research_skill

Conduct comprehensive academic research using OpenAlex, PDF extraction, paper search MCPs, and web search. Always produces comprehensive reports with 5+ evidence cards covering conflicting ideas and best approaches. Integrates academic papers (high weight) and non-academic sources (blogs, docs - lower weight but valuable for SOTA). Use when: (1) Researching software architecture patterns, (2) Finding academic papers on technical topics, (3) Conducting literature reviews, (4) Analyzing research papers for evidence-based decisions, (5) Building evidence cards from papers, (6) Finding related works and citations, or (7) When you need grounded, paper-backed technical recommendations. Triggers: research, find papers, literature review, evidence-based, academic research, compare approaches, what does research say, find studies on, search for papers about.