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Autonomously research a topic via multi-round web search, synthesize findings, and file structured results into the Obsidian wiki.
Passed 10 of 14 test cases with the skill, and 3 of 14 without it.
and 18 more in the full report
13 fixed3 passed either way5 still failing1 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
This benchmark measured an earlier version of the skill.
A newer attempt on gemini-3.8-flash on 10/18/2026 did not produce a publishable comparison (not comparable). The snapshot above is the previously measured run.
One of 11 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
After writing concept notes and reference pages for a research effort on consensus algorithms, what minimal cross-linking rule must be enforced between concept and source pages?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Every concept page links to at least 2 source pages. | Missed | Passed |
| Every source page links to the concept pages it informed. | Passed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
You are running an autonomous research loop on a topic, synthesizing what you find, and filing the results into the Obsidian wiki as permanent knowledge.
Writing profile: Before drafting or rewriting natural-language Markdown, read and apply the Writing Profile Resolution section in llm-wiki/SKILL.md. Framework schema, provenance, safety, and operation-specific requirements take precedence.
WRITING.md preferences apply only to newly drafted or rewritten natural-language Markdown; preserve source content and structured records.
llm-wiki/SKILL.md (inline @name override → walk up CWD for .env → global config → prompt setup). This gives OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH and OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT (default: wikilink).$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/index.md to understand what's already in the wiki — don't re-research things the wiki covers well$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/hot.md if it exists — it surfaces recent context$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/references/research-config.md if it exists — it may define source preferences, domains to skip, or confidence rules for this vault$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/references/research-backends.md if it exists — it registers optional CLI retrieval backends (social media, video transcripts, paid APIs, etc.). Load any available backends into your working state for this session.When writing internal links in generated pages, apply the link format from llm-wiki/SKILL.md (Link Format section) using the OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT value.
Confirm the research topic with the user if it's ambiguous. Then proceed.
If references/research-config.md exists in the vault, read it and apply any rules it defines:
If the file doesn't exist, proceed with defaults.
If references/research-backends.md exists in the vault, load it before starting research. It defines zero or more CLI retrieval backends as a YAML list:
backends:
- name: yt-dlp-transcript # friendly label
binary: yt-dlp # CLI binary (checked with `command -v`)
invoke: "yt-dlp --skip-download --write-auto-sub --sub-lang en --sub-format json3 -o /tmp/ytvid '{url}'"
when_to_use: YouTube video URLs, video transcripts
cost_tier: free # free | paid
test cases passed, vs 3 / 14 without
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