Research executor agent skill for investigationsbacklog_item

journalismagentsinvestigationskills
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Problem

Creating investigation events and entity entries manually is slow. An agent skill that can systematically research a topic, create well-sourced events, and populate entity entries would accelerate investigation KB population.

Scope

  • Claude Code skill (`.claude/skills/`) for investigation research
  • Input: research question or entity to investigate
  • Process: web search → evaluate sources → create entries via MCP tools
  • Creates: investigation_events, persons, organizations, document_sources
  • Every created entry must have at least one source with reliability assessment
  • Skill enforces source tier system (tier-1 preferred, tier-3 flagged)
  • Deduplication: checks existing KB entries before creating new ones
  • Outputs: summary of entries created, sources used, confidence assessment
  • Acceptance Criteria

  • Skill creates well-sourced investigation events from web research
  • Every entry has source attribution with reliability rating
  • Existing entities are linked, not duplicated
  • Research session logged with decisions and open questions