Research & Search
Research agent skills teach AI agents to gather and synthesize information properly: literature reviews, competitive analysis, web research with citations, and structured summaries. Each SKILL.md encodes a method, not just a prompt, so results stay consistent across runs.
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thedixitjain Skill Sf Research DesignUse when defending the research design of a Social Forces (SF) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work, formal demographic design, case selection and process tracing for comparative-historical and ethnographic work, network and computational designs. SF's reputation rests on methodological rigor. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
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thedixitjain Skill Sf Topic SelectionUse when deciding whether a project fits Social Forces (SF) and how to frame it. SF is a general social-science journal (centered on sociology) that prizes methodological rigor and a theoretically grounded contribution of interest to a broad audience. Helps frame the question and judge fit; it does not collect data.
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thedixitjain Skill Smj Review ProcessUse when interpreting the Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) review process and a decision letter, and planning the revision strategy. Explains the process and triages the decision; the actual response letter is drafted in smj-rebuttal.
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thedixitjain Skill Smj Tables FiguresUse when building or cleaning up the tables and figures of a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript. Makes exhibits self-contained and persuasive; it does not run the analysis or write prose.
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thedixitjain Skill Smr Tables FiguresUse when designing tables and figures for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) paper — self-contained simulation grids, method-comparison tables, diagnostic plots, and equation/notation exhibits in ASA-styled format. Designs exhibits; does not write prose or run analyses.
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thedixitjain Skill Sosp SupplementaryUse when deciding what belongs in a SOSP supplementary document versus the 12-page paper, packaging proofs, extended analyses, and methodological detail as a separate anonymized upload, and keeping review-critical evidence out of material reviewers are not obligated to read.
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thedixitjain Skill Sports And ScienceUse when targeting 《体育与科学》(Sports & Science, Jiangsu) — a CSSCI sport-science journal distinctive for reflective, interdisciplinary, theory-forward and methodologically self-aware scholarship (academic dialogues, critical essays, problem-and-method debates) in sport humanities & social science. Best for conceptual/critical contributions that advance how the field thinks; route empirical exercise science, applied competitive work, and standard survey社科 to the appropriate specialist venues.
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thedixitjain Skill Spq Review ProcessUse to understand how Social Psychology Quarterly (SPQ) evaluates a manuscript — masked (blinded) review, the blinding check that temporarily rejects under-blinded papers, what reviewers from different sociological-social-psychology traditions weigh, and the reject / revise-and-resubmit / accept decision pattern. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
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thedixitjain Skill Stoc SupplementaryUse when architecting everything beyond the first twelve pages of a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) submission — the discretionary-read appendix, the reviewed table of contents, theorem-to-proof pointer discipline, and the division of labor between the submission appendix and the arXiv/ECCC full version.
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thedixitjain Skill Tacas Camera ReadyUse when preparing an accepted TACAS (ETAPS) paper for its Springer LNCS camera-ready, covering de-anonymization of a double-blind research paper, the llncs.cls format and LNCS metadata (ORCID, references, the Springer copyright/consent-to-publish form), the gold-open-access CC-BY licensing, integrating reviewer-required changes without scope creep, permanentizing artifact links, and adding earned ETAPS artifact badges to the title page.
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thedixitjain Skill The Web ConferenceUse when targeting The Web Conference (WWW) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for web and AI.
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thedixitjain Skill Vis Review ProcessUse when reasoning about how an IEEE VIS full-paper submission is evaluated, covering the two-phase review that mirrors IEEE TVCG, the primary/secondary/external (and 2026 student) reviewer roles, the six-area routing through Area Paper Chairs, the conditional-accept second round, and how VIS's journal-integrated process differs from a single accept/reject conference and from CHI/CVPR.
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thedixitjain Skill Wacv SupplementaryUse when organizing WACV supplementary material, covering what belongs in the anonymized supplement versus the 8-page body, packaging qualitative videos and extra results without breaking double-blind, keeping the supplement consistent with the paper across the two-round revision, and honoring WACV's no-author-identifying-links rule.
