Information Source Finder

Research sources

by kostja94 · MIT license · ★ 1,006 on GitHub

When the user wants to find information sources for content ideation, competitor monitoring, or industry tracking. Also use when the user mentions "research sources," "information sources," "content ideation," "industry monitoring,"…

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name: research-sources
description: When the user wants to find information sources for content ideation, competitor monitoring, or industry tracking. Also use when the user mentions "research sources," "information sources," "content ideation," "industry monitoring," "competitor monitoring," "market intelligence," "content research," or "topic research." For keywords, use keyword-research.
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# Strategies: Research Sources

Guides selecting and organizing information sources for marketing research: content ideation, competitor monitoring, and industry tracking. Use this skill when planning where to gather signals for content, competitive intelligence, or market trends.

**When invoking**: On **first use**, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On **subsequent use** or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.

## Use Cases

| Use case | Purpose |
|----------|---------|
| **Content ideation** | Topic ideas, trends, gaps for blog, newsletter, social |

Overview

Guides selecting and organizing information sources for marketing research: content ideation, competitor monitoring, and industry tracking. Use this skill when planning where to gather signals for content, competitive intelligence, or market trends.

What you get

Use case(ideation, competitor, industry)
Categoryselection (news, blogs, newsletters, etc.)
Sourceshortlist (5–15; name + purpose)
Cadence(daily scan, weekly digest, event calendar)

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Strategies: Research Sources

When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.

Use Cases

Use case	Purpose
Content ideation	Topic ideas, trends, gaps for blog, newsletter, social
Competitor monitoring	Product updates, positioning, pricing, reviews
Industry tracking	Market shifts, funding, layoffs, regulatory changes

Source Categories

Category	Format	Use
News	Real-time, daily	Breaking news, announcements
Blogs	Company, analyst	Deep dives, product updates
Newsletters	Curated, weekly/daily	Trends, summaries; low effort
Events	Conferences, webinars	Industry pulse, networking
Data	Layoffs, market cap, funding	Quantitative signals
Community	Forums, Q&A	Real questions, pain points
Archives	Wayback, Internet Archive	Historical content, competitor changes

Selection criteria: Authority, freshness, coverage, language/locale. Prefer 10–15 high-quality sources over 50+ low-signal ones.

Example Sources (Generic)

Category	Examples
News	TechCrunch, VentureBeat, MIT Technology Review
Blogs	Google AI Blog, OpenAI Blog, company blogs
Newsletters	TLDR AI, Ben's Bites, The Batch (DeepLearning.AI)
Data	Layoffs.fyi, Crunchbase, Companies Market Cap
Archives	Internet Archive, Wayback Machine
Community	Reddit, Quora, Stack Overflow; regional (e.g. Qiita for Japan)

Note: Add locale-specific sources via localization-strategy; avoid long URL lists.

By Use Case

Use case	Source types
Content ideation	News, blogs, newsletters, community (Reddit, Quora, Stack Overflow)
Competitor monitoring	Competitor blogs, review sites, social, funding databases
Industry tracking	News, newsletters, events, layoff/funding data

Avoid: Long URL lists that go stale. Use category framework + a few examples; update periodically.

Integration with Skills

Skill	How research sources feed in
keyword-research	Newsletters, community for long-tail and question keywords
competitor-research	Competitor blogs, review platforms, funding data
content-marketing	News, blogs for topic ideas; events for timely content
content-strategy	Industry trends for pillar/cluster planning

Output Format

Use case (ideation, competitor, industry)
Category selection (news, blogs, newsletters, etc.)
Source shortlist (5–15; name + purpose)
Cadence (daily scan, weekly digest, event calendar)

keyword-research: Keyword discovery; research sources inform topics
competitor-research: Competitor analysis; sources for monitoring
content-marketing: Content planning; sources for ideation
content-strategy: Topic clusters; industry signals for pillars

