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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nwave-ai Skill Nw DivergeGenerates 3-5 divergent design directions through JTBD analysis, competitive research, structured brainstorming, and taste evaluation before convergence. Use when the team has a validated problem but hasn't chosen a solution approach.
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code-yeongyu Skill Init Deep(builtin) Initialize hierarchical AGENTS.md knowledge base
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thedixitjain Skill Acs NanoUse when targeting ACS Nano or deciding whether a nanoscience / nanotechnology 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 AnalysisUse when targeting Analysis or deciding whether a short, focused philosophy manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's identity as a home for crisp, single-point articles, counterexamples, and replies; the argument-rigor bar; the brevity-and-focus house style and double-blind norms; official-submission re-check; and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Bundle ArboretoInfer gene regulatory networks (GRNs) from gene expression data using scalable algorithms (GRNBoost2, GENIE3). Use when analyzing transcriptomics data (bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq) to identify transcription factor-target gene relationships and regulatory interactions. Supports distributed computation for large-scale datasets.
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garrytan Skill BriefingCompile daily briefing with meeting context, active deals, and citation tracking
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thedixitjain Skill Er StyleUse when polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases, fixing vague policy talk, replacing method-flexing with mechanism, and aligning tense / person / hedging with CSSCI house style. 本技能服务于《经济研究》(Economic Research Journal, ERJ)。
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thedixitjain Skill ImmunityUse when targeting Immunity or deciding whether an immunology 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 LanguageUse when targeting Language (the Linguistic Society of America journal) or deciding whether a linguistics manuscript fits this discipline-wide flagship. Encodes the journal's fit across all subfields, the claim-plus-data bar, theoretical and cross-linguistic expectations, house style, glossing and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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thedixitjain Skill Nejm FitUse this first, before any writing, to stress-test whether a clinical study clears NEJM's bar — practice-changing clinical impact, methodological rigor, and generalizability. Decides NEJM vs Lancet/JAMA vs a specialty journal.
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thedixitjain Skill Pnas FitUse before any writing begins to stress-test whether a result clears PNAS's bar — high quality and broad significance to a general scientific readership — and to make the realistic call between PNAS, Science/Nature, and a specialist field journal.
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thedixitjain Skill Sci DataUse to build Science's data, code, and materials availability — mandatory deposition in approved repositories, accession numbers, a compliant data-availability statement, and materials/reagent sharing.
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mksglu Skill Ctx Stats| Show how much context window context-mode saved this session. Displays token consumption, context savings ratio, and per-tool breakdown. Read-only — shows stats only, no reset capability. To wipe the knowledge base entirely, use ctx_purge instead. Trigger: /context-mode:ctx-stats
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rohitg00 Skill Deep DiveClaude-native deep research using DAG-based query planning, parallel subagent execution, and gap-driven iteration. No external API needed.
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hashgraph-online Skill UltracodeUltracode-style dynamic workflows for Codex. Use when the user says "ultracode", "workflow:", "/deep-research", or asks for broad multi-file work with planning, parallel agents, verification, or crash-resume.
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thedixitjain Skill Naacl WorkflowUse when planning a research project's calendar toward NAACL — handling the chapter's skipped-year rhythm, choosing an ARR cycle when the edition's feeding cycles are not yet announced, backward-planning data and annotation work, and keeping a decision tree for commit-versus-wait-versus-reroute moments.
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thedixitjain Bundle InfographicsCreate professional infographics using Nano Banana Pro AI with smart iterative refinement. Uses Gemini 3.6 Flash for quality review. Integrates research-lookup and web search for accurate data. Supports 10 infographic types, 8 industry styles, and colorblind-safe palettes.
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thedixitjain Skill Desk OpenCreate and open a new desk in the workshop. Sets up the folder structure, initial journal, and desk identity so the next session that sits down finds the trail.
