Sauna Skills

                    ---
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`



## UI

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

**HR Context Profile**
When: Reference company context for relevant comparisons
Use this file: `./documents/hr-context.json`
Usage Guide: Company and organizational context for HR analysis. Stores org size, industry, existing HR tools, culture notes, and relevant benchmarks. Used by all HR skills to provide contextual analysis and recommendations.



## 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`

                  

                    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.