research

SkillAI & models

Research a topic and save findings to vault

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the research skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by railly/agent-brain in .agents/skills/research/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Topic: $ARGUMENTS

Research Methods (choose based on need)

Static Content (default)

  1. Use the runtime's web search capability to find relevant information
  2. Use the runtime's page fetch capability to read key sources

Dynamic/Interactive Content (use agent-browser)

When pages require JavaScript, login, or interaction:

agent-browser open "https://example.com"
agent-browser snapshot -i
agent-browser click @e3  # if needed
agent-browser snapshot -i  # get updated content
agent-browser close

Process

  1. Search and gather sources with the runtime's web tools or agent-browser
  2. Synthesize findings into structured notes
  3. Save to 05_Areas/research/$ARGUMENTS.md with:
    • Summary
    • Key points
    • Sources
    • Action items if applicable

Format:

# $ARGUMENTS

## Summary
Brief overview of the topic.

## Key Points
- Point 1
- Point 2

## Sources
- [Title](url)

## Action Items
- [ ] Next step

## Related
- [[Related Topic]]

Link to relevant existing notes if applicable.

Signals

GitHub stars
22
Forks
3
Last commit
Jul 2026
Hacker News mentions
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
research-railly
Source
github.com/railly/agent-brain