Family Tree Research Across 15 Former Soviet Countries: An Evidence-First Genealogy Skill for Claude Code and Codex
- Level Intermediate
- Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
- Evidence Some evidence
- CostNot stated in source
- No-codeNo
What they did
An open-source agent skill that turns Claude Code, Codex or another agent into a careful family-history researcher for the former USSR and the Russian Empire. It works through church books, civil, military, deportation and repression records, keeps a search log and registers of people and claims, matches each event to the borders of its time, and labels every claim as a hypothesis, single-source, corroborated or contradicted instead of guessing.
How it went
GitHub README (repo pushed Oct 2026): covers all 15 former Soviet republics, CSV registers for persons, claims and a search log, a historical-jurisdiction model, name-variant matrices, evidence statuses and an audit script. Instructions are in Russian; the agent replies in the user's language. No results from real cases are shown
Worth knowing
- GitHub README (repo pushed Oct 2026): covers all 15 former Soviet republics, CSV registers for persons, claims and a search log, a historical-jurisdiction model, name-variant matrices, evidence statuses and an audit script. Instructions are in Russian; the agent replies in the user's language. No results from real cases are shown.
Prompt
Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.
Help me research my family history. My question: [who was my great-grandfather and where was he born]. Known facts: [names, dates, places]. Search original records first (church books, civil registries, military and archive catalogs), then indexes, and only use family trees and forums as leads. For every find, log where you searched and what you found, keep namesakes separate until the evidence proves they are the same person, and label each claim as hypothesis, single-source, corroborated or contradicted. Finish with a short report of what is proven and what is not.
Recommended
Try it in Grok Bot
- Copy the prompt (button below).
- Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
- Connect the listed tools (as needed) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
- If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."
Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude Code, Codex, Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.
Set it up
Stack: Claude Code / Codex
- Read the original source for full context.
- Connect the tools your agent needs.
- Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
- Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.
Generic suggested steps, not from the source.
Evidence
GitHub README (repo pushed Oct 2026): covers all 15 former Soviet republics, CSV registers for persons, claims and a search log, a historical-jurisdiction model, name-variant matrices, evidence statuses and an audit script. Instructions are in Russian; the agent replies in the user's language. No results from real cases are shown
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