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thedixitjain Skill Wp Research DesignUse when defending the research design of a World Politics manuscript — comparative-historical and case selection, quantitative cross-national identification, qualitative process tracing, experiments, or formal-empirical linkage for cross-case questions. World Politics expects explicit research design and appropriate methods, judged on each tradition's own terms. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
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thedixitjain Skill Respol Writing StyleUse when prose and structure are the bottleneck for a Research Policy (RP) manuscript — making an interdisciplinary innovation-studies argument land for economists, management scholars, and policymakers at once. Polishes the writing; it does not change the contribution (respol-contribution-framing) or run the submission preflight (respol-submission).
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thedixitjain Skill Sigmod Writing StyleUse when revising a SIGMOD research paper's prose and structure, covering the data-management framing readers expect on page one, running examples and architecture figures, scoping systems claims to measured workloads, third-person anonymity phrasing, and fitting a systems argument into 12 ACM-template pages.
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hashgraph-online Bundle Skill Knowledge WorkSwitch to Knowledge Work mode for research and writing — use when task is non-code focused
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thedixitjain Skill Jebo Replication PackageUse when assembling the data, code, and experimental-materials deposit for a Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (JEBO) manuscript — z-Tree/oTree code, instructions, raw and analysis data, and an Elsevier Research Data / Mendeley Data statement. Builds a reproducible package; it does not run the analysis.
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jeremylongshore Skill Perplexity Data Handling'Implement Perplexity query sanitization, citation validation, result caching, and conversation context management for search workflows. Trigger with phrases like "perplexity data", "perplexity PII", "perplexity citations", "perplexity cache", "perplexity context". '
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thedixitjain Skill Jibs Topic SelectionUse when choosing or sharpening a research question for a Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) manuscript — testing whether it is a genuine international-business phenomenon with country/culture as a level of analysis, and whether JIBS (vs. AMJ/SMJ/JWB) is the right venue. Locks the question; it does not build the mechanism (jibs-theory-development).
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thedixitjain Skill Aaag Review ProcessUse when you need to understand how the Annals of the American Association of Geographers evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review routed through a subject editor by area, 1-3 referees (one being the editor or designate), decision categories, and what desk-rejects a paper. Sets expectations; it does not write the paper or the response letter.
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thedixitjain Skill Aamas SupplementaryUse when preparing AAMAS supplementary material - proofs, extended game and mechanism definitions, extra multiagent experiments, opponent-set details, and the anonymized artifact zip - under the size cap, anonymity, and reviewer-discretion limits, including how to split a game-theory-plus-experiments paper across the 8-page body and the supplement.
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thedixitjain Skill Aas Reproducibility当你在为《自动化学报》(Acta Automatica Sinica, AAS) 提升实验可复现性、组织复现包、防范数据污染时调用。覆盖环境与依赖固定、随机种子与多次运行、数据划分与防泄露、控制仿真的求解器/步长/系统参数记录、超参数与调参协议披露、以及配合双盲的匿名化复现材料,帮助控制/自动化/模式识别方向的中文稿在 Acta Automatica Sinica 外审中经得起"结果能否复现"的追问。
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thedixitjain Skill Accounting ResearchUse when targeting 《会计研究》(Accounting Research) — the top accounting journal of the Accounting Society of China. Apply to financial accounting, auditing, management accounting, disclosure/governance, and tax papers, emphasizing archival capital-market identification, accurate institutional/standard-setting detail, and contribution to accounting theory and practice. Distinguishes accounting framings from generic corporate finance.
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thedixitjain Skill Acr Topic SelectionUse when framing or sharpening a topic for 《会计研究》 (Accounting Research) — turning a generic "X affects Y" empirical idea into an accounting contribution anchored in China's institutional setting, accounting theory, and standard-setting / practice relevance. Use before literature review.
