checked, branded HTML report plus an agent-readable markdown brief. Use when the user wants to research a topic, do a deep dive, build a research report or briefing, gather evidence before writing a piece of content, understand 'what does the research say / what are people saying about X', or study a subject across papers, forums, YouTube, and vendor/web sources. Fans out parallel sub-agents (one per source type), verifies every hard claim with the fact-checker, synthesizes one sourced markdown brief, renders it as a branded report, and deploys it live. Connector-adaptive: uses Firecrawl, Apify, a scholarly/PubMed MCP, YouTube/vidIQ, and Reddit where available, and falls back to web search, web fetch, and browser-use where they are not. Trigger on 'research this topic', 'topic research', 'do a deep dive on', 'build me a research report', 'what does the evidence say about', or 'research X before I write about it'.
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From the source SKILL.md
Turns a topic into a rigorous, sourced, fact-checked report. Two artifacts come out every time: a markdown brief (agent-readable, the handoff to a content-writer skill) and a branded HTML report (human-facing, deployable). The workflow is: interview the user so the research is targeted, fan out parallel research sub-agents across source types, verify every hard claim, synthesize to markdown, render to HTML, deploy.
What this skill does
Topic Research is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the biology-medicine sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/topic-research/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: Use when the user wants to research a topic, do a deep dive, build a research report or briefing, gather evidence before writing a piece of content, understand 'what does the research say / what are people saying about X', or study a subject across papers, forums, YouTube, and vendor/web sources. Fans out parallel sub-agents (one per source type), verifies every hard claim with the fact-checker, synthesizes one sourced markdown brief, renders it as a branded report, and deploys it live.
Who uses this skill
The Topic Research 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 191,000+ 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/topic-research
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/topic-research/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/topic-research/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/topic-research/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/topic-research/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\topic-research\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Telegram
📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram
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Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
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Pro
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Topic Research Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/topic-research/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Topic Research skill do?
Research any topic end to end and get back a fact-checked, branded HTML report plus an agent-readable markdown brief. Use when the user wants to research a topic, do a deep dive, build a research report or briefing, gather evidence before writing a piece of content, understand 'what does the research say / what are people saying about X', or study a subject across papers, forums, YouTube, and vendor/web sources. Fans out parallel sub-agents (one per source type), verifies every hard claim with the fact-checker, synthesizes one sourced markdown brief, renders it as a branded report, and deploys it live. Connector-adaptive: uses Firecrawl, Apify, a scholarly/PubMed MCP, YouTube/vidIQ, and Reddit where available, and falls back to web search, web fetch, and browser-use where they are not. Trigger on 'research this topic', 'topic research', 'do a deep dive on', 'build me a research report', 'what does the evidence say about', or 'research X before I write about it'.
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 Topic Research skill?
Use Topic Research when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the biology medicine 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 Topic Research" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/science/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Topic Research 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. Topic Research 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
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
naveedharri. (2026). Topic Research [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/topic-research/
BibTeX
@misc{topic-research-2026,
author = {naveedharri},
title = {Topic Research [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/topic-research/}
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