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name: social_research
description: Research topics across Reddit and HackerNews with recency-weighted results
version: 1.0.0
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# Social Research Skill

tags: research, social, reddit, hackernews, trends, sentiment

## When to use
User asks about: what people think about X, recent discussions, trends, market sentiment, community opinion, is X popular, what's people saying about Y

## Tools
- social_research: Search Reddit and HN for recent discussions
- web_search: Supplement with broader search results

## Approach
1. Run social_research for the topic
2. Identify top themes from results
3. Report: sentiment, top posts, trends, recency score
4. Synthesise into a clear paragraph with key takeaways