What problem does it solve? Genealogists must search many external sites (Ancestry, MyHeritage, Newspapers.com, FindAGrave, and more) that block automated access, and every search must be documented to satisfy the Genealogical Proof Standard's reasonably-exhaustive-research requirement. This Skill builds correctly parameterized search URLs, walks the user through a click-capture-analyze loop, and writes a complete audit trail to research.json. ## Core Features & Use Cases - URL Generation: Builds pre-filled search URLs for 15+ genealogy sites and newspaper archives via the build_external_search_url MCP tool, matching parameters to each site's supported fields and access requirements. - Capture Triage: Classifies captured results as indexes, digitized originals, or user-contributed sources, rates each match against the subject's known attributes, and hands selected records to record-extraction. - GPS Audit Logging: Logs every search — including nil results and deferred autonomous-run searches — to research.json with full query parameters, outcomes, and capture status, and updates plan-item status. - Use Case: A plan item calls for an 1850 census search on Ancestry for Patrick Flynn. The Skill resolves the place, fetches FamilySearch-curated collection links, builds the collection-scoped URL, logs the search, and presents capture instructions to the user. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to search Ancestry for your ancestor's 1850 census record and it will generate the search link, log the search, and guide you through capturing the results.
