Research Methodology

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Teaches your agent how to research topics online by searching the web, reading sources, and saving findings.

Then ask your AI: use the Research Methodology skill

Details

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

Add it as a step in a pipeline you build on Ahel, or connect Ahel to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex and ask your AI to use it.

About this skill

How to research topics using web tools

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by quixiai/hexis in skills/installed/research/SKILL.md and read by Ahel’s review.

When investigating a topic that requires current or external information:

  1. Use web_search for broad queries to find relevant sources
  2. Use web_fetch to read the most promising results in full
  3. Cross-reference findings with existing memories via recall
  4. Store important findings with remember for future reference

When to Research

  • When a goal requires information you don't have in memory
  • When existing memories have low confidence or are outdated
  • When the user asks about recent events or facts
  • When you need to verify something before acting on it

Research Quality

  • Use specific, targeted search queries rather than broad ones
  • Cross-reference multiple sources before accepting a claim
  • Note the source URL when storing findings as memories
  • Prefer authoritative sources (official docs, academic, established media)

Signals

GitHub stars
617
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Item type
skill
Key
research-quixiai
Source
github.com/quixiai/hexis