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
shenxingy blog-flow
FLOW framework integration for bloggers. Evidence-led content workflow using the Find, Optimize, Win loop with stage-specific AI prompts from the FLOW knowledge base (30 blog-applicable prompts, CC BY 4.0). Use when user says "FLOW", "FLOW framework", "blog flow", "evidence-led blogging", "find optimize win", or wants stage-specific blog prompts.
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shenxingy blog-cluster
Semantic topic cluster planning and automated execution engine for claude-blog. Performs SERP-based keyword research, groups keywords by search intent and SERP overlap, builds a hub-and-spoke cluster architecture, generates an interactive SVG cluster map, and executes the full cluster by orchestrating blog-write calls with shared cluster context and automatic internal-link injection. Fills the strategy-to-execution gap: blog-strategy plans the blueprint, blog-cluster builds the house. Use when user says "blog cluster", "topic cluster", "content cluster", "cluster plan", "cluster execute", "pillar content", "hub and spoke", "content ecosystem", "cluster map".
8 · bundle
curiositech lakatos
Philosophy of science methodology examining how research programs evolve through proofs and refutations
10 · bundle
curiositech swift-executor
Rapid task execution without hesitation or deterrence. Expert in overcoming blockers, making quick decisions, and maintaining forward momentum. Use for urgent tasks, breaking through impediments, decisive action. Activates on 'swift', 'execute quickly', 'undeterred', 'overcome blocker', 'just do it'. NOT for strategic planning, careful analysis, or research tasks.
10
curiositech research-analyst
Conducts thorough landscape research, competitive analysis, best practices evaluation, and evidence-based recommendations. Expert in market research and trend analysis.
10
tianhao909 ml-paper-writing
Write publication-ready ML/AI papers for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM. Use when drafting papers from research repos, structuring arguments, verifying citations, or preparing camera-ready submissions. Includes LaTeX templates, reviewer guidelines, and citation verification workflows.
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tianhao909 brainstorming-research-ideas
Guides researchers through structured ideation frameworks to discover high-impact research directions. Use when exploring new problem spaces, pivoting between projects, or seeking novel angles on existing work.
1
qcmuu ml-paper-writing
Write publication-ready ML/AI papers for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM. Use when drafting papers from research repos, structuring arguments, verifying citations, or preparing camera-ready submissions. For systems venues (OSDI, NSDI, ASPLOS, SOSP), use systems-paper-writing instead.
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qcmuu brainstorming-research-ideas
Guides researchers through structured ideation frameworks to discover high-impact research directions. Use when exploring new problem spaces, pivoting between projects, or seeking novel angles on existing work.
0
qcmuu creative-thinking-for-research
Applies cognitive science frameworks for creative thinking to CS and AI research ideation. Use when seeking genuinely novel research directions by leveraging combinatorial creativity, analogical reasoning, constraint manipulation, and other empirically grounded creative strategies.
0
x3allamerican safety-culture-and-management
Use this skill when the user asks how to build, measure, or improve safety culture in a motor carrier — leading vs lagging safety indicators, blame-free reporting, near-miss programs, safety committee structure, monthly safety meetings, ATA Safety Management Program guidance, and how to evaluate cultural maturity. Reference ATA SMP + DOT safety culture research.
1
jackychenlu 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.
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pantyuhov9-web repo-system-research
Research the open web for enhancement opportunities (Layer 3 — Opus subagent with WebSearch + WebFetch). Topic-driven. Returns structured findings with hype tags + source URLs. Does NOT auto-implement.
0
livelybug research-ops
Evidence-first current-state research workflow for ECC. Use when the user wants fresh facts, comparisons, enrichment, or a recommendation built from current public evidence and any supplied local context.
0
30eggis academic-academic-psychologist
Expert in human behavior, personality theory, motivation, and cognitive patterns — builds psychologically credible characters and interactions grounded in clinical and research frameworks
2
30eggis finance-finance-investment-researcher
Expert investment researcher specializing in market research, due diligence, portfolio analysis, and asset valuation. Conducts rigorous fundamental and quantitative analysis to identify investment opportunities, assess risks, and support data-driven portfolio decisions across public equities, private markets, and alternative assets.
2
projectious-work context-grooming
Review and prune the project context — archive completed work, summarize stale entries, and propose disabling unused skills.
0 · bundle
projectious-work research-with-confidence
Investigates a question systematically before answering — verifying claims through sources, distinguishing known facts from inferences, and calibrating expressed confidence to actual certainty. Use when asked to research a topic, verify a claim, evaluate a technology, or answer a question where accuracy matters more than speed.
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projectious-work user-research
Structures user research — planning sessions, synthesizing findings, and translating insights into product decisions. Use when planning user interviews, analyzing research data, creating personas or journey maps, or turning qualitative feedback into structured recommendations.
0
inskillflow astropy
Astropy is the core Python package for astronomy, providing essential functionality for astronomical research and data analysis.
1
iamanacarolinarezende astropy
Astropy is the core Python package for astronomy, providing essential functionality for astronomical research and data analysis.
0
doriangallo astropy
Astropy is the core Python package for astronomy, providing essential functionality for astronomical research and data analysis.
1
gtynnn060110-hash web-browsing
Guidance on web content analysis, data extraction, and online research techniques for legal and regulatory information gathering
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anantha-236 deep-research
Multi-source deep research using firecrawl and exa MCPs. Searches the web, synthesizes findings, and delivers cited reports with source attribution. Use when the user wants thorough research on any topic with evidence and citations.
1
rajanthar benchmark
Use this skill to measure performance baselines, detect regressions before/after PRs, and compare stack alternatives.
0
dylanckawalec nexus-mapper
Generate a persistent .nexus-map/ knowledge base that lets any AI session instantly understand a codebase's architecture, systems, dependencies, and change hotspots. Use when starting work on an unfamiliar repository, onboarding with AI-assisted context, preparing for a major refactoring initiative, or enabling reliable cold-start AI sessions across a team. Produces INDEX.md, systems.md, concept_model.json, git_forensics.md and more. Requires shell execution and Python 3.10+. For ad-hoc file queries or instant impact analysis during active development, use nexus-query instead.
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danielpradilla research-evidence-brief
Turn research inputs into concise evidence, patterns, confidence levels, and product decisions.
0
promisingcoder summarize
Summarize or transcribe URLs, YouTube/videos, podcasts, articles, transcripts, PDFs, and local files.
0
promisingcoder tavily
Tavily web search, content extraction, and research tools.
0
bog5d arxiv
Search arXiv papers by keyword, author, category, or ID.
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bog5d last30days
Research what people actually say about any topic in the last 30 days. Pulls posts and engagement from Reddit, X, YouTube, TikTok, Hacker News, Polymarket, GitHub, and the web.
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bog5d polymarket
Query Polymarket: markets, prices, orderbooks, history.
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eli-yu-first citation-formatter
Formats citations and bibliographies in APA 7th, MLA 9th, Chicago, Harvard, and IEEE styles
6 · bundle
eli-yu-first abstract-generator
Generates structured abstracts for research papers with background, methods, results, and conclusions
6 · bundle
metinduraktr-44 gemini
Use when the user asks to run Gemini CLI for code review, plan review, or big context (>200k) processing. Ideal for comprehensive analysis requiring large context windows. Uses Gemini 3 Pro by default for state-of-the-art reasoning and coding.
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metinduraktr-44 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.
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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 lakatos, blog-flow, blog-cluster. 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.