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.
-
majiayu000 Bundle Ln 220 Story Coordinator 4Creates, replans, or appends 5-10 Stories per Epic with standards research and multi-epic routing. Use when Epic needs Story decomposition.
567 -
majiayu000 Bundle Ln 230 Story Prioritizer 3RICE-scores Stories with market research and generates prioritization table. Use when Stories need business priority ranking for sprint planning.
567 -
majiayu000 Bundle Writing Requirements Documents 2Use when creating requirements documents or PRDs - ensures Obsidian block anchors, wiki links for traceability, and citation-manager validation for link integrity
567 -
majiayu000 Bundle Ln 220 Story Coordinator 5Creates, replans, or appends 5-10 Stories per Epic with standards research and multi-epic routing. Use when Epic needs Story decomposition.
567 -
majiayu000 Bundle Ln 640 Pattern Evolution Auditor 5Use when auditing architectural patterns through the evaluation platform with mandatory best-practice research, coordinated pattern workers, and structured summaries.
567 -
majiayu000 Bundle Ln 650 Persistence Performance Auditor 6Use when auditing persistence and runtime performance through the evaluation platform with mandatory research, coordinated data-layer workers, and structured summaries.
567 -
lingxling Bundle Planning With FilesImplements Manus-style file-based planning to organize and track progress on complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when asked to plan out, break down, or organize a multi-step project, research task, or any work requiring >5 tool calls. Supports automatic session recovery after /clear.
253 -
joshuashepherd Skill Movement Leader Themes 2Derive a movement leader's core themes from their own book corpus and research, then author the canonical theme docs in `docs/themes/` — a `CORE_THEMES.md` taxonomy (which themes earn pathway status, and why) plus one deep-dive `{slug}.md` per theme (12-section pathway content, grounded and cited). Run inside a leader's website repo against `docs/books/`, `docs/movement_leader_research/`, and any other content. Use when standing up or refreshing the theme system for a movement leader. Self-contained; reference implementation is the brad-brisco repo.
1 -
micsapp Bundle Planning With Files 2Implements Manus-style file-based planning to organize and track progress on complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when asked to plan out, break down, or organize a multi-step project, research task, or any work requiring >5 tool calls. Supports automatic session recovery after /clear.
3 -
micsapp Skill Yt ResearchResearch competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for your content strategy. Use this skill whenever the user says "research channels", "analyze competitors", "find trending topics", "niche analysis", "competitive research", "what are other creators doing", "scrape YouTube channels", or wants to understand the competitive landscape for a specific tool or topic area. Use when working with yt research. Trigger with 'yt', 'research'.
3 -
micsapp Skill Meeting Prep 2Prepare briefings for today's meetings — attendee research, email history, past meeting notes, LinkedIn, and company context. Use when running the daily meeting prep cron, or when user asks to prepare for meetings, review who they're meeting with, or get context on upcoming calls.
3 -
kursku Skill Tavily WebWeb search, content extraction, crawling, and research capabilities using Tavily API
55 -
kursku Skill Wellally TechIntegrate digital health data sources (Apple Health, Fitbit, Oura Ring) and connect to WellAlly.tech knowledge base. Import external health device data, standardize to local format, and recommend relevant WellAlly.tech knowledge base articles based on health data. Support...
55 -
kursku Skill Pubmed DatabaseDirect REST API access to PubMed. Advanced Boolean/MeSH queries, E-utilities API, batch processing, citation management. For Python workflows, prefer biopython (Bio.Entrez). Use this for direct HTTP/REST work or custom API implementations.
55 -
kursku Skill Scientific WritingCore skill for the deep research and writing tool. Write scientific manuscripts in full paragraphs (never bullet points). Use two-stage process with (1) section outlines with key points using research-lookup then (2) convert to flowing prose. IMRAD...
55 -
kursku Skill Citation ManagementComprehensive citation management for academic research. Search Google Scholar and PubMed for papers, extract accurate metadata, validate citations, and generate properly formatted BibTeX entries. This skill should be used when you need to find papers, verify citation...
55 -
kursku Bundle Planning With FilesImplements Manus-style file-based planning for complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requirin...
55 -
kursku Bundle Apify Market ResearchAnalyze market conditions, geographic opportunities, pricing, consumer behavior, and product validation across Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram, Booking.com, and TripAdvisor.
