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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majiayu000 Bundle Code RefactorSystematic code refactoring based on Martin Fowler's methodology. Use when users ask to refactor code, improve code structure, reduce technical debt, clean up legacy code, eliminate code smells, or improve code maintainability. This skill guides through a phased approach with research, planning, and safe incremental implementation.
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majiayu000 Bundle ResearchUse when current web info needed, verifying APIs still work, checking latest versions, or avoiding outdated implementations
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majiayu000 Bundle Xcode 26Xcode 26 and Apple platform update notes with a focus on Liquid Glass, Foundation Models Framework, and Apple Intelligence. Use when asked to explain, summarize, compare, or implement Xcode 26 era framework changes across SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit, Foundation, App Intents, StoreKit, MapKit, WidgetKit, visionOS, or Swift language features.
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majiayu000 Bundle Bio LogicEvaluates scientific research rigor using systematic frameworks. Assesses methodology, statistics, biases, and evidence quality. Use when reviewing papers, critiquing claims, designing studies, rating evidence strength (GRADE/Cochrane ROB), checking study design, statistical critique, or risk of bias assessment.
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majiayu000 Bundle Blog PostComplete workflow for creating blog posts - from research to publication-ready draft. Handles research generation, draft creation, and style review. Use with "/blog-post <topic>" or "/blog-post --from-research <path>".
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majiayu000 Bundle Darpa OpsQuery DARPA programs, opportunities, and BAAs. Searches RSS feeds and Grants.gov API for defense research funding opportunities across all DARPA technical offices.
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majiayu000 Bundle Arcanea Deep WorkMaster the art of focused, distraction-free work. Enter flow states reliably, protect your attention, and produce your best work consistently. Based on Cal Newport's research and extended with Arcanea philosophy.
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majiayu000 Bundle KnowledgeExtracts knowledge from Amp threads and updates project docs. Use when asked to document recent work, sync docs after an epic, summarize what changed, or update AGENTS.md from thread history.
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majiayu000 Bundle MilestoneAnalyze and summarize GitHub milestone status.
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majiayu000 Bundle Plan WorkPlan work before coding: do repo research, analyze options/risks, and ask clarifying questions before proposing an implementation plan. Use when the user asks for a plan, design/approach, scope breakdown, or implementation steps.
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majiayu000 Bundle R AnalystR statistical analysis for publication-ready sociology research. Guides you through phased workflows for DiD, IV, matching, panel methods, and more. Use when doing quantitative analysis in R for academic papers.
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majiayu000 Bundle SuperplanUse when starting significant features, epics, or complex tasks. Creates multi-phase implementation plans with parallelizable phases, poker estimates, TDD-first acceptance criteria, and quality gates. Detects tech stack from CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md (bypassing internet research if complete) or via codebase scan.
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majiayu000 Bundle TechstackResearch and recommend optimal tech stacks for rapid MVP development. Analyzes requirements and recommends programming languages, frameworks, databases, AI models, APIs, services, and deployment platforms. Prioritizes developer experience, free tiers, type safety, and battle-tested solutions.
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majiayu000 Bundle Two Sigma Ml At ScaleBuild trading systems in the style of Two Sigma, the systematic investment manager pioneering machine learning at scale. Emphasizes alternative data, distributed computing, feature engineering, and rigorous ML infrastructure. Use when building ML pipelines for alpha research, feature stores, or large-scale backtesting systems.
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majiayu000 Bundle Mind MapTurn a topic, brainstorm, or document into a structured mind map. Use when asked to brainstorm around a theme, organize ideas, break a topic into branches, or summarize something as a mind map. Produces a ready-to-render Mermaid mindmap (renders live, exportable as PNG/SVG) plus a short note on the structure chosen.
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majiayu000 Bundle WorkplanCreate a durable, execution-ready work plan for repository changes, operations, research, or AEC project delivery. Use when the user asks to plan, scope, sequence, coordinate, or break down multi-step work before acting. Do not use for floor plans, site plans, space planning, zoning calculations, building-code analysis, or architectural design.
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majiayu000 Bundle DialogFast product research with Dialog. Use when the user wants to validate ideas, test concepts, or get customer feedback before building.
