mattpocock/research
skills/engineering/research/SKILL.md
Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated to a background agent.
$ install --global
skillsauthnpx skillsauth add mattpocock/skills researchInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
Security Scan Results
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TrivyContainer and dependency vulnerability scanner
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SemgrepStatic code analysis for vulnerabilities
95%
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mcp-scan (Snyk)Model Context Protocol security validation
95%
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Snyk (dep)Open source security scanning
50%
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Socket.devSupply chain security analysis
50%
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VirusTotalMulti-engine malware detection
50%
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CrowdStrikeAdvanced threat intelligence
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OSV-ScannerOpen Source Vulnerability database check
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OWASP Dep-Check
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Last scanned: Aug 21, 2026, 3:21 AM92.8s2 files scanned
SKILL.md
- name:
- research
- description:
- Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated to a background agent.
Spin up a background agent to do the research, so you keep working while it reads.
Its job:
- Investigate the question against primary sources (official docs, source code, specs, first-party APIs), not a secondary write-up of them. Follow every claim back to the source that owns it.
- Write the findings to a single Markdown file, citing each claim's source.
- Save it where the repo already keeps such notes; match the existing convention, and if there is none, put it somewhere sensible and say where.
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