Family History Research Skill — Installieren & Live-Demo

Warum nutzen

Hauptfunktionen

Research planning templates (research question → likely sources → search plan)
Genealogical Proof Standard checklist
Source evaluation rubric (original vs derivative)
Common record types and their gotchas
Citation formatting (Evidence Explained)

Live-Demo

In der Praxis

family-history-research-skill.replay ▶ bereit

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Installieren

Wählen Sie Ihren Client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "family-history-research-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/emaynard/claude-family-history-research-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-family-history-research-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Öffne Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Nach dem Speichern neu starten.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "family-history-research-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/emaynard/claude-family-history-research-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-family-history-research-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor nutzt das gleiche mcpServers-Schema wie Claude Desktop. Projektkonfiguration schlägt die globale.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "family-history-research-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/emaynard/claude-family-history-research-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-family-history-research-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Klicken Sie auf das MCP-Servers-Symbol in der Cline-Seitenleiste, dann "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "family-history-research-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/emaynard/claude-family-history-research-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-family-history-research-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Gleiche Struktur wie Claude Desktop. Windsurf neu starten zum Übernehmen.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "family-history-research-skill",
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/emaynard/claude-family-history-research-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-family-history-research-skill"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue nutzt ein Array von Serverobjekten statt einer Map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "family-history-research-skill": {
      "command": {
        "path": "git",
        "args": [
          "clone",
          "https://github.com/emaynard/claude-family-history-research-skill",
          "~/.claude/skills/claude-family-history-research-skill"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

In context_servers hinzufügen. Zed lädt beim Speichern neu.

claude mcp add family-history-research-skill -- git clone https://github.com/emaynard/claude-family-history-research-skill ~/.claude/skills/claude-family-history-research-skill

Einzeiler. Prüfen mit claude mcp list. Entfernen mit claude mcp remove.

Anwendungsfälle

Praxisnahe Nutzung: Family History Research Skill

Plan a research session for one ancestor's birth date

👤 Genealogists ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

Wann einsetzen: You don't know where to look next for an ancestor stuck pre-1850.

Voraussetzungen

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

Ablauf

Frame

Using the genealogy skill, frame a research question for finding John Smith's birth date (b. ~1820, Cork, Ireland).✓ Kopiert

→ Research question + source hierarchy
Plan

Generate a search plan with specific record sets (Irish civil registration, Catholic parish registers, US naturalization).✓ Kopiert

→ Ordered, scoped search plan

Ergebnis: A real plan instead of random Ancestry hunts.

Fallstricke

Skill is methodology, not database. You still need subscriptions to Ancestry/FamilySearch/FindMyPast for the records themselves. — Skill is methodology, not database. You still need subscriptions to Ancestry/FamilySearch/FindMyPast for the records themselves.

Kosten & Limits

Was der Betrieb kostet

API-Kontingent: See provider docs for rate limits
Tokens pro Aufruf: Varies by tool
Kosten in €: See repo README for pricing details
Tipp: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

Sicherheit

Rechte, Secrets, Reichweite

Credential-Speicherung: Use environment variables; never commit secrets

Datenabfluss: Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

Fehlerbehebung

Häufige Fehler und Lösungen

skill suggests invented record sets

Ask it to cite the record set's URL and verify on FamilySearch/Ancestry catalog before searching.

Prüfen: Catalog entry exists

citations don't render

Skill outputs Evidence Explained format. Use a markdown viewer that supports footnotes.

Prüfen: Render with pandoc

Alternativen

Family History Research Skill vs. andere

Alternative	Wann stattdessen	Kompromiss
Ancestry's own AI tools	You're deep in their ecosystem	Vendor lock-in

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