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
brycewang-stanford openalex
Use when the user asks about academic literature, research papers, scholarly works, authors, citations, institutions, journals, or any academic metadata. Trigger when users want to search for papers, find author profiles, track citations, discover related works, or explore academic topics. Also use when users mention DOIs, ORCIDs, h-index, publication venues, or research metrics.
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brycewang-stanford literature-review
帮助用户撰写高质量的文献综述类论文。提供从选题、文献检索、评估筛选、结构规划到最终写作的全流程指导。适用于需要撰写独立文献综述论文或学术论文中文献综述部分的用户。
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brycewang-stanford lit-review
Summarize academic papers, extract key findings, and identify research gaps
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brycewang-stanford idea-creator
Generate and rank research ideas given a broad direction. Use when user says "找idea", "brainstorm ideas", "generate research ideas", "what can we work on", or wants to explore a research area for publishable directions.
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brycewang-stanford research-lit
Search and analyze research papers, find related work, summarize key ideas. Use when user says "find papers", "related work", "literature review", "what does this paper say", or needs to understand academic papers.
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brycewang-stanford novelty-check
Verify research idea novelty against recent literature. Use when user says "查新", "novelty check", "有没有人做过", "check novelty", or wants to verify a research idea is novel before implementing.
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brycewang-stanford grant-proposal
Draft a structured grant proposal from research ideas and literature. Supports KAKENHI (Japan), NSF (US), NSFC (China, including 面上/青年/优青/杰青/海外优青/重点), ERC (EU), DFG (Germany), SNSF (Switzerland), ARC (Australia), NWO (Netherlands), and generic formats. Use when user says "write grant", "grant proposal", "申請書", "write KAKENHI", "科研費", "基金申请", "写基金", "NSF proposal", or wants to turn research ideas into a funding application.
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brycewang-stanford comm-lit-review-claude-single
Communications-domain literature review with Claude-style knowledge-base-first retrieval. Use when the task is about communications, wireless, networking, satellite/NTN, Wi-Fi, cellular, transport protocols, congestion control, routing, scheduling, MAC/PHY, rate adaptation, channel estimation, beamforming, or communication-system research and the user wants papers, related work, a survey, or a landscape summary. Search Zotero, Obsidian, and local paper folders first when available, then search IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, ACM Digital Library, and broader web in that order.
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brycewang-stanford brainstorm
Use when starting a new research project, exploring a research idea, deciding whether a question is viable, or before touching code or data for a new paper. Runs a research-focused brainstorm that clarifies research question, identification strategy, data feasibility, and contribution before any implementation.
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brycewang-stanford write-plan
Use when a research design spec exists and the user is ready to translate it into a concrete implementation plan with phased tasks, artifacts, and verification criteria. Produces a research execution plan organized in canonical research phases — collection, preparation, analysis, robustness, writing, submission.
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brycewang-stanford semantic-scholar
Search published venue papers (IEEE, ACM, Springer, etc.) via Semantic Scholar API. Complements /arxiv (preprints) with citation counts, venue metadata, and TLDR. Use when user says "search semantic scholar", "find IEEE papers", "find journal papers", "venue papers", "citation search", or wants published literature beyond arXiv preprints.
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brycewang-stanford research-proposal
Generate academic research proposals for PhD applications. Use when user asks to "write a research proposal", "create PhD proposal", "generate research plan", "撰写研究计划", "写博士申请", "doctoral proposal", or mentions specific research topics for PhD application. Supports STEM, humanities, and social sciences with field-specific adaptations. Follows Nature Reviews-style academic writing conventions. Supports both English and Chinese output based on user preference.
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brycewang-stanford lfg
Full autonomous research workflow — brainstorm, plan, implement, review, and document
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brycewang-stanford execute-plan
Use when a research implementation plan exists in docs/superpapers/plans/ and the user is ready to execute it — collecting data, running analysis, producing outputs, writing the paper. Orchestrates task execution with replication-driven verification and two-stage review at phase boundaries.
