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Primary Source Research Tool

aka “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.

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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

  1. No setup required — uses built-in web search
  2. Optionally configure GitHub for research delivery
  3. 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