55 -
kursku Bundle Comprehensive Review Pr EnhanceGenerate structured PR descriptions from diffs, add review checklists, risk assessments, and test coverage summaries. Use when the user says "write a PR description", "improve this PR", "summarize my changes", "PR review", "pull request", or asks to document a diff for reviewers.
55 -
mit-network Bundle Xvary Stock ResearchThesis-driven equity analysis from public SEC EDGAR and market data; /analyze, /score, /compare workflows with bundled Python tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex).
2 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Fda DatabaseQuery openFDA API for drugs, devices, adverse events, recalls, regulatory submissions (510k, PMA), substance identification (UNII), for FDA regulatory data analysis and safety research.
5 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Brenda DatabaseAccess BRENDA enzyme database via SOAP API. Retrieve kinetic parameters (Km, kcat), reaction equations, organism data, and substrate-specific enzyme information for biochemical research and metabolic pathway analysis.
5 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Cosmic DatabaseAccess COSMIC cancer mutation database. Query somatic mutations, Cancer Gene Census, mutational signatures, gene fusions, for cancer research and precision oncology. Requires authentication.
5 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Biorxiv DatabaseEfficient database search tool for bioRxiv preprint server. Use this skill when searching for life sciences preprints by keywords, authors, date ranges, or categories, retrieving paper metadata, downloading PDFs, or conducting literature reviews.
5 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Ensembl DatabaseQuery Ensembl genome database REST API for 250+ species. Gene lookups, sequence retrieval, variant analysis, comparative genomics, orthologs, VEP predictions, for genomic research.
5 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Openalex DatabaseQuery and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database. This skill should be used when searching for academic papers, analyzing research trends, finding works by authors or institutions, tracking citations, discovering open access publications, or conducting bibliometric analysis across 240M+ scholarly works. Use for literature searches, research output analysis, citation analysis, and academic database queries.
5 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Statistical AnalysisStatistical analysis toolkit. Hypothesis tests (t-test, ANOVA, chi-square), regression, correlation, Bayesian stats, power analysis, assumption checks, APA reporting, for academic research.
5 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Clinicaltrials DatabaseQuery ClinicalTrials.gov via API v2. Search trials by condition, drug, location, status, or phase. Retrieve trial details by NCT ID, export data, for clinical research and patient matching.
5 -
chen-yu-hao Bundle Scientific BrainstormingResearch ideation partner. Generate hypotheses, explore interdisciplinary connections, challenge assumptions, develop methodologies, identify research gaps, for creative scientific problem-solving.
5 -
concertonotes Skill Deepscan MonitorRun and monitor PapersFlow DeepScan jobs. Use when the user wants long-running research progress, intermediate findings, final reports, or plotting from a completed run.
0 -
concertonotes Skill Citation VerifierVerify, normalize, and enrich a single citation or paper identifier. Use when the user pastes a DOI, URL, arXiv ID, PubMed ID, citation string, or paper title and wants it checked.
0 -
concertonotes Skill Comparative SynthesisCompare and synthesize findings across multiple completed DeepScan reports. Use when the user wants cross-run analysis, trend comparison, or a unified summary from several research sessions.
0 -
concertonotes Bundle Chunking 2Use this skill whenever the user must hold a sequence of items in working memory — phone numbers, OTP codes, account IDs, address strings, multi-step instructions, long forms, navigation menus with many items. Trigger when designing OTP / verification UIs, formatting numeric strings, breaking long forms into sections, grouping nav items, or reviewing surfaces that "have too many things at once." Chunking is one of the foundational principles in 'Universal Principles of Design' (Lidwell, Holden, Butler 2003), grounded in Miller's classic working-memory research.
0 -
livelybug Bundle Deep ResearchMulti-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.
0 -
livelybug Skill Ito Market IntelligenceResearch prediction-market events, venues, underliers, liquidity, and news context for Itô basket workflows. Use for read-only market intelligence, API-gated Itô exploration, and source-grounded prediction-market briefings without investment advice or live trading.
0 -
livelybug Skill Prediction Market Oracle ResearchResearch prediction markets as data sources or oracle signals for products, agents, dashboards, and corporate decision intelligence. Use for source-grounded analysis of market-implied probabilities, caveats, and integration patterns without investment advice.
0
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 deepscan-monitor, citation-verifier, comparative-synthesis. 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.