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3	description: When the user wants to find information sources for content ideation, competitor monitoring, or industry tracking. Also use when the user mentions "research sources," "information sources," "content ideation," "industry monitoring," "competitor monitoring," "market intelligence," "content research," or "topic research." For keywords, use keyword-research.
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7
8	# Strategies: Research Sources
9
10	Guides selecting and organizing information sources for marketing research: content ideation, competitor monitoring, and industry tracking. Use this skill when planning where to gather signals for content, competitive intelligence, or market trends.
11
12	When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.
13
14	## Use Cases
15
16	\| Use case \| Purpose \|
17	\|----------\|---------\|
18	\| Content ideation \| Topic ideas, trends, gaps for blog, newsletter, social \|
19	\| Competitor monitoring \| Product updates, positioning, pricing, reviews \|
20	\| Industry tracking \| Market shifts, funding, layoffs, regulatory changes \|
21
22	## Source Categories
23
24	\| Category \| Format \| Use \|
25	\|----------\|--------\|-----\|
26	\| News \| Real-time, daily \| Breaking news, announcements \|
27	\| Blogs \| Company, analyst \| Deep dives, product updates \|
28	\| Newsletters \| Curated, weekly/daily \| Trends, summaries; low effort \|
29	\| Events \| Conferences, webinars \| Industry pulse, networking \|
30	\| Data \| Layoffs, market cap, funding \| Quantitative signals \|
31	\| Community \| Forums, Q&A \| Real questions, pain points \|
32	\| Archives \| Wayback, Internet Archive \| Historical content, competitor changes \|
33
34	Selection criteria: Authority, freshness, coverage, language/locale. Prefer 10–15 high-quality sources over 50+ low-signal ones.
35
36	## Example Sources (Generic)
37
38	\| Category \| Examples \|
39	\|----------\|----------\|
40	\| News \| TechCrunch, VentureBeat, MIT Technology Review \|
41	\| Blogs \| Google AI Blog, OpenAI Blog, company blogs \|
42	\| Newsletters \| TLDR AI, Ben's Bites, The Batch (DeepLearning.AI) \|
43	\| Data \| Layoffs.fyi, Crunchbase, Companies Market Cap \|
44	\| Archives \| Internet Archive, Wayback Machine \|
45	\| Community \| Reddit, Quora, Stack Overflow; regional (e.g. Qiita for Japan) \|
46
47	Note: Add locale-specific sources via localization-strategy; avoid long URL lists.
48
49	## By Use Case
50
51	\| Use case \| Source types \|
52	\|----------\|--------------\|
53	\| Content ideation \| News, blogs, newsletters, community (Reddit, Quora, Stack Overflow) \|
54	\| Competitor monitoring \| Competitor blogs, review sites, social, funding databases \|
55	\| Industry tracking \| News, newsletters, events, layoff/funding data \|
56
57	Avoid: Long URL lists that go stale. Use category framework + a few examples; update periodically.
58
59	## Integration with Skills
60
61	\| Skill \| How research sources feed in \|
62	\|-------\|------------------------------\|
63	\| keyword-research \| Newsletters, community for long-tail and question keywords \|
64	\| competitor-research \| Competitor blogs, review platforms, funding data \|
65	\| content-marketing \| News, blogs for topic ideas; events for timely content \|
66	\| content-strategy \| Industry trends for pillar/cluster planning \|
67
68	## Output Format
69
70	- Use case (ideation, competitor, industry)
71	- Category selection (news, blogs, newsletters, etc.)
72	- Source shortlist (5–15; name + purpose)
73	- Cadence (daily scan, weekly digest, event calendar)
74
75	## Related Skills
76
77	- keyword-research: Keyword discovery; research sources inform topics
78	- competitor-research: Competitor analysis; sources for monitoring
79	- content-marketing: Content planning; sources for ideation
80	- content-strategy: Topic clusters; industry signals for pillars
81