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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jamditis Bundle Okf WikiBuilds an Open Knowledge Format (OKF) knowledge base from existing docs, notes, or a repo. Use to scaffold an OKF wiki.
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jamditis Bundle Interview PrepInterview preparation and recording-consent law. Use for research, question frameworks, one-party or all-party consent rules.
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jamditis Bundle Web ArchivingWeb archiving and retrieval via Wayback Machine and Archive.today. Use to preserve content, reach dead pages, or save evidence.
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jamditis Bundle Content AccessLegal methods for paywalled and geo-blocked content. Use for paywalls, academic papers, or open access via Unpaywall.
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jamditis Bundle Digital ArchiveDigital archiving with AI enrichment and entity extraction. Use when building content archives or knowledge graphs.
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jamditis Bundle Page MonitoringWeb page change detection, availability tracking, and RSS feed generation. Use to monitor changes, downtime, or make a feed.
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jamditis Bundle Free Apis CatalogCurated free APIs with verified free-tier limits. Use when suggesting APIs or finding free weather, news, finance, or sports data.
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spencerpauly Skill Saving Workspace ContextAutomatically persist useful context — research, decisions, learnings, templates — to workspace files so knowledge survives across conversations.
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octagonai Bundle Sec Risk FactorsExtract and summarize risk factors from SEC filings using Octagon MCP. Use when analyzing Item 1A risk disclosures, categorizing business risks, identifying new or material risks, and comparing risk profiles across companies or time periods.
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octagonai Bundle Earnings Analyst MasterComprehensive earnings call analyst skill that orchestrates all Octagon earnings analysis skills. Use when analyzing earnings calls, extracting management insights, tracking guidance, and creating earnings-focused research reports.
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octagonai Bundle Financial Analyst MasterComprehensive equity research analyst skill that orchestrates all Octagon financial analysis skills. Use when conducting full company analysis, writing initiation of coverage reports, performing due diligence, or creating investment recommendations with quantitative support.
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octagonai Bundle Prediction Markets AnalysisGenerate deep research reports on prediction market events using the Octagon Prediction Markets Agent. Combines real-time Kalshi market data with AI-driven analysis to surface price drivers, compare market vs. model probabilities, and identify potential mispricings across 120+ active markets.
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product-on-purpose Bundle Develop Spike SummaryDocuments the results of a completed technical or design spike, capturing the original question, approach, evidence-backed findings, and a clear proceed-or-not recommendation so the team does not re-litigate the exploration. Use once a time-boxed investigation has concluded. For the architecture decision the spike informs, use develop-adr instead; for research-based exploration, use discover-interview-synthesis.
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product-on-purpose Bundle Discover Interview SynthesisSynthesizes user research interviews into actionable insights, patterns, and recommendations. Use after conducting user interviews, customer calls, or usability sessions to extract and communicate findings across participants. Distinct from foundation-meeting-recap, which summarizes one internal meeting for its attendees; this skill aggregates research conversations into evidence-backed findings.
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product-on-purpose Bundle Define Prioritization FrameworkRun applicable prioritization frameworks (RICE, ICE, MoSCoW, Weighted Scoring, Kano) against a list of features or initiatives. Produces a comparison table showing where rankings agree and diverge across frameworks, and an executive summary with recommendation. Framework applicability is filtered by data availability; Kano requires customer research. Refuses to fabricate scores; produces an estimation scaffold when input data is missing.
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cdeistopened Skill Deep ResearchRun Gemini Deep Research from Claude Code. Optimizes prompts for depth and structure, then executes multi-step research via the Interactions API. Use when you need in-depth analysis, competitive landscaping, literature reviews, market research, or any question requiring real-time web research across many sources.
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cdeistopened Skill Amazon Category ResearchResearch profitable Amazon KDP categories for book publishing. Use when planning a book launch, analyzing competition, or optimizing category selection for discoverability.
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scientiacapital Bundle ResearchMarket intelligence, competitive analysis, technical evaluations, and technology decisions. Use when researching companies, analyzing competitors, evaluating frameworks, or making tech stack decisions.
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vm0-ai Skill Deep DiveStructured research and solution design workflow. Use when user mentions "deep dive", "deep research", "deep innovate", "research this", "investigate", "analyze the codebase", "solution design", "approach comparison", "technical research", "方案选型", "调研", or asks to explore options before implementing.
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vm0-ai Skill Kb AuthoringWrite or update knowledge base articles, FAQs, troubleshooting guides, and known-issue docs.
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vm0-ai Skill Customer IntelResearch customer context across docs, tickets, CRM, email, and web sources with cited confidence.
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vm0-ai Skill Legal BriefingPrepare legal meeting briefs with context, talking points, participant research, and follow-up actions.
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vm0-ai Skill Research SynthesisSynthesize user research into insights, personas, opportunities, themes, and prioritized actions.
