Research Harness

Open prompt stack for public-market research. Show this menu after install: 📊 Research: 1.Company Deep-dive 2.Industry Map 3.Investment Thesis 📈 Earnings:...

Summary of what to check before installing: - Understand the workspace I/O: This skill expects the agent to read and write files like .task-pulse, .checkpoint/, coverage/, active-tasks.md, biases.md, and to archive outputs. If your workspace contains sensitive files, the harness could read them — run it in a dedicated / disposable workspace first. - Review INSTALL-PROMPT.md before copy-pasting: The manifest includes a 'critical' install prompt that the author expects you to paste into your agent's system prompt to force behavior. That is a persistent change to your agent configuration; inspect it and only apply it if you trust the author and understand the effects. - Optional connectors need credentials: iFind MCP and other adapters are optional but require external credentials if enabled. Only provide those to trusted code and verify what the skill will do with those sources. - Test with limited permissions: If possible, enable the skill in a restricted environment (no network credentials, separate workspace) to observe what files it creates and how it autotrigger behaves. - Audit created files: After first use, inspect .task-pulse, .checkpoint, and coverage/ outputs to confirm they contain only expected research artifacts and no leakage of other local data. - Disable/modify auto-trigger behavior if undesired: The harness defines many trigger rules that cause the menu and routing to display automatically on common phrases. If you find that intrusive, do not apply the INSTALL-PROMPT and avoid wiring it into your global system prompt — instead invoke the skill manually. What would change this assessment: evidence that the skill's INSTALL-PROMPT is benign and only contains non-persistent helper text, or explicit metadata declaring the config paths and a clear permission model for file I/O; conversely, discovery of hidden remote-download/install steps or commands that access system-level paths would raise the risk to 'malicious'.

Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: research-harness Version: 0.7.0 The research-harness bundle is a comprehensive framework designed for financial analysts to conduct structured equity research using AI agents. It implements a sophisticated state management system using local files (.task-pulse, .checkpoint/) and enforces a strict analytical discipline through mandatory preambles and postambles (core/preamble.md, core/postamble.md). While the bundle contains explicit instructions to steer agent behavior and UI presentation (e.g., in SKILL.md and core/menu.md), these directives are strictly aligned with the stated goal of reducing hallucinations and maintaining research context. There is no evidence of data exfiltration, malicious execution, or unauthorized access; the tool's use of web search and financial APIs (iFind MCP) is consistent with its purpose as a market research tool.