industry-research — Claude Code skill: sector research on autopilot
A skill that walks an agent through industry research: trends, key companies, market dynamics and outlook. Useful when you need a structured sector report.
npx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry-research -a claude-code
npx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry_research -a claude-codeWhat industry-research does
The skill lays out a phased method. First you pick sources: trade press, analyst reports, financial platforms, company databases. Then data collection runs through browser automation, and only after that comes analysis and synthesis. Four sector frameworks ship with it — consumer, technology, healthcare and finance — each with its own metrics and source list.
Page work goes through Playwright MCP. The skill tells the agent to screenshot a page first and read the image with the Read tool, so the report only contains what is actually visible. Output lands in outputs/<agent_name>/<customer_name>/, split into reports/, scripts/, raw/ and screenshots/. Reports follow a fixed template: summary, trends, market leaders, dynamics, recent developments, outlook, sources.
The catch is the browser layer. It depends on mcp__playwright_*, so without a Playwright MCP server wired up you get text-only analysis and no page scraping. Tools also list Read, Write and Bash, which means the skill writes files and runs code locally.
The frontmatter sets max_turns: 5 and max_budget: 0.10, and the model is inherited from the session. Worth knowing before a long run: five turns cover an overview, not a sweep through a dozen sources with verification.
What it helps with
- map sector trends and separate them from one-off news
- list the key players and where each one sits
- pull market metrics from several sources into one report
- verify figures against page screenshots instead of model recall
- draft a sector outlook with source attribution
Example prompts for the agent
- Research the consumer sector: trends, leaders, market dynamics for the latest period.
- Build a fintech report using the skill template and save sources under
raw/. - Scrape the analyst pages with Playwright and pull the market metrics into the report.
How to install industry-research
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry-research -a claude-codenpx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry_research -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/industry_research/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/industry_research/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry_research -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/industry_research/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry_research -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/industry_research/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install rkreddyp/investrecipes industry_research2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/industry_research/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry_research -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/rkreddyp/investrecipes --path .claude/skills/industry_researchManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/industry_research/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry_research -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about industry-research
How do I install industry-research in Claude?
Run npx skills add rkreddyp/investrecipes --skill industry-research -a claude-code. The skill file lands at ~/.claude/skills/industry_research/SKILL.md.
What does industry-research do?
It gives the agent a research method and sector frameworks: source selection, data collection, trend and company analysis, then a report built from a fixed template.
What does the skill need to run?
Page collection relies on a Playwright MCP server — the tools list mcp__playwright_*. Without it, only text-based analysis is left.
