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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beita6969 Bundle Research LiteratureCOPYRIGHT NOTICE
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gabrielmoreira Bundle Build Evidence MapBuild an auditable evidence map for a contested technical choice, research synthesis, proposal review, or consequential decision. Use when Copilot must preserve supporting, contradicting, qualifying, and missing evidence with exact source regions instead of collapsing disagreement into prose.
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kayforkind Skill Browser AutomationWrites Playwright (preferred) or Puppeteer browser tests and scripts: user-facing locators, auto-wait, storageState auth, traces on failure. Use when the user mentions Playwright, Puppeteer, E2E, page.getByRole, locators, or headless Chromium tests. Not for Java Playwright POM (playwright-java), owned CDP Chrome research sessions (chrome-browser-automation), or Hermes SPA scrape-when-fetch-fails (web-scraping-browser). Never CAPTCHA-bypass or anti-bot evasion.
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nyldn Bundle Skill Knowledge WorkSwitch to Knowledge Work mode for research and writing — use when task is non-code focused
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rlaope Skill Omh Autoresearch Goal[omh] Hermes adaptation for durable research-goal execution. Use when the user says: autoresearch-goal, research goal, durable research, critic research.
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rlaope Skill Omh Codegraph Refresh[omh] Hermes Codegraph Refresh workflow: refresh local code intelligence, summarize repo structure, and prepare task-scoped codegraph handoff context without overclaiming execution. Use when the user says: codegraph-refresh, codegraph refresh, refresh codegraph, update codegraph, codegraph stale, stale codegraph, codegraph handoff, codegraph summary.
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travisjneuman Skill Statistics VerifierVerify statistics from raw data with methodology checking, significance testing, claim validation, and bias detection. Use when fact-checking statistical claims, validating research findings, or auditing data analysis.
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varnan-tech Bundle Explain This PrTakes a GitHub PR URL or the current branch and writes a plain-English explanation of what it does and why, then posts it as a PR comment. Use when asked to explain a PR, summarize a pull request, write a plain-English description of a PR, add a summary comment to a PR, or understand what a PR changes. Trigger when a user says "explain this PR", "summarize this pull request", "what does this PR do", "add a comment explaining the PR", or shares a GitHub PR URL and asks what it does.
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wentorai Skill Cnki Journal IndexQuery journal indexing/inclusion status on CNKI - check which databases include a journal (北大核心, CSSCI, CSCD, SCI, EI, etc.), get impact factors and evaluation data. Use when user asks about a journal's level, indexing, or ranking.
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wentorai Skill Cnki Parse ResultsParse current CNKI search results page into structured paper data (title, authors, journal, date, citations). Use after a search has been performed and you need to extract the results.
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xuzhougeng Bundle Literature ReviewRetrieve, verify, and synthesize scientific literature. Use for seminal-paper lookups, evidence summaries, method comparisons, and gap analyses. Every citation must come from a live lookup, never from memory; retractions are checked; the deliverable is argued prose with resolvable DOI links.
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gabrielmoreira Bundle AnndataData structure for annotated matrices in single-cell analysis. Use when working with .h5ad files or integrating with the scverse ecosystem. This is the data format skill—for analysis workflows use scanpy; for probabilistic models use scvi-tools; for population-scale queries use cellxgene-census.
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simstudioai Bundle Validate ConnectorValidate an existing knowledge base connector against its service's API docs
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tobihagemann Skill Fetch Pr CommentsFetch and summarize review feedback and conversation from a GitHub PR (unresolved review threads, review bodies, and PR conversation comments) without making changes. Use when the user asks to "fetch PR comments", "show PR comments", "check PR for unresolved comments", "list review comments", "what comments are on the PR", "show unresolved threads", or "summarize PR feedback".
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wentorai Skill Cnki Journal SearchSearch for journals/publications on CNKI by name, ISSN, CN, or sponsor. Use when the user wants to find a specific journal or browse publications.
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wentorai Skill Cnki Navigate PagesNavigate CNKI search result pages (next/previous/specific page) or change sort order. Use when user wants to see more results or change sorting.
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wentorai Skill Multi Search EngineIntegration of 17 search engines for web crawling without API keys. Includes 8 domestic (Baidu, Bing CN, 360, Sogou, WeChat, Toutiao, Jisilu) and 9 international engines (Google, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Startpage, Brave, Ecosia, Qwant, WolframAlpha).
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wu-yc Skill Biomedical SearchComplete biomedical information search combining PubMed, preprints, clinical trials, and FDA drug labels. Powered by Valyu semantic search.
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wu-yc Skill Hand Tracking ToolkitFacebook Research Hand Tracking Challenge Toolkit - evaluation and visualization tools for 3D hand tracking. Supports loading HOT3D data, computing metrics (PA-MPJPE, AUC, etc.), visualizing 3D pose projections, and generating tracking evaluation reports. Essential for benchmarking hand tracking algorithms.
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xuzhougeng Bundle Indication DossierBuild a sourced research dossier for one therapeutic indication — patient population, epidemiology, disease biology, standard of care, regulatory path, and landmark trials. Use when the user asks for an indication overview, disease landscape, or trial-design background.
