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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lord1egypt Skill AnswersUSE FOR AI-grounded answers via OpenAI-compatible /chat/completions. Two modes: single-search (fast) or deep research (enable_research=true, thorough multi-search). Streaming/blocking. Citations.
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lord1egypt Skill Ads CompetitorCompetitor ad intelligence analysis across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Microsoft, and Apple Ads. Analyzes competitor ad copy, creative strategy, keyword targeting, estimated spend via Meta Ad Library / Google Ads Transparency Center / TikTok Top Ads, and identifies competitive gaps and opportunities. Use when user says competitor ads, ad spy, competitive analysis, competitor PPC, ad intelligence, Meta Ad Library, Facebook Ad Library, Google Ads Transparency, competitor creative, or competitor research.
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lord1egypt Skill Academic WritingYou must use this when producing any research prose — literature reviews, syntheses, analyses, methodology descriptions, discussion sections, abstracts, or any written output intended for an academic audience.
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lord1egypt Skill Aibtc News CorrespondentCorrespondent for aibtc.news: claim a beat, research daily using live on-chain and market data, file quality signals, earn $25 sBTC per signal included in the daily brief
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lord1egypt Skill AgentcashPay-per-call x402/MPP APIs (USDC on Base, Solana, Tempo). No API keys—wallet pays per request. If the task matches a SERVICES origin below, SKIP search and go straight to discover → fetch. Only search when NO listed origin fits. SERVICES: stableenrich (people/company, web search, scraping, Maps, LinkedIn, email verify, news), stablesocial (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn), stablestudio (AI image/video), stableupload (file/site hosting), stableemail (email, inboxes, subdomains), stablephone (AI calls, phone numbers), stablejobs (jobs), stabletravel (travel), stablebrowser (browser automation). TRIGGERS: research, enrich, scrape, search the web, generate image, video, social media, send email, phone call, travel, jobs, find contact, find API, x402, mpp, agentcash
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lord1egypt Skill Academic SearchSearch and analyze academic literature. Find papers, understand research methodologies, and synthesize academic findings for research projects.
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lord1egypt Skill Academic Research WriterWrite academic research documents following academic guidelines with peer-reviewed sources from Google Scholar and other academic databases. Always verify source credibility and generate IEEE standard references. Use for research papers, literature reviews, technical reports, theses, dissertations, conference papers, and academic proposals requiring proper citations and scholarly rigor.
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lord1egypt Skill Analyzing User FeedbackHelp users synthesize and act on customer feedback. Use when someone is analyzing NPS responses, processing support tickets, reviewing user research, synthesizing feedback from multiple channels, or trying to identify patterns in customer input.
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lord1egypt Skill Academic Writing CsComprehensive toolkit for writing high-quality computer science research papers (conference, journal, thesis). Provides narrative construction guidance, sentence-level clarity principles (Gopen & Swan), academic phrasebank, CS-specific conventions, and section-by-section quality checklists. Use when assisting with academic paper writing, revision, or structure planning across all stages from drafting to submission.
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lord1egypt Skill Algorithm DesignDesign algorithms with LaTeX pseudocode and UML diagrams. Generate algorithmic environments, Mermaid class/sequence diagrams, and ensure consistency between pseudocode and implementation. Use when formalizing methods for a paper.
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lord1egypt Skill Amazon Keyword ResearchAmazon keyword research and market opportunity analysis for sellers. Retrieve autocomplete suggestions (long-tail keywords), analyze competitor landscape, and assess market opportunity for any keyword on 12 Amazon marketplaces (US/UK/DE/FR/IT/ES/JP/CA/AU/IN/MX/BR). No API key required. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user mentions Amazon product research, finding products to sell on Amazon, Amazon keyword ideas, niche analysis, competition analysis for Amazon, market opportunity on Amazon, comparing Amazon keywords, evaluating whether a product is worth selling, Amazon autocomplete data, seasonal demand for Amazon products, or anything related to researching what to sell on Amazon — even if they don't explicitly say 'keyword research'. Also trigger when the user asks vague questions like 'is this a good product to sell?', 'what's the competition like for X on Amazon?', 'should I sell X or Y?', or 'what are people searching for on Amazon?'.
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lord1egypt Skill Antithesis ResearchAnalyze a codebase to figure out how it should be tested with Antithesis: map the system, identify failure-prone areas and testable properties, and produce the research artifacts needed for workload and environment planning.
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lord1egypt Skill Analyze ResultsAnalyze ML experiment results, compute statistics, generate comparison tables and insights. Use when user says "analyze results", "compare", or needs to interpret experimental data.
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lord1egypt Skill Ablation PlannerUse when main results pass result-to-claim (claim_supported=yes or partial) and ablation studies are needed for paper submission.
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joshuashepherd Skill Content IngestIngest, organize, and structure raw content (book chapters, transcripts, articles, research notes) into the repository's canonical format. Use when bringing new source material into the content library.
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joshuashepherd Skill Tam ProfileScore a movement leader's fit with the Movemental platform — a consulting deliverable (Fit Score 1–10, NOTs assessment, opportunity ladder). Distinct from the substrate. For the canonical research artifact, use `movement-leader-substrate`.
