Family History Research Skill — Installer & Démo en direct

Pourquoi l'utiliser

Fonctionnalités clés

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)

Démo en direct

Aperçu en pratique

family-history-research-skill.replay ▶ prêt

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Installer

Choisissez votre 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
    }
  }
}

Ouvrez Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Redémarrez après avoir enregistré.

~/.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 utilise le même schéma mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La config projet l'emporte sur la 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
    }
  }
}

Cliquez sur l'icône MCP Servers dans la barre latérale Cline, puis "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
    }
  }
}

Même format que Claude Desktop. Redémarrez Windsurf pour appliquer.

~/.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 utilise un tableau d'objets serveur plutôt qu'une 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"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Ajoutez dans context_servers. Zed recharge à chaud à la sauvegarde.

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

Une seule ligne. Vérifiez avec claude mcp list. Supprimez avec claude mcp remove.

Cas d'usage

Usages concrets : Family History Research Skill

Plan a research session for one ancestor's birth date

👤 Genealogists ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

Quand l'utiliser : You don't know where to look next for an ancestor stuck pre-1850.

Prérequis

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

Déroulement

Frame

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

→ Research question + source hierarchy
Plan

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

→ Ordered, scoped search plan

Résultat : A real plan instead of random Ancestry hunts.

Pièges

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.

Coût et limites

Coût d'exécution

Quota d'API: See provider docs for rate limits
Tokens par appel: Varies by tool
Monétaire: See repo README for pricing details
Astuce: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

Sécurité

Permissions, secrets, portée

Stockage des identifiants : Use environment variables; never commit secrets

Sortie de données : Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

Dépannage

Erreurs courantes et correctifs

skill suggests invented record sets

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

Vérifier : Catalog entry exists

citations don't render

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

Vérifier : Render with pandoc

Alternatives

Family History Research Skill vs autres

Alternative	Quand l'utiliser	Compromis
Ancestry's own AI tools	You're deep in their ecosystem	Vendor lock-in

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Ressources

📖 Lire le README officiel sur GitHub

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