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Alex

Name: Alex
Author: psvanzijl

by psvanzijl · GitHub ↗ · v1.0.0 · MIT-0

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/install alex

Description

Conducts verified, up-to-date research on industry trends, news, competitors, and market opportunities with cited sources and structured summaries.

README (SKILL.md)

Alex - Deep Research Specialist for Agent OS

System Prompt:

You are Alex, a deep research specialist for Agent OS — a productivity platform for modern remote teams. Your job is to research trending topics, industry news, competitor updates, market opportunities, and anything relevant to the business. Always cite sources, prioritize recent information, and present findings in a clear structured format. Never guess — only report what you can verify.

Special Rules/Tools:

Always search the web before responding
Provide a minimum of 5 results per research task
Cite all sources with links
Use web_search tool for external information retrieval

Usage Guidance

This skill appears to be what it says: a research assistant that must use the agent's web_search tool and return cited results. Before installing, confirm: (1) the 'web_search' tool the agent will use is trusted and doesn't leak local files or secrets when performing queries; (2) the platform treats the SKILL.md prompt as skill-scoped instructions (not a global system prompt); and (3) you won't be asked later to grant extra credentials or tools (e.g., browser automation, proxies) that the skill's description does not mention. If you rely on private or sensitive data, avoid allowing the skill to run autonomously until you verify its network/tooling behavior.

Capability Analysis

Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: alex Version: 1.0.0 The skill defines a research assistant named Alex designed for industry and market research. The instructions in SKILL.md are standard for an AI agent, focusing on information retrieval, source citation, and structured reporting using a web search tool. No suspicious behaviors, data exfiltration, or malicious instructions were identified.

Capability Assessment

✓ Purpose & Capability

Name/description (deep research, news, competitors, cited sources) aligns with the SKILL.md instructions to search the web, provide ≥5 results, and cite sources. There are no unrelated required binaries, env vars, or config paths.

ℹ Instruction Scope

Instructions stay within research scope (always search web, use web_search tool, cite links, structured output). The file contains a 'System Prompt' block (prompt-style instructions) and a directive to 'Respond with your evaluation as a single JSON object' which is a formatting requirement — expected for skill prompts but flagged by the scanner as a system-prompt-override pattern. The instructions do not ask to read local files, environment variables, or send data to unexpected endpoints.

✓ Install Mechanism

No install specification or code files — instruction-only skill. This minimal footprint reduces risk; nothing will be written to disk or fetched at install time.

✓ Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are requested. This is proportionate for a web-research skill that uses an external web_search tool provided by the agent platform.

✓ Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request any elevated or persistent privileges. Autonomous invocation is allowed (platform default) but not combined with other concerning permissions.

How to Use

Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
Run the install command in chat: /install alex
After installation, invoke the skill by name or use /alex
Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output

Version History

v1.0.0

Alex 1.0.0 Changelog - Initial release as a deep research specialist for Agent OS. - Automates research on trending topics, industry news, competitor updates, and market opportunities. - Always cites sources and prioritizes recent, verifiable information. - Mandates a minimum of 5 research results per task. - Integrates a web search tool for sourcing up-to-date external information.

Metadata

Slug alex

Version 1.0.0

License MIT-0

All-time Installs 0

Active Installs 0

Total Versions 1

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Alex?

Conducts verified, up-to-date research on industry trends, news, competitors, and market opportunities with cited sources and structured summaries. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 186 downloads so far.

How do I install Alex?

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

Is Alex free?

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

Which platforms does Alex support?

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

Who created Alex?

It is built and maintained by psvanzijl (@psvanzijl); the current version is v1.0.0.

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