| name | reading-list |
| description | Activate after every completed decomposition to generate 5 curated reading recommendations specific to the topic and layers explored. Also activate when user asks "what should I read", "where do I go deeper", "give me links", "reading list", or "resources on this".
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Design system — mandatory on all HTML artifacts
Every HTML artifact generated by this skill MUST follow this design system.
No exceptions. Never invent colours, never use dark backgrounds, never use
purple or blue as primary backgrounds.
Palette:
- Page background:
#fafaf8 (warm white)
- Card background:
white
- Primary text:
#2c2c2c (soft charcoal)
- Secondary text:
#6b6b6b
- Muted text:
#9a9690
- Accent / headers:
#1b5e52 (deep teal) — the ONLY accent colour
- Border:
#e0ddd6
- Hover tint:
#f0f7f4
- Warning/amber:
#fff8f0 background, #f0d090 border, #5a3a00 text
Typography:
- Body:
'Georgia', serif, 14px minimum
- Monospace labels:
'Courier New', monospace
- Never below 11px anywhere
Component rules:
- All section headers:
background: #1b5e52; color: white
- Cards:
background: white; border: 1px solid #e0ddd6; border-radius: 8px
- Buttons:
background: #1b5e52; color: white for primary actions
- No gradients, no shadows, no dark backgrounds on outer containers
Pill colour system:
- Global company:
background:#e6f1fb; color:#0c447c; border:0.5px solid #85b7eb
- India listed:
background:#eaf3de; color:#27500a; border:0.5px solid #97c459
- India private:
background:#faeeda; color:#633806; border:0.5px solid #ef9f27
- Flagged:
background:#fcebeb; color:#791f1f; border:0.5px solid #f09595
- Neutral segment:
background:#f3f4f6; color:#374151; border:0.5px solid #d1d5db
- Seeded:
background:#eaf3de; color:#27500a
- Discovered:
background:#e6f1fb; color:#0c447c
Attribution footer — mandatory on every artifact:
<div style="margin-top:32px;padding-top:12px;border-top:1px solid #e0ddd6;
display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;
font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:10px;color:#9a9690">
<span>Curiosity Stack is not a SEBI registered investment advisor · Not investment advice · Makers accept no liability · For research only</span>
<a href="https://curiositystack.app" target="_blank"
style="color:#1b5e52;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none">
⬡ curiositystack.app
</a>
</div>
Curated Reading List
Purpose
After a decomposition, the user has a structured mental model of the topic. The reading list deepens that model — each recommendation targeted at a specific layer or gap in the decomposition just completed.
5 recommendations. No more. Curated, not comprehensive.
Selection Principles
Each recommendation must:
- Be specific to the topic just decomposed — not generic AI/market reading
- Target a different layer or angle than the others
- Be publicly accessible — no paywalled content unless it is clearly labelled
- Be worth the user's time — quality over quantity
Mix of formats:
- One foundational explainer (Layer 1 depth)
- One practitioner piece (how someone actually built something in this space)
- One market/business analysis (Layer 5/6 perspective)
- One India-specific piece (if India filter is active)
- One "adjacent lens" — something that approaches the topic from an unexpected angle and deepens the mental model
Format
📚 5 THINGS WORTH READING — [TOPIC]
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1. [Title] — [Source]
[One sentence on what this covers and why it's worth reading for this specific decomposition]
[URL if available, or search instruction if not]
Best for: [Layer it deepens]
2. [Title] — [Source]
[One sentence]
[URL or search instruction]
Best for: [Layer it deepens]
3. [Title] — [Source]
[One sentence]
[URL or search instruction]
Best for: [Layer it deepens]
4. [Title] — [Source] 🇮🇳
[One sentence — India-specific angle]
[URL or search instruction]
Best for: [India context at Layer 5/6]
5. [Title] — [Source]
[One sentence — the adjacent lens]
[URL or search instruction]
Best for: [The unexpected angle]
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Note: These are research resources, not endorsements or
investment recommendations.
Source Quality Hierarchy
Prefer in this order:
- Original research papers, company filings, regulatory documents
- Long-form analysis from credible practitioners (Substack, personal blogs of domain experts)
- Quality journalism (The Information, Bloomberg, Economic Times, Mint)
- Community discussions with high signal (HackerNews threads, specific Reddit threads)
- General explainers only if nothing better exists for this topic
Avoid:
- SEO content farms
- Generic "Top 10 AI tools" style lists
- Anything that reads like a press release
- Paywalled content without labelling it as such
If URLs Are Uncertain
If you are not confident a specific URL is accurate and live, give the search instruction instead:
Search: "[exact search query]" on [platform]
Never fabricate URLs. A good search instruction is more useful than a broken link.
