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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superior-trade Bundle PolymarketUse when the user wants to trade, research, or backtest Polymarket prediction markets through Superior Trade — finding markets by slug or event URL, placing a single immediate market order, writing NautilusTrader strategies, running filled-data backtests, funding pUSD, or deploying and monitoring a live Polymarket strategy.
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theagentledger Bundle Learning JournalAI-native learning and knowledge management system. Tracks what you're studying, manages reading lists and course progress, implements spaced repetition review prompts, captures key takeaways from books/articles/courses/podcasts, and runs weekly knowledge reviews. Designed for autodidacts and professionals who learn constantly but struggle to retain and apply what they learn. Integrates with goal-tracker, research-assistant, and content-calendar skills.
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theagentledger Bundle Social Media ManagerAI-native social media management system. Tracks posting schedules across platforms (Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, Reddit, TikTok), manages content queues, tracks engagement metrics, suggests optimal posting times, handles repurposing workflows, and runs weekly performance reviews. Designed for solopreneurs who want consistent social presence without hiring a social media manager. Integrates with content-calendar, writing-assistant, and research-assistant skills.
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arosenkranz Skill Search FirstResearch-before-coding workflow. Search for existing tools, libraries, and patterns before writing custom code. Reduces wrong-approach friction.
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dralgorhythm Skill Swarm ResearchCoordinate parallel research workers to investigate a topic deeply and synthesize citation-backed findings — a user-invoked Research Orchestrator workflow.
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metabench Skill Experimental Research MetacognitionDo experiment-driven research (hypotheses → minimal repros → evidence) and continuously improve research skills + tooling. Use when behavior is uncertain, contested, or performance-sensitive.
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codealive-ai-agents-reflection-skills Bundle Repo Activity SummarySummarize a repository's recent engineering activity from git history — technologies, work types, churn hotspots, contributor patterns, and velocity. Use when asking "what has this repo been working on", "is this project active", "who contributes what", "where are the hotspots", or before onboarding onto an unfamiliar codebase.
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iliaal Bundle PlanningSoftware implementation planning with optional file-based persistence. Use when asked to plan, when unresolved architecture or scope decisions need a durable record, or when multi-phase implementation needs recovery state. For the full research-and-issue workflow, use the ia-plan command (/ia-plan in Claude Code).
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iliaal Bundle Compound DocsDocument solved problems for team reuse. Provides process knowledge for /ia-compound. Use when documenting a resolved issue, writing up lessons learned, capturing a post-mortem, adding to the knowledge base, or building searchable institutional knowledge after debugging.
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mcouthon Skill Deep ResearchExhaustive investigation with citations and structured findings. Use when thorough coverage is needed, all sources must be cited, or research will inform critical decisions. Triggers on: 'use deep-research mode', 'deep research', 'exhaustive investigation', 'thorough research', 'cite all sources', 'comprehensive analysis', 'leave no stone unturned', 'research everything'. Read-only mode - investigates and documents but doesn't modify code.
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mcouthon Skill Consolidate TaskUse when you need to consolidate a completed task into an architectural decision record and a proposed instruction delta for future agents, reducing clutter in .tasks/. Triggers on: 'use consolidate-task mode', 'consolidate-task', 'consolidate task', 'summarize task', 'retrospective', 'what did we learn', 'compound learnings'.
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fmschulz Bundle Crossref LookupQuery Crossref for DOI validation, title matching, citation metadata, and bibliography audits. Use when resolving references or cleaning citation records.
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fmschulz Bundle Proposal ReviewEvaluate a proposed AI/ML, computational-biology, or bioscience research project for a funding decision. Use when reviewing a grant, research proposal, or funding application against sponsor criteria, feasibility, budget, and risks.
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maggit Skill SummaryGenerate a summary or recap of content. Use when the user says /summary, asks to summarize a document, recap a session, create an executive summary, or distill information. Triggers: summary, recap, summarize, executive summary, tldr, distill, key takeaways.
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fmschulz Bundle Scientific Impact AssessmentAssess research reach with OpenAlex citations, optional Altmetric data, and journal context. Use when comparing papers, journals, or literature shortlists by influence.
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zipperbagcoffee Skill Memory DeltaProcess pending Claude memory input when the current hook emits [CRABSHELL_DELTA]. Prepare a snapshot, summarize, and finalize safely.
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zipperbagcoffee Skill Memory RotateSummarize pending memory archives reported by the current Claude hook. Archive rotation itself is performed by code.
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kcenon Bundle Evidence PackAssemble per-release evidence packages from artifacts already produced elsewhere in the project (traceability matrix, CI logs, PR review records, signed-commit lists, external research citations, risk file). Output is a self-contained directory under evidence/<version>/ containing a manifest.yaml, per-artifact subdirectories, and an INTEGRITY checksum. Read-mostly with respect to source code: writes only under evidence/. Opt-in gate: no-op when the consumer project has no evidence/ parent directory, so non-regulated repos are unaffected. Idempotent: refuses to overwrite an existing pack unless --force is passed.
