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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openhands Bundle NotionCreate, search, and update Notion pages/databases using the Notion API. Use for documenting work, generating runbooks, and automating knowledge base updates.
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openhands Bundle PdflatexInstall and use pdflatex to compile LaTeX documents into PDFs on Linux. Use when generating academic papers, research publications, or any documents written in LaTeX.
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qodex-ai Bundle Chat With ArxivBuild interactive chat agents for exploring and discussing academic research papers from ArXiv. Covers paper retrieval, content processing, question-answering, and research synthesis. Use when building research assistants, paper summarization tools, academic knowledge bases, or scientific literature chatbots.
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qodex-ai Bundle Document Chat InterfaceBuild chat interfaces for querying documents using natural language. Extract information from PDFs, GitHub repositories, emails, and other sources. Use when creating interactive document Q&A systems, knowledge base chatbots, email search interfaces, or document exploration tools.
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acedatacloud Bundle TgstatResearch public Telegram channels and groups with TGStat. Use when discovering communities by topic, comparing public audience/reach/activity, checking a known @username, or shortlisting ad and outreach sources. The connector supplies TGSTAT_USERNAME as the default profile. Read-only: does not log in, join groups, scrape members, or send messages.
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ratacat Bundle ResearchDeep web research with relevance scoring and knowledge graph storage. Use when researching topics, companies, people, or concepts. Performs Graph-of-Thoughts style exploration with parallel branching, relevance scoring, and synthesis into themed reports.
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glebis Bundle Learning VaultGenerate a dedicated Obsidian learning vault for any certification, course, or study goal. Creates structured notes with domains, concepts, lessons, scenarios, MoCs, dataview queries, action items, and multiple navigation paths. Inspired by the genome vault pattern. Use when the user wants to create a study vault, learning vault, certification prep vault, or structured knowledge base for a learning goal.
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eyadsibai Skill Lead ResearchUse when "finding leads", "sales prospecting", "target companies", "business development", or asking about "ideal customer profile", "lead qualification", "outreach strategies"
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eyadsibai Skill Planning With FilesThis skill should be used when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requiring >5 tool calls. Implements Manus-style file-based planning with task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md.
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eyadsibai Skill Literature ReviewUse when "literature review", "research synthesis", "systematic review", "academic search", or asking about "find papers", "cite sources", "research gaps", "meta-analysis", "bibliography"
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eyadsibai Skill Content Research WriterAssists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on each section. Transforms your writing process from solo effort to collaborative partnership.
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julianobarbosa Bundle Vault SetupInteractive Obsidian vault configurator. USE WHEN setting up obsidian vault, creating second brain, initializing knowledge base, new vault, vault bootstrap, configure obsidian, obsidian setup, OR personal knowledge management setup.
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julianobarbosa Bundle Youtube SearchSearch YouTube and return structured video results with metadata and engagement metrics using yt-dlp. USE WHEN youtube search, find videos, search videos, video research, youtube results, channel research, video metrics, trending videos, content research. Even if the user just says "search YouTube for X" or "find videos about X", use this skill.
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julianobarbosa Skill Researching WebSearch the web using Perplexity AI. Use when needing to search, look up, research, find current information, best practices, compare technologies, or answer factual questions about tools and libraries.
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nickcrew Skill Web ResearcherUse this skill when you need to research a topic online, gather information from multiple sources, or evaluate source credibility. Trigger phrases: 'research', 'find information about', 'look up', 'investigate'. Not for academic systematic reviews (use literature-reviewer) or fact-checking specific claims (use fact-checker).
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nickcrew Skill Market ResearcherUse this skill when sizing a market, analyzing competitors, designing customer surveys, segmenting audiences, or synthesizing research into market insights. Trigger phrases: 'size the market for', 'analyze our competitors', 'who is our target customer', 'design a survey to understand', 'TAM/SAM/SOM for'. Not for building financial models, writing pitch decks, or conducting UX usability research.
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nickcrew Bundle Research MethodologyStructured research using sophisticated query design, source vetting, and synthesis techniques. Use when conducting competitive analysis, market scans, historical investigations, or trend research.
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podo Bundle Design SprintDeeply researches a codebase, designs a feature through iterative brainstorming and annotation cycles, then decomposes it into an implementable issue hierarchy (parent + sub-issues with dependencies) on GitHub or GitLab. Hard gates between phases ensure research happens before design, and design is complete before implementation. Each sub-issue is scoped to require zero creative decisions.
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podo Bundle Designer Skills91 skills, 9 plugins, and 28 commands across a comprehensive designer toolkit: design-research (12 skills), design-systems (11), ux-strategy (11), ui-design (14), interaction-design (15), prototyping-testing (8), design-ops (9), designer-toolkit (7), and visual-critique (4). Built by Marie Claire Dean.
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podo Bundle Software UX ResearchDe-risk product decisions with rigorous UX research. Deep reference guides for survey design, research repository/ops, and usability testing (ISO 9241-grounded), plus JTBD.
