research
Do thorough, cited web research to help make a decision — compare tools, evaluate competitors, research tech stacks, or assess market data. Use when the user needs a well-sourced answer before making a technical, product, or business decision.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin:skills/research" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin /tmp/olostep-claude-code-plugin && ln -s /tmp/olostep-claude-code-plugin/skills/research ~/.claude/skills/researchFrom README
Olostep Research Do thorough, multi-source web research and present findings as structured, actionable intelligence. This is the skill for when you need to make a decision and want real data — cited, current, and structured. When to use User is choosing between tools, libraries, frameworks, or services User wants to understand competitors' features, pricing, positioning, or tech stack User is evaluating build vs buy for a component User needs market data, adoption stats, or trend information User wants to fact-check a technical claim User says "help me decide", "what should I use", "compare X vs Y", "is X worth it" Instructions When the user asks a research question (via $ARGUMENTS or in conversation): Quick answer: Use mcpolostepanswers with a json schema for structured, cited results. Deep dive: Scrape the most relevant sources with mcpolostepscrapewebsite for full detail. Multi-site comparison: Use mcpolostepbatchscrapeurls on competitors' pricing/features/docs pages.