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 JamaUse when targeting JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) or deciding whether a clinical medicine 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 MindUse when targeting Mind or deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit as a leading generalist journal in the analytic/UK tradition, the argument-rigor and originality bar, dialectical-engagement expectations, house style (full-length articles plus critical notices) and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill NejmUse when targeting The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) or deciding whether a clinical medicine manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, practice-changing evidence bar, CONSORT/registration requirements, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill NousUse when targeting Noûs or deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit as one of the big-three generalist venues, the argument-rigor and originality bar, dialectical-engagement expectations, house style and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill PmlaUse when targeting PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association) or deciding whether a literary- or language-studies manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's broad-readership fit, the field-defining argument bar, close-reading and scholarly-engagement expectations, MLA house style and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill PnasUse when targeting Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) or deciding whether a multidisciplinary 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 Bundle SentryUse when the user asks to inspect Sentry issues or events, summarize recent production errors, or pull basic Sentry health data via the Sentry CLI; perform read-only queries using the `sentry` command.
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thedixitjain Skill Tavily WebWeb search, content extraction, crawling, and research capabilities using Tavily API. Use when you need to search the web for current information, extracting content from URLs, or crawling websites.
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athola Skill CurateAdds developer-authored annotations to the gauntlet knowledge base. Use when capturing tribal knowledge or rationale not visible in code.
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nousresearch Bundle ArxivSearch arXiv papers by keyword, author, category, or ID.
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thedixitjain Skill BloodUse when targeting Blood (ASH) or deciding whether a hematology 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 JouleUse when targeting Joule (Cell Press) or deciding whether a sustainable-energy 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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garrytan Bundle Query| Answer questions using the brain's knowledge with 3-layer search, synthesis, and citation propagation. Use when the user asks a question, wants a lookup, or needs information from the brain.
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thedixitjain Skill Phg RebuttalUse when responding to a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) decision letter (major/minor revision) — building a point-by-point response to the editor and referees that strengthens the review's argument and coverage. Structures the response and revisions; it does not fabricate literature or claims.
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athola Skill Code SearchSearches GitHub for existing implementations, libraries, or patterns. Use when finding code examples or prior art on a topic during a research session.
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athola Skill ExtractBuilds the gauntlet knowledge base from AST extraction and AI enrichment. Use when initializing or refreshing codebase knowledge for challenges.
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bergside Bundle ClaudeA research-journal aesthetic printed on warm stone — authoritative, editorial, almost achromatic. Pages live on warm ivory parchment (never pure white), with near-black slate as the dominant ink.
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thedixitjain Skill EthicsUse when targeting Ethics or deciding whether a moral, political, or legal philosophy manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit across theoretical and applied moral philosophy, the normative-argument and originality bar, dialectical-engagement expectations, house style and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill MatterUse when targeting Matter (Matter) or deciding whether a materials manuscript fits this Cell Press primary-research venue spanning atoms to systems with societal relevance. 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 NatureUse when targeting Nature or deciding whether a 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 NeuronUse when targeting Neuron or deciding whether a neuroscience 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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athola Skill PapersSearches academic literature via arXiv, Semantic Scholar, and open-access PDFs. Use when building literature reviews or finding formal research on a topic.
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thedixitjain Skill PlotlyInteractive visualization library. Use when you need hover info, zoom, pan, or web-embeddable charts. Best for dashboards, exploratory analysis, and presentations. For static publication figures use matplotlib or scientific-visualization.
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thedixitjain Skill ReformUse when targeting 《改革》(Reform — 重庆社会科学院主管主办的改革政策类 CSSCI 月刊, 1988 年创刊, 不收版面费) or deciding whether a Chinese social-science/econ/management manuscript fits this journal. Applies the journal's fit, framing, GB/T 7714 citation house-style, official-submission-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill StrokeUse when targeting Stroke or deciding whether a cerebrovascular-disease study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the clinical/translational/basic cerebrovascular evidence bar, reporting-guideline and registration requirements, AHA/ASA house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.
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thedixitjain Skill AutoresearchAutonomous iterative experimentation loop for any programming task. Guides the user through defining goals, measurable metrics, and scope constraints, then runs an autonomous loop of code changes, testing, measuring, and keeping/discarding results. Inspired by Karpathy''s autoresearch. USE FOR: autonomous improvement, iterative optimization, experiment loop, auto research, performance tuning, automated experimentation, hill climbing, try things automatically, optimize code, run experiments, autonomous coding loop. DO NOT USE FOR: one-shot tasks, simple bug fixes, code review, or tasks without a measurable metric.
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thedixitjain Skill EurosysUse when targeting EuroSys (EuroSys) 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 systems.
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thedixitjain Skill EurovisUse when targeting EuroVis (EuroVis) 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 visualization.
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thedixitjain Skill GeologyUse when targeting Geology (GSA) or deciding whether a short, high-impact geoscience research letter fits this venue. Encodes the journal's broad-significance-in-tight-length fit, the novelty and rapid-communication bar, GSA house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Jacs AuUse when targeting JACS Au or deciding whether a chemistry manuscript fits this gold open-access, broad, high-quality sister journal of JACS. 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 OctoberUse when targeting October or deciding whether a modern/contemporary art, criticism, or theory manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit as the MIT Press venue for contemporary art, high theory, and the legacy of the avant-garde, the argument and critical bar, primary-source command, citation/house style, image-rights expectations, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill RobocupUse when targeting RoboCup Symposium (RoboCup) 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 robotics competitions.
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thedixitjain Skill Sci FitUse before any writing to stress-test whether a result clears Science's (AAAS) desk-reject filter — broad significance and general interest across disciplines. Decides Science vs Science Advances vs a specialist journal before you invest in prose.
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thedixitjain Skill ScienceUse when targeting Science (AAAS) or deciding whether a multidisciplinary 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 The BmjUse when targeting The BMJ or deciding whether a clinical medicine or evidence-based medicine 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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hashgraph-online Bundle Amq Spec>- Parallel-research-then-converge design workflow between two agents. Use this skill when the user wants two agents to independently think through a design problem before aligning on a solution — "spec X with codex", "design X together", "both agents think through X", "brainstorm architecture together", "parallel research then joint proposal", "think through separately then align", "careful thought from both sides before coding", or any variation where the user wants collaborative design rather than just splitting implementation work. Also use this when you receive a message labeled workflow:spec and need to know the correct receiver-side protocol. Not for sending simple messages or reviews (use /amq-cli), implementing completed designs, or creating document templates.
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 jama, mind, nous. 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.