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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spillwavesolutions-doc-serve-skill Skill Gsd Research PhaseResearch how to implement a phase (standalone - usually use $gsd-plan-phase instead)
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Pra Consumer InsightThis skill should be used when the user asks about "consumer insights", "audience research", "buyer personas", "customer journey mapping", "survey design", "focus group guide", "target audience analysis", "psychographics", "consumer behavior", "audience segmentation", "act as a consumer researcher", "consumer insight mode", "empathy mapping", "research debrief", "qualitative research", "quantitative research", "ethnography", "depth interviews", "laddering technique", "means-end chain", "consumer motivations", or needs expertise in understanding audiences through research methodologies and insight development. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Public Relations & Advertising department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Citation ManagerThis skill should be used when the user asks about "citation styles", "APA format", "MLA format", "Chicago style", "Harvard referencing", "IEEE citation", "Vancouver style", "reference list", "bibliography", "in-text citations", "cite my sources", "act as a citation manager", "citation manager mode", "Zotero", "Mendeley", "EndNote", "reference management", "avoiding plagiarism", "paraphrasing", "citation ethics", "how to cite", "format my references", "DOI", "parenthetical citation", "footnote citation", "annotated bibliography", "citation generator", or needs expertise in academic citation formatting, reference management, and plagiarism avoidance. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Interview AnalystThis skill should be used when the user asks about "interview methodology", "semi-structured interview", "interview guide", "interview questions", "probing techniques", "interview transcription", "interview analysis", "narrative analysis", "phenomenological analysis", "IPA", "interpretive phenomenological analysis", "focus group", "focus group facilitation", "participant recruitment", "informed consent", "qualitative interviewing", "act as an interview analyst", "interview analyst mode", "interview coding", "thematic analysis of interviews", "member checking", "theoretical saturation", "purposive sampling", "snowball sampling", "interview protocol", "research interviews", "Braun and Clarke", "grounded theory coding", "framework analysis", "Labov narrative", or needs expertise in qualitative interview design, facilitation, and systematic analysis. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Qualitative CoderThis skill should be used when the user asks about "qualitative coding", "thematic analysis", "grounded theory", "open coding", "axial coding", "selective coding", "codebook development", "NVivo", "ATLAS.ti", "Dedoose", "MAXQDA", "inter-coder reliability", "memo writing", "qualitative data analysis", "coding qualitative data", "act as a qualitative coder", "qualitative coder mode", "thematic coding", "Braun and Clarke", "inductive coding", "deductive coding", "code hierarchy", "theme development", "qualitative research analysis", "interview analysis", "focus group analysis", "content analysis", "narrative analysis", "phenomenological coding", "category development", "code frequency", "coding framework", or needs expertise in systematic qualitative data analysis and codebook construction. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Research DesignerThis skill should be used when the user asks about "research design", "methodology selection", "qualitative research", "quantitative research", "mixed methods", "research question", "hypothesis formulation", "variable operationalization", "sampling strategy", "act as a research designer", "research designer mode", "research methodology", "validity", "reliability", "internal validity", "external validity", "experimental design", "quasi-experimental", "case study design", "grounded theory", "phenomenology", "ethnography", "survey research design", "correlational study", "dependent variable", "independent variable", "confounding variable", "control group", "random sampling", "stratified sampling", "purposive sampling", "sample size calculation", or needs expertise in designing rigorous research studies and selecting appropriate methodologies. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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thecraighewitt Bundle WatchWhen the user wants to read, transcribe, summarize, or research a video — YouTube link, podcast clip, Loom, TikTok, X/Twitter video, local file, or any URL yt-dlp supports. Use when they paste a video URL, say 'transcribe this,' 'summarize this video,' 'what does this video say about X,' 'pull the transcript,' 'analyze this YouTube video,' or hand you a video for content research. Default is fast transcript-only (no video download). Pass --with-frames when the visual layer matters (UI bugs, on-screen text, visual breakdowns).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Literature ReviewerThis skill should be used when the user asks about "literature review", "systematic review", "source evaluation", "annotated bibliography", "literature mapping", "research gap", "database searching", "Google Scholar", "JSTOR", "Scopus", "Web of Science", "act as a literature reviewer", "literature reviewer mode", "finding sources", "academic sources", "peer-reviewed articles", "citation management", "reference list", "literature search strategy", "inclusion criteria", "exclusion criteria", "PRISMA", "thematic analysis of literature", "source credibility", "research synthesis", "scoping review", "narrative review", "meta-analysis planning", "literature matrix", or needs expertise in finding, evaluating, organizing, and synthesizing academic literature. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Cdm Documentary ResearchThis skill should be used when the user asks about "documentary", "documentary research", "interview questions", "documentary treatment", "archival research", "documentary ethics", "act as a documentary researcher", "documentary mode", "non-fiction film", "documentary proposal", "documentary subject research", "oral history", "verite", "observational documentary", or needs expertise in documentary research methodology, interview preparation, treatment writing, and ethical frameworks for non-fiction filmmaking. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Cinema & Digital Media department).
