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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jkitchin Bundle Scientific WorkflowsExpert assistant for choosing and implementing scientific workflow tools - from simple joblib caching to complex orchestration with Prefect, Parsl, FireWorks, and quacc. Recommends the simplest solution that meets requirements.
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eriklieben Bundle Tool UX StudyRun a think-aloud usability study with AI testers and UX research facilitation
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futurewithvibe Skill SummarizeSummarize text, articles, and conversations
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pedrohcgs Skill Lit ReviewStructured literature search + synthesis with citation extraction, thematic clustering, and gap identification. Use when user says "find papers on X", "do a lit review", "what's the literature on...", "summarize what we know about...", "where's the gap in this field", "review recent work on Y". Produces a written review with BibTeX-ready citations. Uses WebSearch/WebFetch for recent work.
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pedrohcgs Skill Interview MeInteractive interview that formalizes a fuzzy research idea into a structured spec (RQ, hypotheses, identification, data needs, empirical strategy). Use when user says "interview me", "help me think through this idea", "I have a half-baked idea", "formalize this into a project", "walk me through framing a study". Multi-turn Q&A; saves spec to disk. NOT for lit review (`/lit-review`) or ideation from scratch (`/research-ideation`).
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pedrohcgs Skill Grant ProposalScaffold a research grant proposal (NSF, NIH, ERC, or foundation) by composing existing primitives — pulls identification strategy from an `/interview-me` spec, delegates the data-management plan to `/data-management-plan` and the facilities statement to `/capture-environment`, and emits a funder-requirements checklist. Use when user says "draft a grant", "write a proposal", "NSF proposal", "NIH aims", "ERC application", "foundation grant", "specific aims", or "scaffold a grant proposal". NOT a submission tool — produces a draft the user uploads to the sponsor's portal themselves.
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rooseveltadvisors-claude-agent-stack Bundle AphorismsCRUD on {PRINCIPAL.NAME}'s curated aphorism collection — search by theme, add with metadata, research thinkers, match quotes to newsletter content. USE WHEN aphorism, quote, saying, find quote for newsletter, research thinker quotes, add aphorism, search aphorisms, find aphorism.
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rooseveltadvisors-claude-agent-stack Bundle PaiupgradeExtract system improvements from content AND monitor external sources (Anthropic ecosystem, YouTube). USE WHEN upgrade, improve system, system upgrade, analyze for improvements, check Anthropic, Anthropic changes, new Claude features, check YouTube, new videos, algorithm upgrade, mine reflections, find sources, research upgrade, PAI upgrade.
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gate Bundle Gate Info RiskUse this skill whenever the user needs a risk- or safety-first check for a token, address, or project. Covers contract risk, address compliance labels, and project incidents via gate-cli. Triggers: is this coin safe, honeypot, sanctioned, compliance. Info primary; news auxiliary. Delegate: gate-info-research, gate-info-web3 (on-chain), gate-news-intel (events). v0.7.6+ uses info +token-risk shortcut for token_risk; legacy fallback below 0.7.6. check-address-risk not shipped—use get-address-info for address_risk.
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gate Bundle Gate Info Web3Use this skill whenever the user’s main ask is on-chain, protocol, or Web3 behavior (not a pure safety verdict). Covers address and token on-chain analysis, platform metrics, reserves, heatmaps, stablecoins, bridges; optional news/UGC. Legacy alias: gate-info-defianalysis. Delegate: gate-info-risk (safety), gate-info-research (broad research), gate-news-intel (events/sentiment). v0.7.6+ shortcuts (+address-tracker, +token-onchain, +community-scan); legacy fallback below 0.7.6.
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gate Bundle Gate News IntelUse this skill whenever the user’s main ask is news, events, listings, social/UGC, or market move attribution. Primary gate-cli news (optional info for market context). Covers briefings, event explain, market move attribution via explain-market-move, exchange announcements, UGC X/Reddit/YouTube, sentiment. Triggers: what happened, why crash, why pump, market move reason, new listings, community take. Delegate: gate-info-research (research-first), gate-info-web3 (on-chain), gate-info-risk (safety). v0.7.6+ news shortcuts (+brief, +event-explain, +community-scan); legacy fallback below 0.7.6.
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rooseveltadvisors-claude-agent-stack Bundle PrivateinvestigatorEthical people-finding using 15 parallel research agents (45 search threads) across public records, social media, reverse lookups. Public data only, no pretexting. USE WHEN find person, locate, reconnect, people search, skip trace, reverse lookup, social media search, public records search, verify identity.
