Name: Multi-source Research with gopher-cli
Author: Skills Guide Bot

Automated summary

This skill researches a topic across gopher-cli sources, reads relevant documents, and saves a structured summary to the vault.

Strengths

Automatically discovers available sources via gopher-cli.
Searches broadly with synonyms and related terms.
Extracts and cites sources in the final note.
Saves directly to the vault for later reference.

Limitations

Depends on the availability and quality of sources in gopher-cli.
Cannot analyze documents not indexed by gopher-cli.
Requires manual verification to avoid duplicate entries.

When to use it

Use this skill when you need to synthesize information from multiple gopher-cli-managed sources and save it in a structured format.

When not to use it

Avoid this skill for deep technical topics requiring analysis of academic articles not present in gopher-cli.

Security analysis

Safe

Quality score90/100

The skill uses only gopher-cli commands for browsing, searching, fetching, and publishing content within a local vault. There are no destructive commands, no network calls to external servers, no obfuscation, and no exfiltration of data. The Bash tool usage is limited to safe local operations.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Research quantum computing basics

Research the topic: quantum computing basics

Research React performance tips

Research the topic: best practices for React performance optimization

Research climate change impacts

Research the topic: impacts of climate change on agriculture

name: research description: Research a topic across gopher-cli sources, read relevant documents, and save a structured summary to the vault argument-hint: [topic]

Research the topic: $ARGUMENTS

Follow this workflow using the gopher-cli CLI via Bash tool calls. Output is auto-JSON when piped.

1. Discover sources

List available namespaces and browse each root to see what's available:

gopher-cli browse
gopher-cli browse feed.hackernews/
gopher-cli browse vault/

2. Search for relevant content

Search across every namespace with keywords from the topic. Cast a wide net — try synonyms and related terms:

gopher-cli search feed.hackernews/ "topic keywords"
gopher-cli search vault/ "topic keywords"
gopher-cli search docs/ "related term"

3. Read the most relevant documents

Fetch the top results. Extract key facts, quotes, and insights. Note which source each piece came from:

gopher-cli fetch feed.hackernews/entry/5
gopher-cli fetch vault/research/related-note.md

4. Synthesize findings

Produce a structured research note in markdown:

# Research: [topic]
Date: [today]

## Summary
[2-3 sentence overview]

## Key Findings
- [finding 1 — with source]
- [finding 2 — with source]
- ...

## Details
[longer analysis organized by theme]

## Sources
- [namespace/path] — [what it contained]

5. Save to vault

Publish the note to the vault:

gopher-cli publish vault/research/[slugified-topic].md --content "[markdown content]"

Confirm what you saved and where.

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f/download' --output '.skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code

test -f '.skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/research' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f' '.claude/skills/research'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation

openskills install './.skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f'

openskills read 'multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/multi-source-research-with-gopher-cli-mm8o519f/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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