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.

Research & Search

928 skills
gonglingrui
knowledge-query
专注于竖屏短剧知识库查询和信息检索,提供专业知识服务。适用于查询剧本桥段、高能情节、创作技巧、商业运营等专业知识
349 · bundle
shulkwisec
osint
Conduct passive OSINT reconnaissance on target organizations using a MITRE ATT&CK framework. Discovers employees, email patterns, subdomains, infrastructure, leaked credentials, and cloud assets with confidence-scored findings.
21
artubss
crewai
Especialista em CrewAI - o principal framework multi-agente baseado em papéis utilizado por 60% das empresas da Fortune 500. Abrange design de agentes com papéis e objetivos, definição de tarefas, orquestração de crew, tipos de processo (sequencial, hierárquico, paralelo), sistemas de memória e flows para workflows complexos. Essencial para construir equipes colaborativas de agentes IA. Use quando: crewai, equipe multi-agente, papéis de agentes, crew de agentes, agentes baseados em papéis.
10
dvy1987
generate-changelog
Generate user-facing or internal release notes and changelogs. Load when the user prepares a release, tags a version, or wants to summarize recent progress. Also triggers on "write a changelog", "prepare release notes", "what's new in this version", "summarize my commits", or "create a release summary". Auto-triggered by library-skill after major repo changes (new skills added, skills renamed, structure changes). Applicable to any project, including this skill library itself.
3 · bundle
sinhoneyy
astropy
Astropy is the core Python package for astronomy, providing essential functionality for astronomical research and data analysis.
11
denial-web
research-helper
Higher-precedence research helper with risky setup.
0
subvisual
research-synthesis
research-synthesis
0 · bundle
matrixx0070
clinic-memo
Draft an internal legal research memo for the supervising attorney with verified authority and flagged open questions.
0
matrixx0070
cs-research
Research a customer question across docs, changelogs, and past tickets, then answer with source attribution, a confidence rating, and honest gaps.
0
levalencia
doctorg
Evidence-based health research using tiered trusted sources with GRADE-inspired evidence ratings. Integrates Apple Health data for personalized context. Use when user asks health, nutrition, exercise, sleep, or wellness questions.
3 · bundle
levalencia
lamindb
This skill should be used when working with LaminDB, an open-source data framework for biology that makes data queryable, traceable, reproducible, and FAIR. Use when managing biological datasets (scRNA-seq, spatial, flow cytometry, etc.), tracking computational workflows, curating and validating data with biological ontologies, building data lakehouses, or ensuring data lineage and reproducibility in biological research. Covers data management, annotation, ontologies (genes, cell types, diseases, tissues), schema validation, integrations with workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake) and MLOps platforms (W&B, MLflow), and deployment strategies.
3 · bundle
jantoniofc
pulse
Multi-source recency research skill that takes the pulse of any topic across Reddit, Hacker News, the open web, and optionally X/Twitter within a configurable recent window (default 30 days).
6
mit-network
astropy
Astropy is the core Python package for astronomy, providing essential functionality for astronomical research and data analysis.
2
nickgallick
nick-market-researcher
Deep market and niche research for Nick's workflow. Use when researching a niche, validating pain points, analyzing competitors, identifying market gaps, estimating demand, or deciding whether an idea deserves serious product attention.
0 · bundle
nickgallick
self-review
Forge reviews its own skill updates, review history, and research outputs before publishing them.
0
nickgallick
idea-memory
Scout research skill — Idea Memory
0
nickgallick
forge-research
Forge Research — Forge Skill
0
chen-yu-hao
lamindb
This skill should be used when working with LaminDB, an open-source data framework for biology that makes data queryable, traceable, reproducible, and FAIR. Use when managing biological datasets (scRNA-seq, spatial, flow cytometry, etc.), tracking computational workflows, curating and validating data with biological ontologies, building data lakehouses, or ensuring data lineage and reproducibility in biological research. Covers data management, annotation, ontologies (genes, cell types, diseases, tissues), schema validation, integrations with workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake) and MLOps platforms (W&B, MLflow), and deployment strategies.
5 · bundle
chen-yu-hao
networkx
Comprehensive toolkit for creating, analyzing, and visualizing complex networks and graphs in Python. Use when working with network/graph data structures, analyzing relationships between entities, computing graph algorithms (shortest paths, centrality, clustering), detecting communities, generating synthetic networks, or visualizing network topologies. Applicable to social networks, biological networks, transportation systems, citation networks, and any domain involving pairwise relationships.
