Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
What This Skill Does
ResearchVault is a local research state manager that persists artifacts, findings, and links in a SQLite database. It supports parallel hypothesis tracking via branches, embedding-based link discovery between findings, and automated verification workflows. An MCP server allows multiple agents to share and query the same research state.
Local SQLite persistence means research context survives across sessions without relying on external cloud services or managed storage.
When to use it
- Tracking findings across a multi-day competitive research project
- Running background monitors on specific URLs and recurring queries
- Exploring competing hypotheses about a topic in parallel
- Auto-linking related findings across large ingested datasets
- Sharing a research knowledge base across multiple AI agents via MCP
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: Research rising underground metal bands in Finland
- 1Initializes a project vault with a unique ID and stated research objective
- 2Ingests relevant URLs into the vault as raw artifacts
- 3Runs synthesis to discover and record links between related findings
- 4Plans verification missions for low-confidence data points
- 5Starts the MCP server so other agents can query the vault
A structured, cross-linked knowledge base of verified findings accessible to collaborating agents