Prepared for Cinven · October 2026

Nimble Research gives your team sourced web data inside Claude Cowork

You ask Claude for prices, people or reviews in plain English. The Nimble Research skill runs the web research and returns a table. Every row links to the page it came from.

How it works

You type one request and the skill does the rest

1 · You ask
Use Nimble Research to log every Medik8 price on Lookfantastic each month.

Start with "Use Nimble Research". Name the company, brand, retailer or list you care about.

2 · The skill picks the method
Quick factOne web search answers it in seconds.
Research tableA Nimble agent reads the websites and fills every column.
Monthly trackerCowork repeats the request on a schedule and adds new rows.
3 · You get the file
medik8_prices.xlsx saved to your folder

Claude shows the table in the task and saves a spreadsheet. Each row carries a source link and the date it was read.

Five examples

Your Consumer team's requests ran on live data in October 2026

You type
Use Nimble Research to log every Medik8 product and price on lookfantastic.com. Repeat it on the 1st of every month.
The skill
  • Reads every page of the Medik8 listing, then each product page.
  • Checks that it has one row for each product on the listing.
  • Adds a new month to the same file at each run.
You get
69 products
Each row has price, previous price, promotion, stock, size, rating and review count. 20 products were on promotion on 14 October.
ProductPriceWasPromotion
Crystal Retinal 6£55.20£69.00Save 20%
Liquid Peptides Advanced MP 30ml£65.60£82.00Save 20%
Total Moisture Daily Cleansing Gel 145ml£29.00––
Exosome-PDRN Prismatic+ Serum 30ml£63.20£79.00Save 20%
Nighttime Nourish (Worth £70)£49.00––
You type
Use Nimble Research to profile Medik8's leadership team down to N-2, with their career histories.
The skill
  • Confirms the right company with its Companies House number.
  • Checks each current title on the company site, a filing or a press release.
  • Lists previous employers with years and a source link for each.
You get
24 people
The table holds 6 C-suite executives, 11 N-1 leaders and 7 N-2 managers. It cites 53 previous roles.
NameCurrent titleLevelPast roles
Simon CobleChief Executive OfficerC-suite5
Lilia SantosChief Financial OfficerC-suite5
Antony ProctorChief Operations OfficerC-suite10
Christopher YoungVP Sales, North AmericaN-16
Josh CluerHead of ManufacturingN-16
You type
Use Nimble Research to count the Forward Deployed Engineers at each of these 20 AI companies.
The skill
  • It runs a public LinkedIn search for all 20 companies at the same time.
  • Finds the company's own name for the role and counts it in its own column.
  • Marks each count as complete or as a minimum when LinkedIn caps the search.
You get
20 companies
Each row has the headcount, the managers in it, the company's own title for the role and sample profile links.
CompanyFDEsOwn title for the roleCount
Databricks250–Minimum
OpenAI66–Minimum
ElevenLabs64Deployment Strategist (19)Minimum
Anthropic10–Complete
Sierra2Agent Engineer (30)Complete
You type
Use Nimble Research to show how customers rated Medik8 on Lookfantastic and Cult Beauty each month last year, and what they liked most.
The skill
  • Collects every review in the 12 months for each product and retailer.
  • Removes the reviews that a retailer repeats under several products.
  • Tags what each customer liked or criticised from one fixed list.
You get
4,741 reviews
The file covers October 2025 to September 2026 on both retailers. The chart shows average stars by month.
Most liked, share of 4 and 5 star reviews
You type
Use Nimble Research to list the UK consumer companies that Inflexion owns today.
The skill
  • Builds a new agent for a question it has not seen before.
  • Tests it on one firm and shows you the first rows.
  • Asks you to settle any unclear rule, then runs the rest of your list.
You get
4 companies
Each company is cited to Inflexion's portfolio page with the date it was read.
CompanyOwnerSource
NodorInflexionInflexion portfolio page
Blue Light CardInflexionInflexion portfolio page
Medik8Inflexion, minority stakeInflexion portfolio page
Ultimate PerformanceInflexionInflexion portfolio page
Claude asked whether minority stakes count. L'Oréal bought a majority of Medik8 in 2025, and Inflexion kept a minority stake.
Setup

Setup takes three steps in Claude

1

Connect Nimble to Claude

  1. In Claude, open Customize and then Connectors.
  2. Click + and choose Add custom connector.
  3. Name it Nimble and paste this address:
    https://mcp.nimbleway.com/mcp
  4. Choose Connect and sign in with your Nimble login.
  5. Click Approve when Claude asks for access to Nimble.
Your Claude admin can add the connector once for all of Cinven. Each person then clicks Connect and signs in.
2

Add the Nimble Research skill

  1. Get the skill file with the yellow button.
  2. In Claude, open Customize and then Skills.
  3. Click +, choose Upload a skill and select the file.
  4. Check that the skill shows as on.
Your Claude admin can also share the skill with everyone at Cinven.
3

Check that it works

  1. Open a new task in Cowork.
  2. Paste the request shown below and send it.
  3. Claude answers in a few seconds and links the page it used.
Use Nimble Research to find who runs Medik8 today.
Good to know

Five answers before your first request

Monthly trackingRun the request once and check the file. Then ask Claude to repeat it on the 1st of every month and add the rows to the same file.
Time per requestA quick fact takes seconds. A research table takes a few minutes, and Claude tells you while it works.
CreditsEach research table uses credits from Cinven's capped pilot balance. Claude tells you how many runs it will start before a large request.
SourcesEvery row carries the web address it came from and the date it was read.
HelpAsk us in the shared Nimble channel. We also meet your team each week during the pilot.