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brycewang-stanford econfin-proposal
金融经济学实证论文计划书生成器。根据用户提供的研究方向，生成包含标题、假说、数据来源、实证策略、 预期结果表格、稳健性检验、异质性分析、机制检验等12个完整模块的研究计划书。 内置中国微观/宏观数据库（皮皮侠1599个数据集、马克数据377个数据集）和WRDS国际数据库索引， 自动匹配可用数据源。融合Edmans (2024) "Learnings From 1000 Rejections"的编辑视角作为质量护栏， 确保选题具有真正的边际贡献而非"just another determinant of Y"。 当用户提到以下任何情境时触发：写研究计划书、research proposal、论文开题、选题+计划、 帮我设计一个实证研究、empirical research design、我想研究X对Y的影响怎么做、 帮我找个能发表的选题、generate proposal、写一个可以投稿的研究方案、 研究设计、identification strategy、DID/RDD/IV研究设计。 即使用户只是描述了一个经济金融现象并想知道"能不能做成论文"，也应考虑使用此技能。
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brycewang-stanford getting-started-with-research-superpowers
Introduction to literature search & review skills - systematic paper finding, screening, extraction, and citation traversal
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brycewang-stanford unpaywall-api
Find free legal full-text versions of scholarly articles via Unpaywall
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brycewang-stanford newproject
Scaffold a new research project with standard directory structure, CLAUDE.md template, and documented README. Use this at the start of every new project to ensure consistent organization.
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sickn33 astropy
Astropy is the core Python package for astronomy, providing essential functionality for astronomical research and data analysis.
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antigravity idea-os
Transforms a raw product idea into four planning files: clarifying questions, deep research, a PRD with non-goals and metrics, and a phased execution plan with kill criteria.
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antigravity ii-commons
Retrieve deterministic search results, metadata, and full-document Markdown from arXiv, PubMed/PMC, and US policy corpora with daily freshness checks.
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antigravity notebooklm
Query Google NotebookLM notebooks using Gemini's source-grounded answers. Automates browser-based authentication, notebook management, and question-answering workflows.
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github commit-message-storyteller
Transforms git diffs and change descriptions into narrative commit messages that explain why a change was made, following Conventional Commits format.
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trailofbits crypto-protocol-diagram
Extracts protocol message flow from source code, RFCs, academic papers, pseudocode, or formal models (ProVerif/Tamarin) and generates Mermaid sequence diagrams with cryptographic annotations.
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orchestra-research ml-paper-writing
Draft publication-ready ML/AI papers for top conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM) by exploring research repositories, structuring arguments, verifying citations via APIs, and formatting submissions.
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orchestra-research creative-thinking-for-research
Applies cognitive science frameworks for creative thinking to CS and AI research ideation, using combinatorial creativity, analogical reasoning, constraint manipulation, and other empirically grounded strategies.
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owl-listener user-persona
Create refined user personas from research data with demographics, goals, frustrations, and behavioral patterns for product and UX design decisions.
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owl-listener summarize-interview
Transform user interview transcripts into structured, actionable insights with key themes, quotes, and action items.
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tradermonty vcp-screener
Screen S&P 500 stocks for Mark Minervini's Volatility Contraction Pattern (VCP) and detect historical VCPs in a single ticker's price path.
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tradermonty institutional-flow-tracker
Tracks institutional investor ownership changes and portfolio flows using 13F filings data to identify stocks with significant smart money accumulation or distribution.
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antigravity go-in-depth
Fans out web searches, fetches sources, adversarially verifies claims, and synthesizes a cited research report.
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agricidaniel ads-research
Refreshes paid media research by auditing platform claims, API policies, and evidence against primary sources, demoting stale or unsupported assertions.
agricidaniel ads-competitor
Researches competitor paid-ad presence, messaging, creative, formats, landing pages, and strategic gaps using official transparency libraries and public sources.
dontbesilent2025 dbs-spread
Analyzes why a piece of content resonates with audiences using five classic communication theories, identifies the emotional core and effective stance, and outputs discussion directions for a chatroom.
dontbesilent2025 dbs-chatroom
Simulates multi-expert panel discussions by recommending or accepting specified experts, generating parallel dialogues, and providing a judge summary for each round.
dontbesilent2025 dbs-diagnosis
Diagnoses business models using dontbesilent's ontological framework, offering consultation mode to dissolve problems and checkup mode to analyze business structures.
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 go-in-depth, crypto-protocol-diagram, vcp-screener. 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.