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gate Bundle Gate Info ResearchUse this skill whenever the user wants Gate.info / Gate.news research via gate-cli: single-coin, market overview, multi-coin compare, TA, macro, or research+news. Trigger phrases include: analyze SOL, how is BTC, compare BTC and ETH, technical analysis, NFP impact, research with news. Info primary; news auxiliary. Delegate: gate-info-risk (safety), gate-info-web3 (on-chain primary), gate-news-intel (news-first). v0.7.6+ uses playbook shortcuts when available; legacy multi-step fallback below 0.7.6.
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snqb Bundle ResearchDeep multi-source research by orchestrating exa-search (semantic), serper-search (Google SERP), github-quality-search (Code), and hn-research (Trends/Sentiment). Use for comprehensive answers requiring synthesis from web, open source, and community.
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snqb Bundle Exa SearchWeb search via Exa AI: semantic search, deep search with structured output, find similar pages, answer questions, and async research tasks. Use when you need web sources, similar content, or deep research on a topic.
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gate Bundle Gate Exchange NewcoinNew listing DD and event radar via gate-cli (info/news/cex): listings, fundamentals, risk, sentiment, tape, LaunchPool calendar; optional first spot/Alpha order after Action Draft + Y/N. Use this skill whenever the user asks about new listings, pre-listing research, launchpool, rug checks, or a first buy on a new asset. Trigger phrases include 'new listing', 'due diligence new coin', 'launchpool calendar', 'listing announcement', 'is it a rug', 'first buy spot'.
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snqb Bundle Hn ResearchResearch Hacker News using Algolia API. Find trending topics, gauge community sentiment, discover what's hot, filter by recency/popularity. Perfect for tech trend analysis.
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snqb Skill Obsidian MonographResearch and write deep-dive monograph articles for an Obsidian vault. Multi-source research → Gwern-voice prose → Wikipedia links → Wikimedia Commons images → footnotes. Use when asked to write an article, deep dive, or create a read about any topic for the vault.
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kbanc85 Bundle ResearchDeep research on a topic with web sources, memory integration, and stored findings. Also handles quick context-aware lookups when current information would improve the conversation. Triggers on "research this", "look into", "find out about", "dig into", "look up", "what's new with", "check current", "any updates on", "latest info".
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kbanc85 Bundle Auto ResearchIteratively improve a local artifact (draft, document, page) by running a hill-climbing loop. The user names the artifact, the evaluator, and the budget. Claudia edits the artifact, scores it, keeps it if better or reverts if worse, repeats. Use when user says "iterate on this", "loop on this until it's better", "run experiments on this draft", "auto-research this", "make this better and don't stop until it's good". Workspace-scoped, never touches live files, no external actions during the loop.
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kbanc85 Skill File DocumentStore a document, email, or text for future reference with entity linking and provenance. See also: `ingest-sources` for multiple files; `capture-meeting` if it's meeting notes; `summarize-doc` to get a summary without filing.
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kbanc85 Skill Summarize DocCreate an executive summary of any document at the appropriate level of detail. Triggers on "summarize this", "main points", "give me the gist". See also: `file-document` if you also want to save it; `capture-meeting` if it's meeting notes.
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kbanc85 Bundle Ingest SourcesProcess multiple source documents with Extract-Then-Aggregate discipline. Use when user shares multiple transcripts, emails, or documents for batch processing. See also: `capture-meeting` for a single meeting transcript; `file-document` for a single document; `summarize-doc` when you only need a summary.
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vangongwanxiaowan Bundle Web SearchUse web search to get latest market information and industry trends. Suitable for getting vertical short drama market trends, hot topic analysis, success case research
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spjoshis Skill User ResearchMaster user research with interviews, surveys, personas, journey mapping, and research synthesis for user-centered design.
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wojons Bundle Notebooklm Federated SpecsManage federated specification files merged into NotebookLM notebooks for token-efficient context access, human learning materials, deep dive analysis, and on-demand research
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bahayonghang Bundle RoundtableMulti-perspective roundtable discussion — a truth-seeking moderator plus a small set of representative real figures explore one topic through disciplined debate. Use for 圆桌讨论, roundtable, 多人物观点碰撞, 让几位思想家讨论, 结构化辩论探索. Not for ordinary argumentative writing, pros/cons lists, or single-speaker explanation.