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bytedance Bundle Byted Airesearch SurveyLaunch and continue the Volcengine AI Research survey workflow for concept testing, audience design, questionnaire drafting, interview guide generation, execution confirmation, progress checks, and result queries. Use this skill when the user wants to create, revise, confirm, execute, or follow up on a real AI research survey task in ABCompass instead of doing generic brainstorming, copywriting, translation, summarization, or broad market discussion.
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posthog Skill Exploring Replay Vision ObservationsGuides agents through pulling a Replay Vision scanner's observations, reading the findings, and acting on them — summarizing patterns across sessions, drilling into individual recordings, and turning real, corroborated issues into PostHog tasks, insights, or an investigating-replay hand-off. TRIGGER when: user wants to pull/read/triage Replay Vision observations, asks "what has my scanner found", wants to act on or summarize scanner findings, turn observations into tasks/work, or points at a /replay-vision/<scanner-id> URL. DO NOT TRIGGER when: creating or sizing a scanner (use creating-replay-vision-scanners), running a one-off scan you don't then analyse, or authoring a signals scout.
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guia-matthieu Bundle Web ScraperExtract structured data from websites. Use when: collecting competitor pricing; scraping product listings; extracting contact information; gathering research data; monitoring website changes
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guia-matthieu Skill Audience ResearchDiscover where your audience actually pays attention online using Rand Fishkin's behavioral intelligence methodology—beyond demographics to actionable media affinity data. Use when: **Find where to reach your audience** beyond Google and Facebook ads; **Discover podcasts, YouTube channels, and publications** your audience follows; **Identify influencers and accounts** with real audience overlap; **Plan PR and media outreach** with data-backed target lists; **Improve ad targeting** on YouTube,...
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connorads Bundle Holistic UXProduces evidence-led UX decisions from research and behaviour data. Use to diagnose user-facing drop-off, confusion, trust or recovery, synthesise UX research, or create a new analytical UX artefact before a solution is chosen. Supports experience-over-time maps, frontstage and backstage service maps, task decision and recovery maps, principle reviews and low-fidelity wireframes. The task must contain an unresolved experience question.
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gracefullight Bundle Oma SearchIntent-based search router with trust scoring. Routes queries to optimal channels (Context7 docs, native web search, gh/glab code search, Serena local) and attaches domain trust labels. Use for search, find, lookup, reference, docs, code search, and web research.
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gracefullight Bundle Oma ScholarScholarly research companion using Knows sidecar spec (.knows.yaml). Generates, validates, reviews, queries, and compares structured research-paper sidecars, and fetches them from knows.academy. Use for academic literature search, survey synthesis, paper authoring assistance, and peer review with token-efficient claim/evidence/relation access.
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anthropics-knowledge-work-plugi Skill Call PrepPrepare for a sales call with account context, attendee research, and suggested agenda. Works standalone with user input and web research, supercharged when you connect your CRM, email, chat, or transcripts. Trigger with "prep me for my call with [company]", "I'm meeting with [company] prep me", "call prep [company]", or "get me ready for [meeting]".
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anthropics-knowledge-work-plugi Skill Account ResearchResearch a company or person and get actionable sales intel. Works standalone with web search, supercharged when you connect enrichment tools or your CRM. Trigger with "research [company]", "look up [person]", "intel on [prospect]", "who is [name] at [company]", or "tell me about [company]".
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anthropics-knowledge-work-plugi Skill Kb ArticleDraft a knowledge base article from a resolved issue or common question. Use when a ticket resolution is worth documenting for self-service, the same question keeps coming up, a workaround needs to be published, or a known issue should be communicated to customers.
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anthropics-knowledge-work-plugi Skill Memory ManagementTwo-tier memory system that makes Claude a true workplace collaborator. Decodes shorthand, acronyms, nicknames, and internal language so Claude understands requests like a colleague would. CLAUDE.md for working memory, memory/ directory for the full knowledge base.
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anthropics-knowledge-work-plugi Skill Customer ResearchMulti-source research on a customer question or topic with source attribution. Use when a customer asks something you need to look up, investigating whether a bug has been reported before, checking what was previously told to a specific account, or gathering background before drafting a response.
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anthropics-knowledge-work-plugi Bundle Contact ResearchResearch a specific person using Common Room data. Triggers on 'who is [name]', 'look up [email]', 'research [contact]', 'is [name] a warm lead', or any contact-level question.
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garrytan-gbrain Bundle QueryAnswer questions using the brain's knowledge with 3-layer search, synthesis, and citation propagation. Use when the user asks a question, wants a lookup, or needs information from the brain.
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garrytan-gbrain Bundle BriefingCompile daily briefing with meeting context, active deals, and citation tracking
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garrytan-gbrain Skill Brain OpsBrain knowledge base operations. The core read/write cycle: brain-first lookup, read-enrich-write loop, source attribution, ambient enrichment, back-linking. Read this before any brain interaction.
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 tgstat, notion, pdflatex. 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.