5 · bundle
chen-yu-hao
neurokit2
Comprehensive biosignal processing toolkit for analyzing physiological data including ECG, EEG, EDA, RSP, PPG, EMG, and EOG signals. Use this skill when processing cardiovascular signals, brain activity, electrodermal responses, respiratory patterns, muscle activity, or eye movements. Applicable for heart rate variability analysis, event-related potentials, complexity measures, autonomic nervous system assessment, psychophysiology research, and multi-modal physiological signal integration.
5 · bundle
om-scogo
learn
Runs a six-phase research workflow that turns unfamiliar domains, source bundles, or collected material into publish-ready output. Use when users ask in any language to research, study, deep-dive, compile sources, synthesize unfamiliar material, or turn a source bundle into a coherent reference. Not for quick lookups or single-file reads.
0 · bundle
concertonotes
gmail
Manage Gmail inbox triage, mailbox search, thread summaries, action extraction, reply drafting, and email forwarding through connected Gmail data. Use when the user wants to inspect a mailbox or thread, search email with Gmail query syntax, summarize messages, extract decisions and follow-ups, prepare replies or forwarded messages, or organize messages with explicit confirmation before send, archive, delete, or label actions.
0 · bundle
concertonotes
sentry
Use when the user asks to inspect Sentry issues or events, summarize recent production errors, or pull basic Sentry health data via the Sentry API; perform read-only queries with the bundled script and require `SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN`.
0 · bundle
pawbytes
paw-upwork-research
Live Upwork market research producing a ranked niche-opportunity dashboard. Use when the user wants to scan the Upwork market, find or validate a freelance niche, asks 'is there demand for X', wants competitor profile analysis, or needs rate observations for a niche. Triggers: 'research my niche', 'scan the Upwork market', 'is there demand', 'what should I specialize in', 'check the market', 'what do freelancers charge for X'.
85 · bundle
mukul975-2
pia-health-data
Conducts Privacy Impact Assessment for health data processing under GDPR Article 9, HIPAA, and sector-specific health privacy regulations. Covers special category data safeguards, clinical research data, patient portals, health wearables, genetic data, and cross-border health data transfers. Keywords: health data PIA, DPIA, Article 9, HIPAA, special category data, clinical research, patient privacy, genetic data.
228 · bundle
mukul975-2
health-data-dpia
Guides DPIA for health and medical data processing covering Art. 9(2)(h)-(j) exemptions, HIPAA crosswalk for transatlantic operations, clinical trial data protection under EU CTR 536/2014, and genetic data specifics under Art. 9(1). Activate for healthcare systems, clinical research, health apps, or medical device data. Keywords: health data, DPIA, Art. 9, clinical trial, genetic data, HIPAA, medical records, special category.
228 · bundle
netanel-abergel
youtube-watcher
Fetch and read transcripts from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, or extract information from it.
6
ranbot-ai
deepapi
Use DeepAPI for supported scraping, research, and email workflows with explicit credentials and approval.
6
mesteriis
ui-research
Routes UI evidence, comparisons, critiques, references, best practices, and design research to one research workflow.
0
whd4
notebooklm
Use 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. Drastically reduced hallucinations through document-only responses.
0 · bundle
whd4
pricing-strategy
When the user wants help with pricing decisions, packaging, or monetization strategy. Also use when the user mentions 'pricing,' 'pricing tiers,' 'freemium,' 'free trial,' 'packaging,' 'price increase,' 'value metric,' 'Van Westendorp,' 'willingness to pay,' or 'monetization.' This skill covers pricing research, tier structure, and packaging strategy.
0
danstrem2
last30days
Research 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.
2 · bundle
onourimpram
research-ritual-hooks
Use when automating research session rituals in Claude Code with hooks, such as session-start context injection, daily research logging, session-end persistence, or pre-commit guards that block secrets and unverified citations.
2
onourimpram
grant-proposal-workpackage-builder
Use when a research proposal needs work packages, milestones, deliverables, a timeline, a risk register, and budget-justification scaffolding, while keeping scientific claims and feasibility honest and human-owned.
2
tangchunwu
ask-claude
Ask Claude via local CLI and capture a reusable artifact
1
tangchunwu
ask-gemini
Ask Gemini via local CLI and capture a reusable artifact
1

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 nick-market-researcher, lamindb, networkx. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most downloaded" 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 add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.