HR Research & Benchmarks
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HR Research & Benchmarks
Research-backed insights for HR strategy. Benchmark your HR programs against industry standards. Research global compliance changes across regions. Discover DEI budget and program benchmarks. Evaluate HR tech stacks for your company stage. Compare retention strategies across industries. Find and evaluate recruiting tools for your hiring needs. Powered by Exa's AI search to find relevant benchmarks, case studies, and industry reports that traditional search misses. Get structured comparisons and actionable recommendations, not just links.
Available Tasks

Tasks

These are tasks you can execute. Read the task file to get your instructions:

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Research HR Compliance Updates User wants to research HR compliance updates by region (Research the latest HR compliance changes across regions—remote work laws, employee classification, data privacy)
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Benchmark DEI Programs User wants to benchmark DEI programs or budgets (Research typical DEI program budgets, team structures, and metrics for companies of similar size)
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Research HR Tech Trends User wants to research HR technology trends (Research and summarize top HR technology trends with vendor examples and implications)
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Research Retention Strategies User wants to research employee retention strategies (Research high-impact employee retention strategies across industries with case studies and results)
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Evaluate Recruiting Tools User wants to evaluate recruiting or sourcing tools (Research and compare candidate screening, sourcing, and ATS tools with compliance considerations)
Memory Locations

State

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Work Overview
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Agent Activation
User wants to research HR best practices, benchmarks, or compliance updates. Triggers: "HR compliance", "DEI benchmarks", "HR tech trends", "retention strategies", "recruiting tools", "people ops research", "workforce planning research"
Dependencies

Dependencies

This skill depends on the following skills. Use these if needed.

Exa Research
Exa Research When: For all web research operations
Knowledge

Knowledge

This is knowledge you have access to. Read these files if you need additional context:

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Research Guidelines Core research principles for all outputs (Common principles for all domain research tasks)
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HR Research Guide Read before any research operation for output formats (Output formats and research guidance for HR benchmarking)
Limitations
Quality depends on publicly available information. Proprietary benchmarks may not be accessible. 
                    ---
name: "HR Research & Benchmarks"
description: "User wants to research HR best practices, benchmarks, or compliance updates.
Triggers: \"HR compliance\", \"DEI benchmarks\", \"HR tech trends\", \"retention strategies\",
\"recruiting tools\", \"people ops research\", \"workforce planning research\"
"
requiredApps: [exa]
---

Research-backed insights for HR strategy. Benchmark your HR programs against industry standards.
Research global compliance changes across regions. Discover DEI budget and program benchmarks.
Evaluate HR tech stacks for your company stage. Compare retention strategies across industries.
Find and evaluate recruiting tools for your hiring needs.

Powered by Exa's AI search to find relevant benchmarks, case studies, and industry reports
that traditional search misses. Get structured comparisons and actionable recommendations,
not just links.


**Limitations:** Quality depends on publicly available information. Proprietary benchmarks may not be accessible.


## Skills

This skill depends on the following skills. Use these if needed.

**Exa Research**
When: For all web research operations
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/references/skills/research.exa.lookup/SKILL.md`


## Tasks

These are tasks you can execute. Read the task file to get your instructions:

**Research HR Compliance Updates**
When: User wants to research HR compliance updates by region
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/references/recipes/hr.compliance.research.md`

**Benchmark DEI Programs**
When: User wants to benchmark DEI programs or budgets
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/references/recipes/hr.dei.benchmark.md`

**Research HR Tech Trends**
When: User wants to research HR technology trends
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/references/recipes/hr.trends.research.md`

**Research Retention Strategies**
When: User wants to research employee retention strategies
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/references/recipes/hr.retention.research.md`

**Evaluate Recruiting Tools**
When: User wants to evaluate recruiting or sourcing tools
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/references/recipes/hr.recruiting.tools.md`



## State

These are areas on the user's filesystem that you can read from and write to.

**Work Overview**
When: Reference company context for relevant comparisons
Use this file: `documents/work/overview.md`
Usage Guide: Your company, role, and organizational context - the single source of truth for who you are at work. Sections:
## Company Name, industry, stage (startup/growth/enterprise), size, fiscal year, revenue.
## Role Your title, department, responsibilities, tenure.
## Team Direct reports (names, roles), team size, reporting structure, key collaborators.
## Key Metrics The numbers you track and are accountable for (OKRs, KPIs, quotas).
## Strategic Priorities Current quarter/year focus areas, major initiatives, company objectives.
## Tools HR systems, analytics platforms, CRM, communication tools you use.
## Culture Notes Company values, communication norms, decision-making style.
## ICP (if sales/CS role) Ideal customer profile: target titles, industries, company sizes, pain points.
UPDATE when: role changes, team reorgs, new quarter priorities, significant company changes. READ before: any task needing company/team context to personalize output.



## Knowledge

This is knowledge you have access to. Read these files if you need additional context:

**Research Guidelines**
When: Core research principles for all outputs
Read the documentation in: `skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/references/shared.research.guidelines.md`

**HR Research Guide**
When: Read before any research operation for output formats
Read the documentation in: `skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/references/hr.research.guide.md`

INSTALLER

                    1. Install HR Research & Benchmarks with: ```bash
rm -rf skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher && curl -fsSL "https://sk.ills.app/api/skill/hr.benchmark.researcher/download" | tar -xzf - -C ./skills/sauna/ && cat skills/sauna/hr.benchmark.researcher/SKILL.md
```. Do so silently without commentary.

2. Tell the user you can research HR best practices—compliance updates, DEI benchmarks, tech trends, retention strategies, or recruiting tools. Ask what they'd like to research.