research-brief-writer

Provide the source documents and specify the audience and deliverable type (exec brief, working brief, or full digest). The Skill extracts every statistic and framework, then drafts a brief with a quantified hook, ranked TL;DR findings, evidence sections, and per-audience implications.

The Skill builds a synthesis matrix with claims as rows and sources as columns, marking agreements, conflicts, and gaps. Conflicting numbers are reported as ranges with reasons, never averaged, and sources are weighted by methodology with the rationale stated.

A summary tells the reader a source exists and its rough topic; a brief replaces the source for decision-making. Every number, framework, formula, and threshold the reader would act on is reproduced in full with source, year, and sample size attached.

Do not use it for interview-based case studies or first-person practitioner accounts; those belong to the interview-case-study-writer skill, which handles narrative evidence. It also does not fit original research with no existing sources to digest.

Vendor-sponsored or commissioned material is marked explicitly at every point where its findings appear, not just in a footnote. Marketing language and superlatives are stripped, keeping only claims that survive as falsifiable statements.