From great-researchers
Produce a study (essay / paper / literature review / case study / investigation) on a topic. Reads the project specification (README, CLAUDE.md, prior studies and reviews, bibliography, primary sources), then dispatches a researcher persona to draft the study in their register. Default persona auto-selected by signal — Sagan for science communication, Gould for essay-as-research, Roach for immersive, Sacks for clinical, Gawande for systems, Diamond for civilizational synthesis, Wilson for biology-anchored, Skloot for deep narrative, Caro for investigative biography. Override with --persona. Output saves to research/studies/<slug>.md. NOT ACADEMIC ADVICE — a craft register.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/great-researchers:researchers-write-studyThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Produce a study on a research topic.
Produce a study on a research topic.
⚠️ NOT ACADEMIC ADVICE. This skill produces craft-register writing in the voice of canonical figures. It is a writing tool and a reasoning lens, not primary research.
This skill is the research equivalent of /engineers-write-spec or /counsels-write-memo — the upstream artifact that downstream work obeys. The study establishes the question, the method, the primary sources, the analysis, the synthesis, the caveats, and the bibliography references.
The study serves three downstream consumers:
Not for: actual primary research; line-level citation nits (use /researchers-review); craft conversations about a single concept (use /researchers-channel <persona>).
When this skill is invoked with a <topic> argument and optional --persona:
Resolve the project root. Verify research/ exists; if not, recommend running /researchers-project-init first.
Read the project specification:
CLAUDE.md — orchestrator-mode notes, current study slugREADME.md — what the project doesresearch/studies/research/reviews/research/bibliography/.great-authors/project.md if cross-craftResolve the persona to dispatch. Auto-select by signal:
| Signal | Default persona |
|---|---|
| "communicate", "wonder", "skepticism", "Baloney Detection" | carl-sagan-researcher |
| "essay form", "synthesize", "Natural History column style" | stephen-jay-gould-researcher |
| "immersive", "field trip", "go visit the lab" | mary-roach-researcher |
| "case study", "clinical", "patient as person" | oliver-sacks-researcher |
| "medical system", "checklist", "healthcare ethics" | atul-gawande-researcher |
| "civilizational synthesis", "geography + biology", "Yali's question" | jared-diamond-researcher |
| "biology-anchored", "consilience", "myrmecology" | edward-o-wilson-researcher |
| "deep research", "10-year investigation", "recover a person" | rebecca-skloot-researcher |
| "investigative biography", "turn every page", "the archive" | robert-caro-researcher |
| None of the above | stephen-jay-gould-researcher (essay-as-research default) |
Dispatch the persona via the Agent tool: subagent_type: "great-researchers:<persona-slug>-researcher". Brief includes:
research/studies/<slug>.mdOutput structure:
---
title: <Study title>
slug: <slug>
persona: <persona-slug>
created: YYYY-MM-DD
status: draft | proposed | accepted | superseded
---
# Research study: <Title>
> ⚠️ **Craft register only — not academic advice.** This study is a reasoning exercise in the voice of <persona>, not primary research. For real research questions, consult living specialists and the primary literature.
## Question
<One paragraph. The specific research question.>
## Method
<One paragraph. How the persona approached the question — Sagan-style framing, Gould-essay structure, Roach-immersive, Sacks-clinical, Gawande-systems, Diamond-synthesis, etc.>
## Primary sources
<Bulleted list. The sources cited or referenced. Each links to or names a real primary source. Flag uncertain provenance honestly.>
## Analysis
<2-4 paragraphs. The actual reasoning. Show the work. Walk the reader through the chain of evidence.>
## Synthesis
<One paragraph. The persona's conclusion, with reasoning compressed.>
## Caveats and limits
<Bulleted list. What the study does NOT establish. What further research would require. **Always include: this is craft-register reasoning, not primary research.**>
## Bibliography references
<Bulleted list. The bibliography keys (from `research/bibliography/`) the study cites. If a source is not yet in the bibliography, flag it for inclusion.>
Save to research/studies/<slug>.md. Ask before overwriting.
Report:
📝 Saved to research/studies/<slug>.md (<word-count> words, drafted by <persona>).
⚠️ Craft register only — not academic advice.
Question: <one-line summary>
Synthesis: <one-line summary>
Next:
- /researchers-review research/studies/<slug>.md to dispatch a peer-review panel
- /researchers-channel <other-persona> to refine specific sections
- For real research stakes: consult living specialists and the primary literature.
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npx claudepluginhub sethshoultes/great-minds-constellation --plugin great-researchers