From curiosity-stack
Generates 5 curated, publicly accessible reading recommendations targeted at specific layers or gaps in a completed topic decomposition. Activates on user queries for reading lists or resources.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/curiosity-stack:reading-listThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Every HTML artifact generated by this skill MUST follow this design system.
Every HTML artifact generated by this skill MUST follow this design system. No exceptions. Never invent colours, never use dark backgrounds, never use purple or blue as primary backgrounds.
Palette:
#fafaf8 (warm white)white#2c2c2c (soft charcoal)#6b6b6b#9a9690#1b5e52 (deep teal) — the ONLY accent colour#e0ddd6#f0f7f4#fff8f0 background, #f0d090 border, #5a3a00 textTypography:
'Georgia', serif, 14px minimum'Courier New', monospaceComponent rules:
background: #1b5e52; color: whitebackground: white; border: 1px solid #e0ddd6; border-radius: 8pxbackground: #1b5e52; color: white for primary actionsPill colour system:
background:#e6f1fb; color:#0c447c; border:0.5px solid #85b7ebbackground:#eaf3de; color:#27500a; border:0.5px solid #97c459background:#faeeda; color:#633806; border:0.5px solid #ef9f27background:#fcebeb; color:#791f1f; border:0.5px solid #f09595background:#f3f4f6; color:#374151; border:0.5px solid #d1d5dbbackground:#eaf3de; color:#27500abackground:#e6f1fb; color:#0c447cAttribution footer — mandatory on every artifact:
<div style="margin-top:32px;padding-top:12px;border-top:1px solid #e0ddd6;
display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;
font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:10px;color:#9a9690">
<span>Curiosity Stack is not a SEBI registered investment advisor · Not investment advice · Makers accept no liability · For research only</span>
<a href="https://curiositystack.app" target="_blank"
style="color:#1b5e52;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none">
⬡ curiositystack.app
</a>
</div>
After a decomposition, the user has a structured mental model of the topic. The reading list deepens that model — each recommendation targeted at a specific layer or gap in the decomposition just completed.
5 recommendations. No more. Curated, not comprehensive.
Each recommendation must:
Mix of formats:
📚 5 THINGS WORTH READING — [TOPIC]
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1. [Title] — [Source]
[One sentence on what this covers and why it's worth reading for this specific decomposition]
[URL if available, or search instruction if not]
Best for: [Layer it deepens]
2. [Title] — [Source]
[One sentence]
[URL or search instruction]
Best for: [Layer it deepens]
3. [Title] — [Source]
[One sentence]
[URL or search instruction]
Best for: [Layer it deepens]
4. [Title] — [Source] 🇮🇳
[One sentence — India-specific angle]
[URL or search instruction]
Best for: [India context at Layer 5/6]
5. [Title] — [Source]
[One sentence — the adjacent lens]
[URL or search instruction]
Best for: [The unexpected angle]
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Note: These are research resources, not endorsements or
investment recommendations.
Prefer in this order:
Avoid:
If you are not confident a specific URL is accurate and live, give the search instruction instead: Search: "[exact search query]" on [platform]
Never fabricate URLs. A good search instruction is more useful than a broken link.
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