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joshuashepherd Bundle BrainstormingYou MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
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joshuashepherd Bundle Movement Leader ThemesDerives a movement leader's core themes from their book corpus and research, then authors docs/themes/CORE_THEMES.md (pathway taxonomy) and per-theme deep-dives (12-section pathway content, grounded and cited). Use when standing up or refreshing theme docs, generating docs/themes, running movement-leader-themes, or building pathway content for a movement leader. Requires voice guide for deep-dives — run movement-leader-voice first if missing.
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joshuashepherd Skill Video ResearcherResearch real-world statistics, insights, and compelling data about online courses, completion rates, learning effectiveness, and transformative education — then organize findings into suggested video components, script lines, and data visualizations for course explainer videos. Use before scripting or updating video content.
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joshuashepherd Skill Author ResearchDeep research for book authors — searches Google Scholar, Internet Archive, JSTOR, Google Books/Ngram, Library of Congress, HathiTrust, OECD/World Bank data, historic newspapers, and news archives. Produces an organized research dossier with primary sources, data, historical context, and full citations.
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joshuashepherd Skill Nonfiction CraftNon-fiction writing craft — argument construction, evidence handling, essay structure, chapter architecture, research integration, and the art of making ideas vivid. Use when writing, planning, or reviewing non-fiction of any kind (books, essays, articles, thought leadership).
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joshuashepherd Skill Tam InternationalDiscover and research international movement leaders outside US/anglophone networks — mapping the global TAM
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joshuashepherd Skill Workspace AuthorWrite new workspace documents — articles, research notes, project docs, and ebook sections — following Brad Brisco's voice identity, EEAT theme taxonomy, and the workspace frontmatter conventions. Use when creating new content for docs/workspace/.
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joshuashepherd Skill Workspace StrategyStrategic planning for the workspace doc system — content roadmaps, agentic workflow design, context coding architecture, research priorities, and reflection. Use when deciding what to build, write, or research next in docs/workspace/.
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joshuashepherd Skill Pathway QuotesFind, verify, and curate quotes from Alan Hirsch's books for pathway pages. Conducts corpus research across all 13 books, extracts verbatim passages, verifies attribution, and produces 3–5 citable pull quotes per pathway — definitional, prophetic, and pastoral. These are the sentences AI engines will cite verbatim.
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joshuashepherd Skill Pathway ProfileResearch and write profiles of people and stories for Alan Hirsch pathway pages. Produces leader profiles, movement founder stories, and biographical narratives drawn from Alan's books and research — people who embody the pathway's principles. Use for the Content and Case Study sections, or for standalone biographical content.
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joshuashepherd Bundle Nonprofit Pricing ResearchProduce transparent, defensible pricing intelligence for AI-literacy and applied AI training engagements for nonprofits. Runs a scoping intake, gathers real market comps, and outputs a client-ready memo plus internal pricing workbook with low/base/high ranges and a sensitivity table. Use when asked to price an AI training engagement, write a nonprofit AI training SOW, research what similar programs cost, or prepare a proposal for an AI rollout. NOT for legal, tax, or HR compensation advice.
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joshuashepherd Skill Pathway Case StudyResearch and write case studies for Alan Hirsch pathway pages. Produces 2–4 case studies per pathway — biblical, historical, and contemporary — with card-level summaries for the pathway page and full narrative pages for dedicated URLs. Draws from Alan's books, documented movements, and his research. Each case study follows the pathway's own arc (U-shape for Metanoia, reframes for Reframation, etc.).
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jorcan Bundle Last30daysResearch a topic from the last 30 days on Reddit + X + Web, become an expert, and write copy-paste-ready prompts for the user's target tool.
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jorcan Bundle NotebooklmUse this skill to query your Google NotebookLM notebooks directly from Claude Code for source-grounded, citation-backed answers from Gemini. Browser automation, library management, persistent auth....
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jorcan Bundle Tavily WebWeb search, content extraction, crawling, and research capabilities using Tavily API
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jorcan Bundle Wellally TechIntegrate digital health data sources (Apple Health, Fitbit, Oura Ring) and connect to WellAlly.tech knowledge base. Import external health device data, standardize to local format, and recommend relevant WellAlly.tech knowledge base articles based on health data. Support...
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jorcan Bundle Pubmed DatabaseDirect REST API access to PubMed. Advanced Boolean/MeSH queries, E-utilities API, batch processing, citation management. For Python workflows, prefer biopython (Bio.Entrez). Use this for direct HTTP/REST work or custom API implementations.
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jorcan Bundle Wiki ResearcherConducts multi-turn iterative deep research on specific topics within a codebase with zero tolerance for shallow analysis. Use when the user wants an in-depth investigation, needs to understand how...
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jorcan Bundle Scientific WritingCore skill for the deep research and writing tool. Write scientific manuscripts in full paragraphs (never bullet points). Use two-stage process with (1) section outlines with key points using research-lookup then (2) convert to flowing prose. IMRAD...
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jorcan Bundle Citation ManagementComprehensive citation management for academic research. Search Google Scholar and PubMed for papers, extract accurate metadata, validate citations, and generate properly formatted BibTeX entries. This skill should be used when you need to find papers, verify citation...
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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 academic-writing, academic-research-writer, academic-writing-cs. 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.