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
kkkkhazix hv-analysis
Produces a deep research report on a product, company, concept, or person using the Horizontal-Vertical Analysis method, combining a longitudinal narrative with a cross-sectional competitive comparison, and outputs a beautifully formatted PDF.
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kingjing1 podcast-transcript-txt
Finds and exports podcast episode transcripts as cleaned TXT files from YouTube URLs, episode webpages, Apple Podcasts, X/Twitter links, direct audio URLs, or plain titles, with a deterministic decision tree and optional local ASR fallback.
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klotzkette zeitleiste
Rekonstruiert den zeitlichen Ablauf eines Datenschutzvorfalls für die DSGVO-Meldung, prüft Fristen, Form, Zuständigkeit und Rechtsweg und liefert eine Fristen- und Risikoampel mit Sofortmaßnahmen.
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klotzkette waerme-quartier
Prüft Fristen, Form, Zuständigkeit, Rechtsweg und Sofortmaßnahmen im Energierecht für Wärme, Quartier und Fernwärme; liefert eine Fristen- und Risikoampel mit Sofortschritten.
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majiayu000 books
Search and retrieve book details, author information, and bibliographies via the Open Library API from the command line.
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tinh2 docs-grill
Interrogates a plan against real third-party documentation, extracting hard constraints and asking doc-cited questions before producing a constraints appendix.
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dvcrn svm
Explains Solana's architecture and protocol internals, covering the SVM execution engine, account model, consensus, transactions, validator economics, data layer, development tooling, and token extensions using Helius blog posts, SIMDs, and Agave/Firedancer source code.
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lingxling adaptyv
Submit protein sequences to the Adaptyv Bio Foundry for experimental characterization (binding, thermostability, expression, fluorescence) and retrieve results using the REST API or Python SDK.
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lingxling denario
Automates scientific research workflows from data analysis to publication, orchestrating multiple agents for hypothesis generation, methodology development, computational experiments, and LaTeX paper writing.
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martc03 gov-contracts
Search SAM.gov for contract opportunities and registered entities, and query USASpending.gov for federal award data.
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martc03 gov-public-health
Queries CDC open data and WHO Global Health Observatory indicators for public health intelligence, covering disease surveillance, vaccinations, and mortality.
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martc03 gov-competitive-intel
Gather competitive intelligence on companies by searching SEC filings, recent news, federal contracts, and comprehensive profiles through an MCP server.
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drnabeelkhan competitor-watch-track-a-competitor-ping-on-real-moves
Tracks a named competitor's launches, pricing changes, and positioning shifts, and alerts only on significant moves with source-backed analysis.
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sakamoto-family-smile search-first
Guides a research-before-coding workflow, searching existing tools, libraries, and patterns before writing custom code, with decision matrices and integration with agent workflows.
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lord1egypt msx
Scouts market opportunities, identifies gaps, and surfaces recent demand signals with evidence and next actions via the MSX API.
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kbarbel640-del orf-digest
Fetches and summarizes the latest ORF news in German, focusing on Austrian and international politics, and generates a themed studio image.
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kbarbel640-del second-brain
Builds a personal knowledge base for capturing and retrieving understanding, with structured namespaces for concepts, tools, patterns, and references.
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scoheart perplexity-search
Performs AI-powered web searches with real-time information using Perplexity models via LiteLLM and OpenRouter, providing grounded answers with source citations.
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scoheart firecrawl-search
Searches the web and optionally extracts full page content, returning results as JSON files.
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joshuashepherd tam-headshot-source
Acquires a single verified headshot per named leader from official sources, with identity checks and a provenance manifest, avoiding bulk scraping.
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luokai0 driftabot
Queries the DriftaBot Registry to check for API spec drifts, breaking changes, and provider information across 59+ API providers.
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luokai0 cvs-health
Provides a concise overview of CVS Health's history, business model, competitive moat, and key metrics.
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jorcan lex
Provides verified official legal references for business formation, labor, and privacy across the USA, Canada, and all 27 EU member states, with links to government portals and gazettes.
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gabrielmoreira happy-figure-skill
Generates copyable scientific figure prompts from research documents, papers, and reference images for AI illustration models.
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gabrielmoreira surf
Access 83 unified crypto data endpoints covering CEX/DEX markets, on-chain SQL across 80+ blockchain tables, wallet labels, prediction markets, social intelligence, news, and DeFi metrics via a local HTTP API with per-call billing.
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gabrielmoreira gwas-lookup
Queries 9 genomic databases in parallel for a given rsID, returning unified GWAS, PheWAS, eQTL, and fine-mapping reports.
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gabrielmoreira proteomics-de
Performs differential expression analysis on label-free quantitative (LFQ) proteomics data from MaxQuant and DIA-NN outputs, including preprocessing, imputation, statistical testing, and visualization.
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samyakjhaveri researcher
Conducts multi-source web research on any topic, cross-referencing claims and delivering a structured report with sources and recommendations.
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samyakjhaveri experiment
Orchestrates structured experiments end-to-end: initialize, plan, run, and evolve with reproducibility tracking and hypothesis validation.
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samyakjhaveri citation-audit
Verifies every bibliographic entry in a paper for existence, metadata accuracy, and contextual support using web/DBLP/arXiv lookups, flagging hallucinated authors, wrong years, fabricated venues, and misattributed citations.
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samyakjhaveri hypothesis-tree
Manages a persistent hypothesis tree in markdown, tracking falsifiable claims with linked evidence, timestamps, and next experiments for multi-step research investigations.
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samyakjhaveri paper-claim-audit
Verifies that every number, comparison, and scope claim in a research paper matches raw result files, using a fresh cross-model reviewer with no prior context to prevent confirmation bias.
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neuralblitz biomedical
Explains biomedical concepts, vital signs, biological signals, medical device classifications, and healthcare data standards for technical teams.
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auto-skiller resolve-knowledge-gaps
Identifies and prioritizes knowledge gaps, then systematically consults workspace files, past conversations, documentation, and web search to fill them with citable, confidence-rated answers.
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auto-skiller autobrowse
Builds reliable browser automation skills by iteratively running a browsing task, reading the trace, and improving the navigation strategy until it passes consistently.
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mhassan0000 search-first
Guides the agent to research existing tools, libraries, and patterns before writing custom code, using parallel searches across package registries, MCP servers, skills, and GitHub, then evaluating and deciding to adopt, extend, or build.
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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 hv-analysis, proteomics-de, books. 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.