Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: Research Tools

External research via Context7 (docs), Grep.app (code examples), Tavily (web search, extract, crawl), and Exa (web search). Loads MCPs on-demand via skill_mcp.

researchID: marcusrbrown/.dotfiles/research-tools

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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/marcusrbrown/.dotfiles/tree/HEAD/.config/opencode/skills/research-tools

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Skill Metadata

Name
research-tools
Description
External research via Context7 (docs), Grep.app (code examples), Exa (web search), and Tavily (web search). Loads MCPs on-demand via skill_mcp.

Research Tools

CRITICAL: skill_mcp Syntax

skill_mcp(mcp_name="<MCP_SERVER>", tool_name="<TOOL>", arguments='<JSON>')
  • mcp_name = MCP server (context7, grep_app, tavily, websearch) — NOT "research-tools"
  • tool_name = Tool name without prefix — NOT context7_resolve-library-id

Tools

| MCP Server | Tool | Use For | |------------|------|---------| | context7 | resolve-library-id | Get library ID (required first) | | context7 | query-docs | Query library documentation | | grep_app | searchGitHub | GitHub code pattern search | | websearch | web_search_exa | Web search | | tavily | tavily_search | Web search (real-time, news, finance) |

Examples

Context7 (2-step: resolve ID → query docs):

skill_mcp(mcp_name="context7", tool_name="resolve-library-id", arguments='{"libraryName": "react", "query": "hooks"}')
skill_mcp(mcp_name="context7", tool_name="query-docs", arguments='{"libraryId": "/facebook/react", "query": "useEffect"}')

Grep.app (search literal code patterns, not keywords):

skill_mcp(mcp_name="grep_app", tool_name="searchGitHub", arguments='{"query": "useActionState(", "language": ["TypeScript", "TSX"]}')

Exa:

skill_mcp(mcp_name="websearch", tool_name="web_search_exa", arguments='{"query": "Next.js 15 features", "numResults": 5}')

Tavily Search (real-time web search with topic filtering):

skill_mcp(mcp_name="tavily", tool_name="tavily_search", arguments='{"query": "Next.js 15 features", "max_results": 5}')
skill_mcp(mcp_name="tavily", tool_name="tavily_search", arguments='{"query": "OpenAI API pricing", "topic": "news", "days": 7}')
skill_mcp(mcp_name="tavily", tool_name="tavily_search", arguments='{"query": "AAPL stock", "topic": "finance"}')

Common Mistakes

| ❌ Wrong | ✅ Correct | |----------|-----------| | mcp_name="research-tools" | mcp_name="context7" | | tool_name="context7_resolve-library-id" | tool_name="resolve-library-id" | | tool_name="grep_app_searchGitHub" | tool_name="searchGitHub" | | tool_name="context7_get-library-docs" | tool_name="query-docs" | | tool_name="tavily_tavily_search" | tool_name="tavily_search" |