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hashgraph-online Bundle Flow SpecNLSpec authoring — use when you need a structured specification from multi-AI research and consensus
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davepoon Skill GsdreviewRequest cross-AI peer review of phase plans from external AI CLIs
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thedixitjain Skill One EarthUse when targeting One Earth or deciding whether a sustainability manuscript fits this Cell Press 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 RadiologyUse when targeting Radiology (RSNA) or deciding whether a medical-imaging study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the diagnostic-accuracy and imaging-methodology bar, STARD/CLAIM reporting and reproducibility expectations, RSNA house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.
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nousresearch Skill ScraplingScrape sites with stealth browsing and Cloudflare bypass.
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thedixitjain Skill Io WorkflowUse as the entry point for any International Organization (IO) manuscript. Routes to the right IO sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and which article type (Research Article, Research Note, Essay) fits. IO is the IR-specialist flagship, so the router's first job is to confirm the paper is an international-relations contribution, not a domestic-politics paper with an international label. It dispatches; it does not draft content.
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thedixitjain Bundle ProspectingWhen the user wants to find, qualify, and build a list of prospects to reach out to — across B2B SaaS, general B2B, or local small businesses. Also use when the user mentions "prospecting," "build a prospect list," "find prospects," "find leads," "lead gen list," "find SaaS companies that," "find B2B companies," "find local businesses," "ICP-fit accounts," "who should we go after," "outbound list," "target account list," "find clients near me," "businesses without websites," "prospect research," "qualified leads," "find my first customers," "early adopters," "design partners," "beta users," or "who has this problem." Use this for the list-building and qualification phase. For writing the outbound copy after the list is built, see cold-email. For deep competitive research on specific accounts, see competitor-profiling.
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thedixitjain Skill Wp WorkflowUse as the entry point for any World Politics manuscript. Routes to the right World Politics sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and whether you are writing a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the router's first job is to confirm the question travels across cases. It dispatches; it does not draft content.
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thedixitjain Skill Misq MethodsUse when choosing and defending the research design for a MIS Quarterly manuscript — a behavioral survey/experiment, an economics-of-IS identification strategy, a design-science build-and-evaluate cycle, or an organizational/qualitative design. Matches the method to the IS claim and the manuscript category; it designs the study and hands estimation/evaluation to misq-data-analysis.
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thedixitjain Skill Acm ConextUse when targeting ACM CoNEXT (CoNEXT) 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 networking.
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thedixitjain Skill HepatologyUse when targeting Hepatology or deciding whether a liver-biology or liver-disease study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the AASLD clinical-and-basic/translational evidence bar, reporting-guideline and registration requirements, AASLD/Wiley house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.
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thedixitjain Skill Ii CommonsDeterministic search across arXiv, PubMed/PMC, and US policy corpora with daily freshness cutoffs.
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thedixitjain Skill Pnas TrackUse to choose the PNAS submission track — Direct Submission (standard, editor-assigned, peer reviewed) vs Contributed Submission (an NAS member communicates their own paper). Covers eligibility, the editor/member role, the discontinued and legacy tracks, and how to pick. Unique to PNAS.
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nousresearch Bundle PolymarketQuery Polymarket: markets, prices, orderbooks, history.
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thedixitjain Skill The LancetUse when targeting The Lancet or deciding whether a clinical medicine or global-health 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 Gcb WorkflowUse as the entry point for any Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript. Routes to the right GCB sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and which article type (Primary Research Article, Technical Advance, Review / Research Review, Opinion / Perspective) fits. It dispatches; it does not draft content.
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ykdojo Skill Hn SummarizeFetch and summarize Hacker News / hckrnews.com top stories, articles, and their comment threads. Use when asked to summarize HN front-page stories, a specific HN story plus its discussion, or "the top N from hckrnews".
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thedixitjain Skill Poq WorkflowUse as the entry point for any Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ) manuscript. Routes to the right POQ sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and which submission type (Original Article, Research Note, Polls in Context, Research Synthesis, Book Review) fits. It dispatches; it does not draft content.
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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 nw-diverge, init-deep, analysis. 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.