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Source Hunter
Real sources, named experts, actual quotes
Deep research that finds primary sources with named individuals, community sentiment from Reddit/HN/X, and news coverage. No summaries of summaries — actual quotes with URLs.
House RecipeCreative1 min
INGREDIENTS
🔎Web Search🐙GitHub
PROMPT
Research [topic] for me. Find: - Primary sources with named experts and their credentials - Reddit/HN/Twitter discussions showing real sentiment - Both sides if there's controversy - Exact quotes with working URLs Deliver as a GitHub issue I can reference later.
How It Works
This skill searches multiple angles, fetches full articles, and extracts
exact quotes from credible sources. It's research the way a journalist
would do it, not the way a chatbot summarizes things.
What You Get
- Named experts with credentials ("John Smith, senior engineer at Meta")
- Exact quotes pulled from source articles
- Reddit/HN/Twitter threads showing real sentiment
- Both sides when controversy exists
- Working URLs for everything cited
Setup Steps
- No setup required — uses built-in web search
- Optionally configure GitHub for research delivery
- Always spawns as subagent (2-5 minute operation)
Tips
- Always spawns as subagent to keep main thread responsive
- Uses kimi-k2.5 model for research depth
- Results delivered to GitHub issue by default
- Quality bar: 3+ primary sources, 2+ community threads
- Include dissenting views for credibility
- Recency matters — note publication dates
Tags:#research#sources#journalism#content