# jackin-research

Creates standalone multi-page research dossiers for the jackin docs site using evidence from the web and the codebase.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 469 installs · ★ 3
- Author: jackin-project
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-research/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jackin-research

## What it does

This skill conducts technical investigations for roadmap topics or open questions. It operates brief-first: drafting `prompt.mdx` before executing. External claims require a source link. Local figures require an explicit methodology.

Output lands in `docs/content/docs/research/<slug>/`. The directory includes `index.mdx`, numbered chapters, and a `meta.json` sidebar configuration. Reproduction scripts go into `tools/`. The workflow does not make product design decisions. Those belong to `jackin-brainstorm`.

Verification relies on `bun` to run the docs gate checks, including link testing and `tsc --noEmit`. Without those checks passing, the commit does not proceed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-research -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-research -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jackin-project/jackin-dev jackin-research
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev --path skills/jackin-research
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-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/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-research/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- draft research briefs in `prompt.mdx`
- synthesize codebase metrics and web sources into documentation
- generate structured markdown dossiers with chapters and navigation
- validate documentation links and types before committing

## Example prompts
- Run a complete investigation: `jackin-research token-optimization-research`
- Draft the specification brief only: `jackin-research caching-layer --brief-only`
- Gather evidence solely from the local code: `jackin-research auth-flow --codebase-only`

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: jackin-research
description: Use only when the user explicitly requests this skill. Produces a standalone multi-page research dossier on the jackin❯ docs site, drawing on web and codebase evidence.
argument-hint: "<slug> [--brief-only] [--in-roadmap] [--web-only|--codebase-only]"
disable-model-invocation: true
license: Apache-2.0
user-invocable: true
---

# jackin-research

Produce a standalone **research dossier** — a multi-page deliverable published on the jackin❯ docs site — for an open question or roadmap topic. Brief-driven: author the brief, then execute it. Gathers and synthesizes evidence (web + codebase); does not make product design decisions.

Reference implementation: `docs/content/docs/research/token-optimization-research/` in the jackin❯ repo.

## When to use

- Operator runs `jackin-research <slug>` for a substantial investigation.

## When NOT to use

- Design decisions on a roadmap item → `jackin-brainstorm`.
- Quick lookup → `deep-research` or Explore directly, no dossier.

## Arguments

- `--brief-only` — author `prompt.mdx` (the brief) and stop; execute later via `/goal Follow <brief>`.
- `--in-roadmap` — store findings inline in the roadmap item instead of a separate dossier (small research only).
- `--web-only` / `--codebase-only` — restrict gathering to one pass.

## Output layout (default: separate folder)

```
docs/content/docs/research/<slug>/
├── meta.json     # { title, defaultOpen:false, pages:[...] } — sidebar order
├── index.mdx     # dossier landing: headline numbers, how-to-read, tier list
├── prompt.mdx    # the brief that was run (the spec; carries the /goal run line)
├── NN-*.mdx      # numbered chapters (00 summary, 01.. foundations, 10-20 areas, 30+ synthesis)
└── tools/        # optional scripts + own meta.json + index.mdx
```
Also add `<slug>` to the parent `docs/content/docs/research/meta.json` `pages`. Big research → own folder (default); small → `--in-roadmap`.

## Process

1. **Scope / brief.** From the topic (or roadmap item), draft or load `prompt.mdx`: mission, chapter list, evidence rules. With `--brief-only`, stop here.
2. **Gather.** Web via the built-in `deep-research`; codebase via Explore/grep. Every external claim carries a source URL; every local number carries its method.
3. **Write.** `index.mdx` (headline numbers + how-to-read + tier list) and the numbered chapters in a fixed per-technique record schema; bundle any reproduction scripts under `tools/`.
4. **Wire the sidebar.** Create/update the dossier `meta.json` and the parent `research/meta.json`.
5. **Docs gate + commit.** Run the `bun` docs gate (`build`, `check:repo-links`, `tsc --noEmit`, `test`) from `docs/`. Commit `docs(research):`; push.

## Common mistakes

- Forcing a Problem/Why/Design shape — a dossier is free-form, not a roadmap item.
- Making design decisions — that is `brainstorm`.
- An unsourced external claim, or a local number without its method.
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