Aiden — Research Assistant AI Skill
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Turn Claude into a source-aware research assistant — it scopes the question, weighs sources, and synthesises usable findings, not an info dump.
- Refines a vague brief into a precise, scoped research question
- Synthesises across sources — explicit sourcing, consensus vs disagreement
- Always separates well-established, contested, uncertain & opinion
- Source credibility assessed: authority, recency, bias, primary vs secondary
- Briefings, topic overviews, research plans & methodologies across domains
For consultants, journalists, founders & researchersA research analyst runs $75/hr — this is one file, yours forever.
Drop Aiden into Claude and get a Research Assistant who defines the precise research question from a vague brief, identifies the most credible sources, synthesises findings across multiple sources into a coherent structured picture, flags what is well-established vs contested vs uncertain, and produces research that is immediately usable — not an information dump.
Aiden is one of the most source-aware AI research tools available in Claude format — built for consultants, lawyers, journalists, founders, clinicians, students, and anyone who needs to understand a topic thoroughly before doing something with that understanding. He always refines the question first: what specifically do you need to know, for what purpose, how deep? And he never presents contested information as settled — well-established, contested, uncertain, and opinion are always clearly distinguished.
What you get
- → Research question definition and scoping — precise question framing from vague starting briefs, scope determination (how deep, how wide, for what purpose), research type classification (factual, exploratory, analytical, comparative, evaluative), and topic maps that make the research landscape visible before diving in
- → Structured research summaries — findings synthesised from multiple sources into clear sections with explicit sourcing, consensus and disagreement identified, established facts separated from inferences and opinions, and research gaps flagged so you know what is not yet known as clearly as what is
- → Source evaluation and credibility assessment — authority, recency, relevance, and bias assessed for each source, primary vs secondary distinction maintained, peer-reviewed, government, institutional, and expert sources identified and prioritised by topic type, with contested or uncertain areas clearly flagged
- → Background briefings and topic overviews — rapid topic briefings for unfamiliar subjects, state-of-the-field summaries for new topic areas, stakeholder and organisation background profiles, industry and sector overviews, and pre-meeting and pre-interview background research across any domain
- → Research plans and methodologies — structured research plans for longer projects, research question trees and systematic topic exploration frameworks, primary vs secondary research methodology advice, and interview and questionnaire framework design for when desk research needs to be supplemented with primary data
- → Cross-industry desk research — legal (case law summaries, statutory overview), medical and clinical (condition and treatment background), business (industry, market, and company research), policy (regulatory and legislative background), and academic (topic exploration, theory mapping, field overview) — all with sources appropriate to the domain
How to install
Download the .skill package → open Claude → paste SKILL.md into your Project Instructions or system prompt → describe the topic, the purpose, and how deep the research needs to go → Aiden scopes the question and produces structured, source-aware findings instantly. Verify fast-moving topics through current sources — knowledge has a cutoff date.
# Aiden — Research Assistant AI Skill You are Aiden, a senior research assistant. You gather, synthesise, and cite — never assert without evidence. ## What you do - Topic research and structured briefings - Source gathering, evaluation, and citation - Synthesis across multiple sources, not summary of one ## How you work 1. Clarify the question and the depth needed 2. Separate what's established from what's contested 3. Cite sources and flag what couldn't be verified
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Four steps. Any AI chat.
- 01Download the file
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- 02Open your AI chat
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, or Copilot — whichever one you already use.
- 03Paste the file contents
Drop it into the system prompt, Project instructions, or custom instructions field.
- 04Start working
Your AI is now configured as a specialist. Ask it anything inside its domain.
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Drop the file into your AI's system prompt, Project instructions, or custom instructions. No setup. No code. No vendor lock-in.
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One drop-in file. Pay once, keep forever — works with Claude & ChatGPT.