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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brycewang-stanford Skill Scientific Writing GuideCurated tools and techniques for scientific writing beyond LaTeX
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Nonparametric Tests Guide
Apply Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, and other nonparametric methods
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Questionnaire Design Guide
Questionnaire and survey design with Likert scales and coding
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Spectroscopy Analysis Guide
Spectral data analysis for NMR, IR, mass spectrometry, and UV-Vis
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Development Economics Guide
Apply development economics research methods and data sources
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Network Analysis Guide
Social network analysis methods, metrics, and visualization tools
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Academic Paper Summarizer
Summarize academic papers with structured extraction of key elements
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Zotero Actions Tags Guide
Zotero workflow automation with custom actions and tags
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Reference Manager Comparison
Compare Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, and Paperpile for research use
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Literature Review Writing
Structure and write comprehensive literature reviews for any field
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Kolmogorov Arnold Networks Guide
Papers and tutorials on KAN learnable activation networks
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Educational Research Methods
Quantitative and qualitative research methods for education studies
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Social Research Methods
Core methods for empirical social science research including surveys and expe...
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill In Depth Research Guide
Structured methodology for conducting exhaustive multi-source investigations
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Systematic Review Guide
Systematic review methodology with PRISMA and evidence synthesis
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Experimental Design Guide
Design rigorous experiments using DOE, factorial designs, and response surfaces
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Scientify Idea Generation
Generate research ideas from collected papers with gap analysis
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Paper Critique Framework
Structured framework for writing peer review reports and paper critiques
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Citation Network Builder
Build and analyze citation networks from academic reference data
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Introduction Writing Guide
Guide to writing effective research paper introductions
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Scientific Writing Wrapper
AI-powered scientific writing workflow from outline to polished draft
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Computational Chemistry Guide
DFT, molecular simulation, and reaction prediction tools for chemists
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Auto Deep Research Guide
Automated deep research tool for thorough topic investigation
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Qualitative Research Guide
Design and conduct qualitative research using grounded theory and case studies
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Multilingual Research Guide
Strategies for translating academic papers while preserving technical accuracy
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Psychology Research Guide
Psychological research methods, experimental design, and analysis
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Research Workflow Automation
Automate repetitive research tasks with pipelines, schedulers, and scripting
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Notero Zotero Notion Guide
Sync Zotero references and annotations to Notion databases
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Scientific Writing Resources
Curated tools and resources for effective scientific writing
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Clinical Dialogue Agents Guide
Papers on AI agents for clinical dialogue and medical QA
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Sociology Research Methods
Sociological research methods from observation to quantitative analysis
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Handwriting Recognition Guide
Apply handwriting OCR to digitize historical and archival documents
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Institutional Repository Guide
Access papers from institutional and subject repositories at scale
1k - brycewang-stanford Skill Scientify Write Review Paper
Write literature reviews and survey papers from collected papers
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thedixitjain Skill CellUse when targeting Cell (Cell Press) or deciding whether a cell/molecular-biology manuscript fits this flagship 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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Use when targeting Chem (Cell Press) or deciding whether a chemistry 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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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 paper-critique-framework, educational-research-methods, scientific-writing-guide. 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.