# research

> Claude/Codex skill by [@olostep](https://omgskills.com/library/olostep/index.md) · 1 stars · Updated 2026-03-25

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.

Tags: ai, ai-agents, claude-code, olostep, web-scraping, web-search

## Install

```sh
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/research
```

## From 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.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin/skills/research/
- GitHub: https://github.com/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin
- Author: [@olostep](https://omgskills.com/library/olostep/index.md)

## More from this repo

- [answers](https://omgskills.com/library/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin/skills/answers/index.md) — Get AI-powered answers with citations and sources from the web using Olostep
   - [@olostep](https://omgskills.com/library/olostep/index.md) · 1 stars
- [batch](https://omgskills.com/library/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin/skills/batch/index.md) — Scrape up to 10,000 URLs in a single batch operation using Olostep
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- [crawl](https://omgskills.com/library/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin/skills/crawl/index.md) — Autonomously crawl an entire website starting from a URL, following links to discover and scrape pages
   - [@olostep](https://omgskills.com/library/olostep/index.md) · 1 stars