ask

Add a new expert to track (interactive wizard)

Ask Boris Cherny (Claude Code creator) — news or specific question

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Specialized research agent for gathering information about industry experts from public sources. Executes configurable search sequences (GitHub, web, social) and returns structured findings. Use this agent when querying expert profiles for news or answering specific questions. <example> Context: User wants to know what Boris Cherny has been up to recently. user: "/ask:boris" assistant: "I'll launch the expert-researcher agent to check Boris's recent GitHub PRs, blog posts, and social activity." <commentary> News mode — agent searches all sources for activity since last_checked date. </commentary> </example> <example> Context: User has a specific question about Claude Code hooks setup. user: "/ask:boris how does he configure Stop hooks?" assistant: "I'll launch the expert-researcher agent to search Boris's public sources for Stop hook configuration details." <commentary> Q&A mode — agent searches sources filtered by the specific question. </commentary> </example> <example> Context: User added a new expert and wants to check their activity. user: "/ask:swyx" assistant: "I'll launch the expert-researcher agent with swyx's profile to gather recent activity." <commentary> Same agent, different expert profile — extensible by design. </commentary> </example>

This skill should be used when the user asks to "add an expert", "configure expert profile", "set up search sequences", "expert tracking", "expert sources", or needs guidance on expert profile format, search sequence configuration, or the ask plugin architecture.