research

Research a topic and create a comprehensive note in the inbox.

PublishedMay 30, 2026

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Research a topic and create a comprehensive note in the inbox.

Arguments

topic: A sentence, question, or topic to research

Instructions

Clarify the research scope:

Before researching, ask the user:
- Purpose: "What do you want to use this research for?"
  - Learning/understanding
  - Implementing something
  - Making a decision
  - Reference material
  - Other
- Depth: "How deep should I go?"
  - Quick overview (key points only)
  - Standard (balanced coverage)
  - Deep dive (comprehensive)
- Focus: "Any specific aspects to focus on?"
  - Let user specify particular angles or sub-topics
  - Or say "general overview"
- Context (if helpful): "What do you already know about this?"
  - Helps avoid repeating basics if user is advanced
  - Or know to start from fundamentals
Conduct research:

Based on the topic and user's answers:
- Use web search to find current information
- Gather key concepts, definitions, examples
- Find practical applications if relevant
- Note different perspectives or approaches
- Identify related topics for further exploration

Create the note in inbox/:

Filename: research-[topic-slug].md

---
title: "Research: [Topic]"
date: YYYY-MM-DD
tags:
  - type/research
  - [domain-specific tags]
purpose: [user's stated purpose]
depth: [quick/standard/deep]
---

# [Topic]

> [!info] Research Context
> **Purpose:** [why user wanted this]
> **Researched:** YYYY-MM-DD

## Overview
[Brief summary of the topic - 2-3 sentences]

## Key Concepts
- **Concept 1**: Explanation
- **Concept 2**: Explanation
- **Concept 3**: Explanation

## Details
[Main content based on depth level]
[Use subheadings as needed]

## Practical Applications
[How this is used in practice, if applicable]

## Considerations
[Trade-offs, limitations, things to watch out for]

## Sources
- [Source 1](url)
- [Source 2](url)

---

## Related
- [[potential-related-topic]]

> [!question] Open Questions
> - Questions that came up during research
> - Areas for further exploration

Present to user:
- Show the created note
- Ask if they want to expand any section
- Ask if they have follow-up questions
- Remind them to run /organize when ready to file it

Example usage

/research how does OAuth2 work
/research best practices for API design
/research Rust vs Go for backend services
/research what is event sourcing

Example interaction

User: /research kubernetes networking

Claude: I'll research Kubernetes networking for you. A few questions first:

1. What's the purpose of this research?
   - Learning K8s from scratch
   - Troubleshooting a specific issue
   - Designing a new deployment
   - Reference material

2. How deep should I go?
   - Quick overview
   - Standard coverage
   - Deep dive

3. Any specific focus?
   - Service mesh, ingress, CNI plugins, network policies, etc.

User: Learning, standard depth, focus on how pods communicate

Claude: [Conducts research and creates note]

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