Family History Research Skill — インストール & ライブデモ

なぜ使うのか

主な機能

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)

ライブデモ

実際の動作

family-history-research-skill.replay ▶ 準備完了

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インストール

クライアントを選択

~/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
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config を開く。保存後、アプリを再起動。

~/.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 は Claude Desktop と同じ mcpServers スキーマを使用。プロジェクト設定はグローバルより優先。

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
    }
  }
}

Cline サイドバーの MCP Servers アイコンをクリックし、"Edit Configuration" を選択。

~/.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
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop と同じ形式。Windsurf を再起動して反映。

~/.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 はマップではなくサーバーオブジェクトの配列を使用。

~/.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"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

context_servers に追加。保存時に Zed がホットリロード。

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

ワンライナー。claude mcp list で確認、claude mcp remove で削除。

ユースケース

実用的な使い方： Family History Research Skill

Plan a research session for one ancestor's birth date

👤 Genealogists ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

使うタイミング： You don't know where to look next for an ancestor stuck pre-1850.

前提条件

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

フロー

Frame

Using the genealogy skill, frame a research question for finding John Smith's birth date (b. ~1820, Cork, Ireland).✓ コピーしました

→ Research question + source hierarchy
Plan

Generate a search plan with specific record sets (Irish civil registration, Catholic parish registers, US naturalization).✓ コピーしました

→ Ordered, scoped search plan

結果： A real plan instead of random Ancestry hunts.

注意点

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.

コストと制限

運用コスト

APIクォータ: See provider docs for rate limits
呼び出しあたりのトークン: Varies by tool
金額: See repo README for pricing details
ヒント: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

セキュリティ

権限、シークレット、影響範囲

認証情報の保管： Use environment variables; never commit secrets

データ送信先： Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

トラブルシューティング

よくあるエラーと対処法

skill suggests invented record sets

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

確認： Catalog entry exists

citations don't render

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

確認： Render with pandoc

代替案

Family History Research Skill 他との比較

代替案	代わりに使う場面	トレードオフ
Ancestry's own AI tools	You're deep in their ecosystem	Vendor lock-in

その他

リソース

📖 GitHub の公式 README を読む

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