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ar9av Skill Copilot History IngestIngest GitHub Copilot CLI session history into an Obsidian wiki as distilled knowledge pages. Use this skill when the user wants to capture their Copilot CLI sessions into a personal wiki — extracting architecture decisions, debug notes, and patterns into searchable Obsidian pages. Triggers on phrases like "ingest my copilot sessions into obsidian", "add my copilot history to my wiki", "pull my copilot session history into the vault", "capture what I've learned from copilot into obsidian", "just the new sessions since last time", or "mine patterns across my copilot sessions". Also triggers when the user mentions session-store.db, ~/.copilot/session-state, or VS Code copilot-chat transcripts in the context of building a wiki or knowledge base. Does NOT trigger for general copilot usage questions, searching sessions, or backing up history.
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beita6969 Skill Scienceclaw RetrievalRetrieve scientific information from databases, literature, and knowledge bases. Use when: (1) finding relevant papers, (2) querying scientific databases, (3) cross-referencing findings, (4) building bibliographies, (5) systematic literature search. NOT for: answering questions (use scienceclaw-qa), summarizing (use scienceclaw-summarization), or data analysis (use code-execution skill).
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galaxy-dawn Bundle Expression SkillThis skill should be used when the user asks for efficient communication, task reports, file-operation summaries, research discussion, study-note synthesis, planning, writing feedback, or responses that need conclusion-first structure, concrete evidence, risk disclosure, and useful next steps.
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gabrielmoreira Bundle ArboretoInfer gene regulatory networks (GRNs) from gene expression data using scalable algorithms (GRNBoost2, GENIE3). Use when analyzing transcriptomics data (bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq) to identify transcription factor-target gene relationships and regulatory interactions. Supports distributed computation for large-scale datasets.
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kayforkind Skill Discover Journey MapProduces a research-grounded customer journey map: stages, touchpoints, emotional curve, pain points, moments of truth, and opportunity annotations, optionally as mermaid. Use when synthesizing a linear or cyclical journey for a named persona and goal. Not for inventing emotions without labeling them hypothetical; do not use as a substitute for interview synthesis or a service blueprint.
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kayforkind Skill Web Scraping BrowserScrapes JS-rendered pages with Hermes browser_* + CDP: navigate, snapshot, interact, extract JSON from the live DOM after static fetch fails. Use when a SPA, login wall, infinite scroll, or click-to-reveal hides data from HTTP fetch. Not for Playwright E2E suites (browser-automation), owned-Chrome research/screenshots (chrome-browser-automation), or CAPTCHA/anti-bot bypass.
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microsoft Skill Rpi ResearchResearch-only RPI playbook that gathers task evidence, writes dated research artifacts under .copilot-tracking/research/, and hands off planning-ready findings. Use when the user needs evidence, alternatives, or task framing first.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Email TriageTriage a Gmail inbox down to only what needs you. Use when asked to triage email, clear an inbox, find what needs a reply, or summarise recent mail. Produces a prioritised list of items needing action — replies, decisions, follow-ups — for a configurable window (default last 8 hours), filtering out receipts, notifications, and newsletters.
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gabrielmoreira Skill ProveFormal theorem proving with research, testing, and verification phases
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rlaope Skill Omh Research Department[omh] Research operations department - coordinate Scout, Analyst, and Briefer work with source-inbox and status boundaries; for one decision brief use research-brief, and for typed candidates before research starts use source-finder. Use when the user says: research-department, research department, research ops department, research operations department, scout analyst briefer, scout analyst brief, daily research department, competitor research department.
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silverstein Skill Minutes GraphPolicy-safe relationship rankings, commitments, aliases, person profiles, and topic research. Always use Minutes' bounded native CLI surfaces; never build or read a durable graph cache.
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techygarg Bundle Knowledge Priming RefinerFacilitate a structured conversation to create a project-specific knowledge base document. Produces a knowledge-base.md that primes AI with the project's tech stack, architecture, trusted sources, and project structure. Use when the user says 'set up knowledge base', 'prime the project', 'onboard AI', 'create knowledge base', 'set up project context', or 'configure AI context'.
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wentorai Skill Cnki Advanced SearchPerform advanced search on CNKI with field filters like author, title, journal, date range, source category (SCI/EI/CSSCI/北大核心). Use when user needs precise filtered search beyond simple keywords.
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wentorai Bundle Sci Papers DownloderSearch academic papers (OpenAlex no-key by default, or Scopus with a built-in key) and download full-text PDFs concurrently — OA direct link → Unpaywall → Sci-Hub fallback (on by default). Quantity-aware and latest-aware.
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wentorai Skill Traversing CitationsBackward (references) and forward (citing papers) traversal via OpenAlex, with relevance filtering and deduplication
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wu-yc Skill Tooluniverse MetabolomicsComprehensive metabolomics research skill for identifying metabolites, analyzing studies, and searching metabolomics databases. Integrates HMDB (220k+ metabolites), MetaboLights, Metabolomics Workbench, and PubChem. Use when asked to identify or annotate metabolites (HMDB IDs, chemical properties, pathways), retrieve metabolomics study information from MetaboLights (MTBLS*) or Metabolomics Workbench (ST*), search for studies by keywords or disease, or generate comprehensive metabolomics research reports.
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 biomedical-search, copilot-history-ingest, research-literature. 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.