What problem does it solve?
Manually sifting through recent social media and web content to find up-to-date information on any topic is time-consuming and fragmented. This skill eliminates that friction by merging its functionality directly into the unified /carmack engineering tool, so you can access recent insights without switching between separate utilities.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Cross-platform recent research: Pull insights on any topic from the last 30 days across Reddit, X, and the open web, no need to check each platform individually.
- Flexible query support: Run research for prompting guidance, product recommendations, recent news, or general topic inquiries.
- Dual operation modes: Use browser mode with no API keys required, or API mode to access Reddit and X engagement metrics for more accurate, prioritized results.
- Synthesized results: A built-in judge agent weights findings by engagement, identifies cross-source patterns, and delivers copy-paste ready prompts tailored to your research needs.
- Use Case: If you're researching the latest best practices for React performance optimization, this skill (via /carmack) will pull curated, high-engagement insights from recent developer discussions, articles, and social posts to give you actionable, up-to-date guidance in seconds.
Quick Start
Ask Claude to use the /carmack tool to research the latest best practices for React performance optimization from the last 30 days.