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doubleslashse Bundle Design ThinkingDesign thinking methodology for human-centered problem solving. Use when facilitating design thinking workshops, user research sessions, or creative problem-solving activities.
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aiagentwithdhruv Bundle Literature ResearchSearch academic literature and perform deep research reviews. Use when user asks to search PubMed, find academic papers, or do literature reviews.
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cuipengfei Bundle Evolutionary ArchitectureKnowledge base from "Building Evolutionary Architectures" 2nd Edition (2022) by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, Patrick Kua, Pramod Sadalage. Use when applying fitness functions, architectural governance, connascence, architectural quanta, Data Mesh, Team Topologies, or evolutionary architecture concepts.
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tomeraberbach Skill DistillDistill a body of data into a small artifact that keeps what matters: a research document, code that handles the data, a skill, a schema.
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spartanlabsxyz Bundle Polymarket ResearchResearch any Polymarket topic — get market data, probabilities, volumes, and top holders in one snapshot. Read-only, no trading.
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foundup Skill Pqn ResearchPQN@home distributed detection, Duism framework, and Oracle teaching
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devattom Bundle ForgeStructured 5-phase implementation workflow (Research-Plan-Execute-Test-Document) with advisor-first token optimization. Uses Sonnet as executor and Opus advisor for scoping and architecture decisions.
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dwsy Skill Gaokao Question Research系统研究高考数学真题,基于题目结构、设问梯度、评分逻辑和历年变化反推可验证的命题意图,并转化为学生可训练的“看到什么→想到什么→为什么”方法。用于单题深度拆解、同专题跨年研究、同年跨卷比较、易错点分析和高质量变式设计。
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olehsvyrydov Skill Research MethodRun an investigation so its result is trustworthy, and write it up so it survives a hostile reader. Load this when a question needs measuring rather than deciding, when designing an experiment or benchmark, when a result looks good enough to publish, and when drafting an article or pre-registration for a technical community. Covers experiment design, deterministic verification, kill conditions, claims discipline, and the boundary between what the data supports and what it does not.
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olehsvyrydov Bundle Business AnalystBusiness Analyst (/ba, alias: Anna, /anna) - Senior BA with 10+ years bridging business and technical teams. Use when conducting market research, competitive analysis, gathering/refining requirements with behavioral acceptance criteria, creating business process models, cost-benefit analysis, financial modeling, user research, or validating assumptions with data. Works closely with /po to shape requirements.
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wayfinderfoundation Skill Crypto ResearchUse for crypto market, token, protocol, category, social, news, onchain, DeFiLlama, Delta Lab, Goldsky, EXA, X/Grok, listing, catalyst, yield, funding, lending, borrow-route, basis, PT/YT, Pendle, Boros, and sentiment research.
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u9401066-rootcause-mcp Skill Pubmed Quick SearchQuick literature search using unified_search. Triggers: 搜尋, 找論文, search papers, find articles, PubMed, 文獻搜尋, 快速搜尋
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u9401066-rootcause-mcp Skill Pubmed Paper ExplorationDeep exploration from a key paper using related, citing, reference, and citation tree tools. Triggers: 這篇論文的相關研究, 誰引用這篇, 類似文章, related articles, citation tree, paper exploration
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u9401066-rootcause-mcp Skill Pubmed Research ChroniclePersistent, versioned research evolution with build_research_chronicle. Triggers: 研究脈絡, 研究演變, 研究編年史, research chronicle, 領域怎麼演進, 上次之後有什麼新的, 追蹤主題, 里程碑, milestone, timeline, 主題比較
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darthmolen Bundle Ace Fca WorkflowAdvanced Context Engineering with Frequent Intentional Compaction (ACE-FCA) for complex coding tasks. Use this skill when working on brownfield codebases, large repos (100k+ LOC), complex bugs, multi-file refactors, or features requiring deep codebase understanding. Triggers include requests to fix bugs in unfamiliar code, implement features in large codebases, understand complex code flows, or when the user mentions "research plan implement", "ACE-FCA", or "frequent compaction". This workflow prevents context window exhaustion and produces high-quality, reviewable artifacts.
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jkitchin Bundle Phd QualifierExpert evaluation of Chemical Engineering PhD qualifying exams - review written reports, presentations, and prepare comprehensive questioning sessions to assess student readiness for doctoral research
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jkitchin Bundle Materials DatabasesExpert assistant for accessing materials databases (AFLOW and Materials Project) - query crystal structures, materials properties, thermodynamic data, and computational results from comprehensive databases
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jkitchin Bundle Scientific ReviewerComprehensive scientific document review and analysis. Use when Claude needs to review scientific papers, reports, preprints, or other research documents for: (1) Identifying and evaluating claims and supporting evidence, (2) Assessing logical argumentation and experimental design, (3) Reviewing citation adequacy and suggesting additional references, (4) Determining document type and research contribution, (5) Checking technical accuracy and methodology, (6) Providing constructive feedback on presentation and clarity. Also handles language, grammar, and formatting review separately.
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 literature-research, Learning Journal, Social Media Manager. 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.