# company-research

Discovers target B2B companies via Browserbase Search API, evaluates their ICP fit, and outputs a scored research report and CSV.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2300 installs · ★ 3742
- Author: browserbase
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/browserbase/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/company-research/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/browserbase-company-research

## What it does

The skill automates prospect discovery and market research using a Plan→Research→Synthesize routine. It first examines your own product offering to define the ideal customer profile (ICP). Next, it runs targeted discovery queries through the Browserbase Search API and evaluates each candidate across three depth modes: `quick`, `deep`, or `deeper`.

Under the hood, custom Node.js helper scripts and the `browse` CLI parse page titles, meta tags, and sitemaps while preventing hallucinated descriptions. All findings are written directly to a folder on your Desktop (`~/Desktop/...`), yielding dedicated markdown dossiers alongside compiled HTML and CSV summary tables.

The entire workflow will fail without the `browse` CLI tool and a valid `BROWSERBASE_API_KEY` environment variable. It strictly blocks subagents from using fallback web tools outside the Browserbase pipeline.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill company-research -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/company-research/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/company-research/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill company-research -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/company-research/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill company-research -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/company-research/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install browserbase/skills company-research
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/company-research/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill company-research -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/browserbase/skills --path skills/company-research
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/company-research/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill company-research -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/browserbase/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/company-research/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- discover target companies matching an ideal customer profile
- extract product and positioning details from prospect websites
- score candidate organizations against ICP criteria
- compile structured research dossiers and lead data into CSV

## Example prompts
- Find companies to sell to based on our product and score their ICP fit.
- Research potential B2B customers and export the list to CSV.
- Discover target companies matching our ICP using deep research mode.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: company-research
description: |
  Company discovery and deep research skill. Researches a company's product and ICP,
  discovers target companies to sell to using Browserbase Search API, deeply researches
  each using a Plan→Research→Synthesize pattern, and scores ICP fit — compiled into
  a scored research report and CSV. Supports depth modes (quick/deep/deeper) for
  balancing scale vs intelligence.
  Use when the user wants to: (1) find companies to sell to, (2) research potential
  customers, (3) discover companies matching an ICP, (4) build a target company list,
  (5) do market research on prospects. Triggers: "find companies to sell to",
  "company research", "find prospects", "ICP research", "target companies",
  "who should we sell to", "market research", "lead research", "prospect list".
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires browse CLI (`npm install -g browse`) and BROWSERBASE_API_KEY env var
allowed-tools: Bash Agent
metadata:
  author: browserbase
  version: "1.1.0"
---

# Company Research

Discover and deeply research companies to sell to. Uses Browserbase Search API for discovery and a Plan→Research→Synthesize pattern for deep enrichment — outputting a scored research report and CSV.

**Required**: `BROWSERBASE_API_KEY` env var and `browse` CLI installed.

**First-run setup**: On the first run you'll be prompted to approve `browse cloud fetch`, `browse cloud search`, `cat`, `mkdir`, `sed`, etc. Select **"Yes, and don't ask again for: browse cloud fetch:\*"** (or equivalent) for each to auto-approve for the session. To permanently approve, add these to your `~/.claude/settings.json` under `permissions.allow`:
```json
"Bash(browse:*)", "Bash(bunx:*)", "Bash(bun:*)", "Bash(node:*)",
"Bash(cat:*)", "Bash(mkdir:*)", "Bash(sed:*)", "Bash(head:*)", "Bash(tr:*)", "Bash(rm:*)"
```

**Path rules**: Always use the full literal path in all Bash commands — NOT `~` or `$HOME` (both trigger "shell expansion syntax" approval prompts). Resolve the home directory once and use it everywhere. When constructing subagent prompts, replace `{SKILL_DIR}` with the full literal path.

**Output directory**: All research output goes to `~/Desktop/{company_slug}_research_{YYYY-MM-DD}/`. This directory contains one `.md` file per researched company plus a final `.csv`. The user gets both the scored spreadsheet and the full research files on their Desktop.

**CRITICAL — Tool restrictions (applies to main agent AND all subagents)**:
- All web searches: use `browse cloud search`. NEVER use WebSearch.
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