ex-ussr-kinship-research
Evidence-first genealogy skill for AI agents (Codex, Claude Code): church books, civil, military, deportation and repression records across the former USSR. Replies in your language.
- agent-skills
- archives
- claude-code
- codex
- family-history
- familysearch
- genealogy
- ussr
- Stars
- 536
- Forks
- 49
- + today
- +1
- Created
- 2d
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Overview
Evidence-first genealogy skill for AI agents (Codex, Claude Code): church books, civil, military, deportation and repression records across the former USSR. Replies in your language. It ranks #3167 on GitTiger, gaining +1 star on October 26, 2026 (UTC).
The project is written in Python and has 49 forks. It was created 2d ago.
What it is
ex-USSR Kinship Research is a genealogy skill for AI agents, with Codex and Claude Code named in the description. It takes an evidence-first approach to family history across the former USSR. Metadata lists Python as the language and MIT as the license.
Capabilities described
- Record types covered: parish church books plus civil, military, deportation and repression archives. - The agent answers in the user's language, even though the skill's own instructions are written in Russian. - Sources are cited in their original spelling alongside a translation, and search queries are built in the languages of the records. - Case intake sets one research question, the known facts, who may still be alive and what is off-limits. - Reproducible registers for persons, artifacts, claims and relationships, plus a CSV search log and a final report template. - A historical jurisdiction model is mentioned, but the supplied text is cut off before the details.
Getting started
No installation or usage steps were supplied. Read the repository README for how to load the skill into your agent.
git clone https://github.com/DenisSergeevitch/ex-ussr-kinship-research.git
cd ex-ussr-kinship-research
# see README for setupFrequently Asked Questions
Which AI agents does this skill target?
The description names Codex and Claude Code. Support for other agents was not supplied.
Do I need to speak Russian to use it?
The instructions are in Russian, but the README says the agent talks to you in your own language, such as English, Ukrainian, Polish or German.
What does it keep track of during research?
It keeps registers of persons, artifacts, claims and relationships, a full search log in CSV, and a final report template.
How do I install it?
Install steps were not supplied in the evidence. Check the repository README.