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thedixitjain Skill Acs Central ScienceUse when targeting ACS Central Science (ACS Cent. Sci.) or deciding whether a chemistry manuscript fits this open-access, broad, high-impact venue for chemistry of central importance. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Advmat Cover LetterUse when drafting the cover letter for an Advanced Materials submission, whose core job is to convince the editor that the work is a genuine materials advance of broad impact worthy of the journal. Argues the impact case; does not fix the science or format the manuscript.
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brycewang-stanford Skill Aej Economic PolicyUse when targeting American Economic Journal: Economic Policy or deciding whether a policy-relevant applied economics manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Aerj Review ProcessUse to understand how an American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) manuscript will be judged — masked/double-anonymous peer review, desk screening, integrated-journal fit, and decision categories. Sets expectations and informs strategy; it does not contact editors or reviewers.
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thedixitjain Skill Aerj Tables FiguresUse when building tables and figures for an American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) manuscript. Exhibits must be self-contained, accessible, and formatted to APA 7th edition, and they must be anonymized for masked review. Improves exhibits; it does not generate data.
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thedixitjain Skill Aes Reproducibility当你为《电子学报》(Acta Electronica Sinica, AES) 稿件强化可复现性与实验可重复时使用。覆盖电子/信息/信号处理/通信类工作的实验环境记录、随机性控制、数据与预处理透明、算法伪代码与超参数完整披露、硬件与仿真工具链版本、统计显著性与多次运行、以及在中文学报正文与附录里如何组织可复现信息。帮助作者用可复现性作为通过《电子学报》外审、抵御"结果无法重复"质疑的核心竞争力,而非事后补救。
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thedixitjain Skill Aes Topic Selection当你为《电子学报》(Acta Electronica Sinica, AES) 判断选题是否对口、定位到合适栏目/学科方向时使用。覆盖本刊电子科学与技术、信息与通信工程、信号与信息处理、电路与系统、电磁场与微波、集成电路等学科侧重,如何评估选题的创新性与本刊契合度、区别于计算机类与控制类兄弟刊、判断投中文《电子学报》还是英文姊妹刊 Chinese Journal of Electronics、以及原创论文与综述的定位差异。帮助作者在动笔前就把选题放进《电子学报》的正确坐标,避免因不对口在初审被退。
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thedixitjain Skill Agsy Review ProcessUse to understand how Agricultural Systems (AgSy) evaluates a manuscript — single-anonymized peer review with a minimum of two reviewers and an editor decision, desk screening for fit and systems content, what reviewers weigh, and the rapid-review track for Perspectives. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
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thedixitjain Skill Ajps Review ProcessUse to understand how the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) evaluates a manuscript — double-blind peer review, desk screening, decision categories, the methodology-only Research Note and Correspondence routes, and the third-party verification that follows acceptance. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.
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thedixitjain Skill Ajs Research DesignUse when defending the research design of an American Journal of Sociology (AJS) manuscript on its own methodological terms — quantitative, comparative-historical, ethnographic, network, or formal. AJS judges each kind of work by the standards of its tradition; the design must support the theoretical claim. Defends the design; it does not run the analysis.
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thedixitjain Skill Ajs Theory BuildingUse when building the theoretical argument of an American Journal of Sociology (AJS) manuscript into a portable, discipline-level contribution. AJS prizes theoretical ambition above a bare finding — explicit concepts, mechanisms, and scope conditions, in the idiom of the work (quantitative, comparative-historical, ethnographic, or formal). Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
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Frequently asked questions
What are Research & Search agent skills?
Research agent skills teach AI agents to gather and synthesize information properly: literature reviews, competitive analysis, web research with citations, and structured summaries. Each SKILL.md encodes a method, not just a prompt, so results stay consistent across runs.
Which Research & Search skills are most installed?
Popular Research & Search skills on SkillMD right now include sf-research-design, sf-topic-selection, sosp-supplementary. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most installs" for the live list.
Do Research & Search skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?
Yes. Every skill here ships as a SKILL.md file, an open format that works in Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and 60+ other agents. Install one with npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.