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research-sources

by Kostja Zhang · GitHub ↗ · v1.1.1 · MIT-0
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Description
When the user wants to find information sources for content ideation, competitor monitoring, or industry tracking. Also use when the user mentions "research...
README (SKILL.md)

Strategies: Research Sources

Guides selecting and organizing information sources for marketing research: content ideation, competitor monitoring, and industry tracking. Use this skill when planning where to gather signals for content, competitive intelligence, or market trends.

When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.

Use Cases

Use case Purpose
Content ideation Topic ideas, trends, gaps for blog, newsletter, social
Competitor monitoring Product updates, positioning, pricing, reviews
Industry tracking Market shifts, funding, layoffs, regulatory changes

Source Categories

Category Format Use
News Real-time, daily Breaking news, announcements
Blogs Company, analyst Deep dives, product updates
Newsletters Curated, weekly/daily Trends, summaries; low effort
Events Conferences, webinars Industry pulse, networking
Data Layoffs, market cap, funding Quantitative signals
Community Forums, Q&A Real questions, pain points
Archives Wayback, Internet Archive Historical content, competitor changes

Selection criteria: Authority, freshness, coverage, language/locale. Prefer 10–15 high-quality sources over 50+ low-signal ones.

Example Sources (Generic)

Category Examples
News TechCrunch, VentureBeat, MIT Technology Review
Blogs Google AI Blog, OpenAI Blog, company blogs
Newsletters TLDR AI, Ben's Bites, The Batch (DeepLearning.AI)
Data Layoffs.fyi, Crunchbase, Companies Market Cap
Archives Internet Archive, Wayback Machine
Community Reddit, Quora, Stack Overflow; regional (e.g. Qiita for Japan)

Note: Add locale-specific sources via localization-strategy; avoid long URL lists.

By Use Case

Use case Source types
Content ideation News, blogs, newsletters, community (Reddit, Quora, Stack Overflow)
Competitor monitoring Competitor blogs, review sites, social, funding databases
Industry tracking News, newsletters, events, layoff/funding data

Avoid: Long URL lists that go stale. Use category framework + a few examples; update periodically.

Integration with Skills

Skill How research sources feed in
keyword-research Newsletters, community for long-tail and question keywords
competitor-research Competitor blogs, review platforms, funding data
content-marketing News, blogs for topic ideas; events for timely content
content-strategy Industry trends for pillar/cluster planning

Output Format

  • Use case (ideation, competitor, industry)
  • Category selection (news, blogs, newsletters, etc.)
  • Source shortlist (5–15; name + purpose)
  • Cadence (daily scan, weekly digest, event calendar)

Related Skills

  • keyword-research: Keyword discovery; research sources inform topics
  • competitor-research: Competitor analysis; sources for monitoring
  • content-marketing: Content planning; sources for ideation
  • content-strategy: Topic clusters; industry signals for pillars
Usage Guidance
This skill is low-risk: it's an instruction-only template with no installs, code, or secrets. Before installing, note the owner is unknown (no homepage) — if provenance matters, confirm the publisher. Also consider that the skill is guidance only: actual data gathering will be performed by your agent and any web/search connectors it has access to, so review the agent's tools/permissions (browser, web search, connectors) before using it for sensitive data. If you want more assurance, inspect the SKILL.md yourself (already provided) or ask the publisher for provenance/changes before trusting it in automated workflows.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: research-sources Version: 1.1.1 The skill bundle contains only documentation and procedural guidance for an AI agent to assist with marketing research and source identification. There is no executable code, no network activity, and no instructions that could be interpreted as prompt injection or malicious behavior across SKILL.md or _meta.json.
Capability Assessment
✓ Purpose & Capability
The name/description (research sources for content, competitor, and industry monitoring) align with the SKILL.md content. The skill is a guidance/template and requires no binaries, env vars, or installs, which is proportionate to its stated purpose.
✓ Instruction Scope
SKILL.md contains only policy/formatting guidance, source categories, and example sources. It does not instruct the agent to read local files, environment variables, or to send data to third‑party endpoints; it stays within the declared remit.
✓ Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files are present (instruction-only). This is the lowest-risk pattern — nothing is written to disk and no external packages are pulled.
✓ Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. There are no secret-like requirements, which is appropriate for a guidance-only skill.
✓ Persistence & Privilege
always:false (not force-included), user-invocable: true, and disable-model-invocation is default false — normal settings. The skill does not request persistent system presence or modify other skills.
How to Use
  1. Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
  2. Run the install command in chat: /install research-sources
  3. After installation, invoke the skill by name or use /research-sources
  4. Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.1.1
Automated batch sync
Metadata
Slug research-sources
Version 1.1.1
License MIT-0
All-time Installs 0
Active Installs 0
Total Versions 1
Frequently Asked Questions

What is research-sources?

When the user wants to find information sources for content ideation, competitor monitoring, or industry tracking. Also use when the user mentions "research... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 88 downloads so far.

How do I install research-sources?

Run "/install research-sources" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.

Is research-sources free?

Yes, research-sources is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.

Which platforms does research-sources support?

research-sources is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).

Who created research-sources?

It is built and maintained by Kostja Zhang (@kostja94); the current version is v1.1.1.

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