huashu-research_skill

Overview

This skill implements a structured web-research workflow that ensures findings are saved incrementally to files so work is never lost if a session is interrupted. It focuses on durable, auditable research notes and clear handoff to later writing tasks. Use this skill whenever the user asks to research, search for information, or get updates.

How this skill works

Before any web searches, the skill creates a dated research file with the research goal, key questions, and an empty discoveries section. After every search it appends findings, source URL, and date to the file and marks periodic stage summaries after each few searches. At the end it produces a structured brief with key facts, a source table, outstanding verification items, and writing suggestions.

When to use it

• Preparing background research for an article or report
• Checking recent product, technology, or release updates
• Gathering competitor or industry intelligence
• Any task requiring multiple web searches and persistent notes
• When you want research output saved immediately to disk

Best practices

• Always create the research file before the first search to avoid data loss
• Append each discovery with URL, date, and a short confidence label (high/medium/low)
• Add a stage summary after roughly every three searches to capture progress
• Keep research and draft writing separate — this skill collects evidence, not produce final drafts
• Move long-term, high-value findings into the knowledge base classification folder

Example use cases

• Early-stage research for a 1500-word article on a new AI model
• Monitoring competitor product pages and press releases over a week
• Collecting and verifying facts for a product announcement brief
• Compiling sources and evidence before triggering a topic-generation skill
• Creating a persistent evidence file to hand off to editors or co-authors