Goal

SkillFiles & storage

Update research/ideas/README.md tracking table from idea files

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What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by causify-ai/helpers in .claude/skills/research_idea.update_readme/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

  • Update research/ideas/README.md to reflect the current content of research/ideas/*.md

Workflow

Step 1: Find the Files to Process

  • Extract the timestamp <TIMESTAMP> from the comment at the end of research/ideas/README.md, e.g. // Last update timestamp: "Aug 3 10:54"
  • Find every file in research/ideas/*.md modified or added after <TIMESTAMP>, or not yet present as a row in the table
  • Build the list of files to process, <FILES>

Step 2: Read the Template

  • Read research/ideas/template.research_idea.md to know what each idea file should contain

Step 3: Update the Table

  • For each file in <FILES>, add or update its row in research/ideas/README.md using the column order: | File | Links | Status | Assignee | Specs Complete | GitHub Issue | Result |
  • Fill each column to the best of your ability from the file's content and status prefix
  • Sort all rows by descending Specs Complete

Step 4: Update the Timestamp

  • Update the // Last update timestamp: "..." comment at the end of the file to the current timestamp

Conventions

  • Follow .claude/skills/research_idea.rules.md

Constraints

  • Only touch rows for files in <FILES>; do not rewrite rows for unchanged files beyond re-sorting the table
  • Do not remove a row for a file that still exists in research/ideas/*.md

Verification

  • Every file in <FILES> has a row in the table
  • Rows are sorted by descending Specs Complete
  • The // Last update timestamp: "..." comment reflects the current time

Signals

GitHub stars
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
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Gateway key
research-idea-update-readme
Source
github.com/causify-ai/helpers