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social-media-skills Bundle Audience ResearchUse to develop a deep, usable understanding of who a brand creates content for — sharp enough that every content skill resonates with them specifically. Run when the user says "who's my audience," "audience research," "target audience," "build a persona," "customer profile," "ideal customer profile" / "ICP," "who am I talking to," "understand my followers," or before content work that needs more audience depth than the brand-profile sketch. Reads brand-profile first and goes deeper: jobs-to-be-done, pains, objections, and the audience's ACTUAL language (voice-of-customer), grounded in real sources where possible — never demographic theater. Produces an audience.md that content-pillars, batch-content-plan, and the content skills read. Works for any business.
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social-media-skills Bundle Educational Content And How ToThe teach-to-grow content type -- pick a genuinely useful topic, teach ONE thing completely, structure it as a clear lesson, keep it accurate, and route it to the right format. Use when someone wants to teach their audience, make a how-to / tutorial / step-by-step / explainer / myth-buster, build authority content, or earn saves. Uses the TEACH framework. Reads brand-profile + audience-research + content-pillars first. Feeds the format writers (carousel-writer, reels-script, tiktok-script, thread-writer, caption-writer), hook-writer, the design/image tools, and lead-magnets/social-selling-and-dm; WoopSocial publishes + schedules the series. Accuracy is non-negotiable: cite sources, stay within real expertise, YMYL care, never fabricate steps or stats; measure saves/sends, not likes. Distinct from carousel-writer (the format it pairs with), reels-script/tiktok-script/thread-writer (other formats), storytelling-and-narrative (narrative vs didactic), and content-pillars (which topics).
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louisblythe Skill Prospect Research IntegrationWhen the user wants to build or improve a sales bot's ability to enrich prospect data from multiple sources. Also use when the user mentions "prospect research," "data enrichment," "lead enrichment," "prospect intelligence," or "contact enrichment."
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louisblythe Skill Competitive Intelligence GatheringWhen the user wants to build or improve a sales bot's ability to extract market insights from prospect conversations. Also use when the user mentions "competitive intelligence," "market insights," "competitor intel," "market research," or "conversation mining."
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nomadamas Bundle Naver Blog ResearchSearch Naver blogs, read full post content, and download images using only python3 stdlib — no API key required.
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nomadamas Bundle Keris Academic SearchUse when the user asks to search Korean theses, academic articles, research reports, journals, or university-library catalog metadata through KERIS RISS. 돌쇠에서는 공식 표면을 통한 후속 액션까지 진행한다.
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existential-birds Bundle Resolve BeagleUse as the follow-up to brainstorm-beagle when a spec has an Open Questions section (or quietly carries latent gaps) that need closing before planning or implementation can begin. Triggers on: "resolve the open questions", "close the gaps in this spec", "research the open items", "finalize my spec", "make this spec implementation-ready", "answer the TBDs". Also triggers whenever the user points at a brainstorm-beagle spec and asks for research, proposals, or answers to unresolved items. Orchestrates parallel research subagents when available (falls back to inline sequential research otherwise), proposes answers one at a time for user approval, then rewrites the spec in place so it arrives at planning with no known gaps. Does NOT write code, design implementation, or create plans — it only produces a complete spec.
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duck4nh Skill Research ExpertSpecialized research expert for parallel information gathering. Use for focused research tasks with clear objectives and structured output requirements.
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anthropics-claude-for-legal Skill MemoIRAC-scaffolded case analysis memo with research gaps flagged — the scaffold, not the analysis. Rule blocks are RESEARCH NEEDED, Application is STUDENT ANALYSIS prompts, Conclusion is blank. Use when a student needs to scaffold a case analysis memo, write up their analysis, or build an IRAC memo for a case.
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anthropics-claude-for-legal Skill Legal WritingStructural feedback on a legal writing draft (memo, brief, paper, exam essay) — organization, analysis depth, clarity, citation form. NEVER rewrites the draft. Use when the user says "feedback on my memo", "read my draft", or "critique my brief".
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anthropics-claude-for-legal Skill Deal Team SummaryAggregate diligence findings into a deal team briefing at the right altitude for the audience — exec summary for leadership, working summary for the team. Use when user says "brief the deal team", "what's the state of diligence", "summarize findings for [audience]", "deal update", or on the briefing cadence.
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anthropics-claude-for-legal Skill Cocounsel Legal Deep ResearchUse this skill whenever a user specifically requests legal research or Westlaw Deep Research, asks for CoCounsel Legal or cocounsel legal support, or asks a question that requires explaining, analyzing, or synthesizing U.S. law.
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boshu2 Bundle ResearchAnswer one bounded question, cited. Not for dissecting a codebase; that is codebase-recon or reverse-engineer. Triggers: "research", "investigate this question", "find evidence".
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 page-monitoring, okf-wiki, interview-prep. 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.