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What is Sandbase Skills? SandBase Skills is a Python-based repository of 245 installable Agent Skills, each an instruction file that teaches an AI agent one repeatable research, social, marketing, or business workflow.

How do I use it? Run npx skills use sandbaseai/sandbase-skills@multi-source-search to generate the full Skill prompt, or run npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills@multi-source-search --agent codex to install it; then open your agent in a project folder that has web or search tools enabled; give the agent the claim to test and ask it to verify the strongest evidence for and against it. Full steps below.

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5 use cases

  • Cross-check a market claim against independent sources

    Run the multi-source-search Skill to test a claim against web and academic evidence.

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    Use the multi-source-search Skill from the sandbaseai/sandbase-skills repo to fact-check this claim with independent sources: <claim>. Return an evidence ledger with supporting and opposing sources, confidence per claim, and any conflicts. Verify that every source in the ledger is a link you actually read.
  • Check a research report's evidence ledger offline

    Run the bundled validator to catch unknown sources, inflated confidence, and unresolved conflicts.

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    In the sandbaseai/sandbase-skills repo, run research/multi-source-search/scripts/validate_report.py on <report.json>. Report the VALID or rejection messages, list each rejected source or claim, and verify that the validator checked internal consistency only, not whether any source is true.
  • Install all 245 Skills into Claude Code at once

    Add the marketplace and install the full Skill bundle as a Claude Code plugin.

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    Install the sandbase-skills plugin marketplace in Claude Code and confirm it lists the research Skills from sandbaseai/sandbase-skills. Return the names of three Skills you can use for research and say which one fits a fact-checking task.
  • Compare brand sentiment on X with source-linked posts

    Install the Twitter intelligence Skill and run a sentiment comparison with linked evidence.

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    Use the twitter-intelligence Skill from sandbaseai/sandbase-skills to compare sentiment and recurring complaints for <Brand A> and <Brand B> on X this month. Return source-linked posts, trends, and a structured comparison. Verify by opening at least five linked posts and confirming each matches the sentiment assigned to it.
  • Load the full Skill bundle into DeepSeek Harness

    Add the repository as a DSH plugin and start the web interface with all Skills mounted.

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    Install the sandbaseai/sandbase-skills bundle in DeepSeek Harness and confirm that the multi-source-search Skill is available. Return the Skill name and one sample research question you can run with it, and verify that the Skill appears in the DSH Skill list.

Quick start with Sandbase Skills

  1. Check you have what it needs: An AI agent that supports Agent Skills, such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or DeepSeek Harness; Node.js with npx for the skills CLI installs; GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later for the gh skill workflow.
  2. Open sandbaseai/sandbase-skills on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Run npx skills use sandbaseai/sandbase-skills@multi-source-search to generate the full Skill prompt, or run npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills@multi-source-search --agent codex to install it.
  4. Open your agent in a project folder that has web or search tools enabled.
  5. Give the agent the claim to test and ask it to verify the strongest evidence for and against it.
  6. Read the disagreements section and check the linked sources yourself before sharing any conclusion.

These steps come from our top use case, Cross-check a market claim against independent sources, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forDevelopers and researchers who already use a coding agent such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or Gemini CLI and want ready-made workflows for research and verification.
  • Why it is hot203 stars, launched 89 days ago
  • LanguagePython
  • Sourcegithub.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills · Back to Hot repos

Requirements

  • An AI agent that supports Agent Skills, such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or DeepSeek Harness
  • Node.js with npx for the skills CLI installs
  • GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later for the gh skill workflow
  • Python 3 and a local clone of the repository to run the offline validator
  • A SANDBASE_API_KEY set in your environment only for specialized social, market, and data-provider Skills

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Questions about Sandbase Skills

What is Sandbase Skills?

SandBase Skills is a Python-based repository of 245 installable Agent Skills, each an instruction file that teaches an AI agent one repeatable research, social, marketing, or business workflow. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.

How do I use Sandbase Skills?

Run npx skills use sandbaseai/sandbase-skills@multi-source-search to generate the full Skill prompt, or run npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills@multi-source-search --agent codex to install it; then open your agent in a project folder that has web or search tools enabled; give the agent the claim to test and ask it to verify the strongest evidence for and against it. The use cases on this page give the full steps and a copy-paste agent prompt for each job.

Who is Sandbase Skills for?

Developers and researchers who already use a coding agent such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or Gemini CLI and want ready-made workflows for research and verification.

What can I do with Sandbase Skills?

5 use cases so far, for example: Cross-check a market claim against independent sources; Check a research report's evidence ledger offline; Install all 245 Skills into Claude Code at once. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Sandbase Skills?

An AI agent that supports Agent Skills, such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or DeepSeek Harness; Node.js with npx for the skills CLI installs; GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later for the gh skill workflow; Python 3 and a local clone of the repository to run the offline validator.

What are alternatives to Sandbase Skills?

Other hot AI repos in Research: Scientific Agent Skills, PersonaPlex, PageIndex, Book to Skill, Scientific Figure Library.

Is Sandbase Skills safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.