BINGLEY
Sully Fazie

Company Research

10 mins

A researcher that digs into any company: what they do, why now, how they make money and who they're up against.

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Claude Cowork already set up?

If you've already got Claude Cowork installed and you're on a paid plan, skip the setup and just grab the skill.

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First time here?

The full setup guide is right below. It only takes a few minutes.

Before you start

If you don't have the Claude desktop app, you'll need it first, so download it here.

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(You'll also need Claude Pro, around $20.)

Part 1 · Claude Cowork setup(5 mins)
1

Install Cowork

Download the Claude desktop app and sign in on a paid plan. It has to be the desktop app, not the browser, because that is the version that can read your files and connect to your tools.

2

Open Cowork and give it a folder

Cowork is where Claude actually does work on your computer, not just chat. Get in and point it at one folder:

  • Open the desktop app and switch to Cowork, the middle of the three modes at the top.
  • Click New Task, then Work in a Project, then Choose a folder.
  • Make a fresh, empty folder (I call mine Claude Playground).

Claude only ever sees that one folder, nothing else on your computer, and it uses it to save your sales brain and your data. So it stays private and tidy.

Part 2 · Company Research setup(2 mins)
1

Install the skill

A skill is a saved set of instructions Claude follows every time. You install it once, then it's yours.

Download the skill
  • It saves a small file, company-research.skill, to your Downloads.
  • In a new Cowork task, drag the file into the chat, then click the Save skill button that appears on it.
  • Check it worked: click + at the bottom of the chat, then Skills. You should see it listed.

You only do this once.

2

Run it

  • Open a New Task in your project folder.
  • Click + > Skills > company-research, or just say research [company].
  • Give it one to eight company names or websites.

What you get: a clean, sourced cheat sheet opens in Live Artifacts for each company, what they do, why now, how they make money, size and competitors. Once your sales brain is set up, it also scores how well each one fits you.

Before you finish (quick checks)

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How was this skill built?

Every skill ships only after planning, research, building, testing and re-testing. Here is the record for company research.

33-point launch checklist 8 test areas · all passed 0 blockers at launch
PlanningMapped the one job, understand a company, plus the count gate and the neutral-facts-first versus optional-fit split, before writing the skill.
Research & background checksPorted from proven research skills, with a sourced framework and a confidence flag on every material fact, and a free-web-only rule so it never spends a credit.
BuildOne skill that turns any company into a clean cheat sheet inside the Bingley desk shell, with fit scoring layered on only when your sales brain is present.
Testing & re-testingPut through a fixed 33-point launch checklist across eight areas: structure, triggering, function, state, render, edge cases, safety and regression. Triggering checked against paraphrases and near-misses, the one-page brief rendered and eyeballed in a real browser, and hostile input (oversized text, unicode, script injection) confirmed safe. Every failure reproduced, fixed, then re-run.
OrganisationVersioned, sharing one brain with the other skills, template and data kept separate so the shell stays swappable, and packaged clean so no dev files ship.

    Key strengths

  • ✓Every material fact is sourced and confidence-flagged, so you can trust the brief.
  • ✓Free web data only, it never calls Apollo or spends a credit.
  • ✓Once your sales brain is set, it also scores how well each company fits you.
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Sully Fazie
By Sully Fazie
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