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majiayu000 Bundle Thesis WritingThesis writing skill for MA Artistic Research. Covers academic requirements, submission format, and literature review workflow.
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majiayu000 Bundle PapersSearch academic literature via arXiv, Semantic Scholar, and open-access PDFs.
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majiayu000 Bundle Parallel AIParallel AI Search & Extract API for FX news research. Use when working with web search, news extraction, content research, or FX market data gathering. Triggers on: "parallel ai", "parallel search", "web search API", "FX news", "news research", "parallel-web", "extract API".
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majiayu000 Bundle SourceSourcing and market intelligence for cross-border commerce. Use when someone asks about finding suppliers, sourcing products, vendor research, import sourcing strategy, "where should I source this?", or market analysis for a product category.
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majiayu000 Bundle Bug TriageReproduce, isolate, and fix a bug (or failing build/test), then summarize root cause, fix, and verification steps. Use when the user reports a bug, regression, or failing build/test and wants a fix.
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majiayu000 Bundle CapacitiesInteract with Capacities PKM app. Use when user wants to search their knowledge base, create notes/objects, save weblinks, or append to daily notes. Triggers on keywords like "capacities", "PKM", "knowledge base", "daily note", "save to capacities".
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majiayu000 Bundle Hti Expert> Expert knowledge base for all things HUBZone Technology Initiative (HTI) - mission, brand, programs, technical processes, and content generation.
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majiayu000 Bundle Issue PlanStart working on GitHub issue with deep-dive workflow (research, innovate, plan phases)
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majiayu000 Bundle Kodex InitBootstrap a Kodex knowledge base by analyzing codebase structure and creating topic stubs
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majiayu000 Bundle Lit ReviewBuild systematic literature databases for sociology research using OpenAlex API. Guides you through search, screening, snowballing, annotation, and synthesis with structured user interaction at each stage.
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majiayu000 Bundle Lit SearchBuild systematic literature databases for sociology research using OpenAlex API. Guides you through search, screening, snowballing, annotation, and synthesis with structured user interaction at each stage.
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majiayu000 Bundle Pr SummarySummarize current pull request with diff, comments, and changed files. Use when reviewing PRs or before merging.
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majiayu000 Bundle Protein QcQuality control metrics and filtering thresholds for protein design. Use this skill when: (1) Evaluating design quality for binding, expression, or structure, (2) Setting filtering thresholds for pLDDT, ipTM, PAE, (3) Checking sequence liabilities (cysteines, deamidation, polybasic clusters), (4) Creating multi-stage filtering pipelines, (5) Computing PyRosetta interface metrics (dG, SC, dSASA), (6) Checking biophysical properties (instability, GRAVY, pI), (7) Ranking designs with composite scoring. This skill provides research-backed thresholds from binder design competitions and published benchmarks.
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majiayu000 Bundle ResearcherMulti-repository analysis and research specialist
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majiayu000 Bundle StatisticsGeostatistics, uncertainty quantification, and time series analysis for paleoseismic research. Use for z-score analysis, Monte Carlo dating uncertainty, spatial clustering, and recurrence statistics.
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majiayu000 Bundle The OracleThis skill should be used when the user asks to "use the oracle" or "ask the oracle" for deep research, analysis, or architectural questions. The oracle excels at multi-source research combining codebase exploration and web searches, then synthesizing findings into actionable answers. Use for complex questions requiring investigation across multiple sources, architectural analysis, refactoring plans, debugging mysteries, and code reviews.
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majiayu000 Bundle X ResearchResearch topics, users, and gather context from X (Twitter)
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majiayu000 Bundle DeepxivSearch and progressively read open-access academic papers through DeepXiv. Use when the user wants layered paper access, section-level reading, trending papers, or DeepXiv-backed literature retrieval.
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majiayu000 Bundle Hn DigestPull the current Hacker News front page, top comments, or a topic search with zero API keys — the official Firebase API and Algolia search via curl, digested instead of dumped. Use when asked what's on Hacker News, summarize HN today, what's the discussion on this story, or has HN covered some topic. Produces a ranked digest with scores and comment counts, the discussion's actual argument threads when asked, and the rerunnable commands.
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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 thesis-writing, code-refactor, research. 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.