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bahayonghang Bundle Idea Bib ReviewDraft an evidence-grounded literature review or related-work section from both a user-provided idea, argument, reasoning outline, 思路, 框架, or 论证主线 and one or more supplied BibTeX .bib files. Use when the job is to write 文献综述, 综述, or 相关工作 while preserving citation keys, auditing claim evidence, and optionally finding approval-gated supplement candidates for evidence gaps. Route single-paper reading, generic multi-paper synthesis without a BibTeX corpus, topic-only research, BibTeX cleanup, and prose-only polishing elsewhere.
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bahayonghang Bundle Dual SteelmanBidirectional steelman deep-thinking protocol for one pending decision, stance, or contested choice. Restates the user's real problem in its strongest form, steelmans both the user's current position and its opposition (or every candidate option), names the true crux and the decisive variables, asks exactly one key question and stops, then returns a committed verdict with reasons and next actions after the user answers. Use for 双向钢人论证, 钢人论证, steelman, 帮我想清楚, 要不要 / 该不该 / 选哪个类决策, 纠结拿不定主意, 深度思考一个决定, 挑战我的想法, 别顺着我说. Not for multi-figure open discussion (roundtable), cited web research (deep-research-pro / web-research), red-teaming a document's assumptions, factual questions, or tasks the user wants directly executed.
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bahayonghang Bundle Humanizer PaperRegister-aware academic language polisher for English journal articles and Chinese doctoral dissertations: removes AI-writing tells while keeping academic norms. Use whenever the user wants to polish, 降AI味, 润色, or norm-check an academic draft, paper section, abstract, or 学位论文 paragraph. Polishes the author's own drafts only — not for laundering generated text past Turnitin or 知网 AIGC detection.
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bahayonghang Bundle Paper WorkbenchResearcher-profile-driven paper intake and literature workbench for academic workflows. Use whenever the user wants to skim, deep-read, card, compare, synthesize, map research gaps, or build a literature review from papers, arXiv/AlphaXiv links, DOIs, PDFs, or existing workbench artifacts. Trigger even when the user only says “精读这篇”, “整合这几篇”, “找研究空白”, or “搭综述框架”.
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Nmc Media TheoryThis skill should be used when the user asks about "media theory", "critical theory", "academic writing", "Foucault", "Habermas", "McLuhan", "Baudrillard", "Stuart Hall", "act as a media theory companion", "media theory mode", "theoretical framework", "literature review", "discourse analysis", "semiotics", "cultural studies", "political economy", or needs expertise in applying media and communication theory to academic writing and critical analysis. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (New Media & Communication department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Survey BuilderThis skill should be used when the user asks about "survey design", "questionnaire construction", "Likert scale", "question wording", "response bias", "survey tool", "Google Forms", "Qualtrics", "SurveyMonkey", "Typeform", "pilot testing", "survey distribution", "act as a survey builder", "survey builder mode", "survey instrument", "closed-ended questions", "open-ended questions", "rating scale", "semantic differential", "survey flow", "skip logic", "branching logic", "response rate", "survey fatigue", "questionnaire validation", "pre-test survey", "online survey", "survey analysis", "Cronbach's alpha", "factor analysis", "survey consent form", "demographic questions", or needs expertise in designing, building, distributing, and validating survey instruments. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Content AnalystThis skill should be used when the user asks about "content analysis", "coding scheme", "media content analysis", "quantitative content analysis", "qualitative content analysis", "discourse analysis", "framing analysis", "media representation", "intercoder reliability", "Krippendorff's alpha", "Cohen's kappa", "coding manual", "code book", "content coding", "act as a content analyst", "content analyst mode", "thematic coding", "manifest content", "latent content", "unit of analysis", "coding categories", "media framing", "representation studies", "textual analysis", "narrative coding", "frequency analysis", "Semetko frames", "Entman framing", "Fairclough discourse", "Mayring", "coding sheet", or needs expertise in systematic content analysis methodology and media coding frameworks. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Proposal WriterThis skill should be used when the user asks about "research proposal", "grant application", "funding proposal", "grant writing", "research justification", "proposal writing", "act as a proposal writer", "proposal writer mode", "ethics application", "IRB application", "ethics committee", "research budget", "budget planning", "research timeline", "Gantt chart", "proposal defense", "dissertation proposal", "thesis proposal", "research design", "methodology section", "literature gap", "significance of the study", "research objectives", "hypothesis formulation", "funding agency", "project narrative", "specific aims", or needs expertise in writing research proposals, grant applications, and ethics submissions. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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tippyentertainment Skill UI UX DesignerEnd-to-end UI/UX design skill that takes a feature from vague idea to production-ready UI by moving sequentially through research, requirements, information architecture, wireframing, and visual design without skipping steps.
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 ui-ux-designer, scientific-workflows, tool-ux-study. 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.