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thecraighewitt Skill Cold EmailWhen the user wants to write cold outbound emails, craft prospecting email copy, build follow-up sequences, or fix emails that aren't getting replies. Also use when the user says 'write a cold email,' 'prospecting email,' 'outbound email copy,' 'follow-up email,' 'outreach email,' 'sales email,' 'cold outreach,' 'email sequence,' 'write me an email to a prospect,' 'my emails aren't getting replies,' or 'help me fix my cold email.' For multi-channel sequence design, see outbound-sequence. For LinkedIn messaging, see linkedin-outreach. For account research before writing, see lead-research.
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thecraighewitt Skill Lead ResearchWhen the user wants to research accounts, contacts, or build target lists. Also use when the user says 'research this company,' 'find decision makers,' 'build a target list,' 'who should I reach out to,' 'what's their tech stack,' 'who's the buyer,' 'map the org,' 'enrich these contacts,' 'score these accounts,' 'is this company a fit,' 'qualify this lead,' 'who owns the budget,' or 'should I pursue this account.' For writing the outreach itself, see cold-email, cold-call, linkedin-outreach, or direct-mail. For sequencing across channels, see outbound-sequence. For deeper persona work, see buyer-persona. For competitor-specific research, see competitive-intel.
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jaykim88 Skill Rich ChatUse when user says "재테크 상담", "부자 상담", "투자 상담", "rich chat", "wealth chat", "재테크 질문", "돈 상담", "재무 상담", or wants real-time conversational financial advice. Loads expert knowledge base and enables multi-round Q&A with a wealth advisor.
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thecraighewitt Skill Linkedin OutreachWhen the user wants to write LinkedIn connection requests, InMails, DM sequences, build a social selling strategy, or use Sales Navigator for prospecting. Also use when the user says 'LinkedIn message,' 'connection request,' 'InMail template,' 'social selling,' 'LinkedIn outreach,' 'social selling strategy,' 'LinkedIn prospecting,' 'Sales Navigator,' 'LinkedIn DM,' 'LinkedIn video message,' 'LinkedIn lead list.' For email outreach, see cold-email. For multi-channel sequences, see outbound-sequence. For profile research, see lead-research.
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jaykim88 Bundle Learning SummarySummarize and document key learnings from the conversation. Use when user says "summarize", "document", "what did I learn", or wants to capture insights.
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thecraighewitt Skill Outbound SequenceWhen the user wants to design a multi-channel outbound sequence or cadence. Also use when the user says 'build me a sequence,' 'create a cadence,' 'how many touches,' 'what's the right sequence,' 'multi-channel outreach plan,' 'design my outbound,' 'how should I follow up,' 'SDR playbook,' 'outbound motion,' 'sales sequence,' 'follow-up strategy,' 'prospecting cadence,' or 'drip sequence.' For individual channel content, see cold-email, cold-call, linkedin-outreach, or direct-mail. For research before sequencing, see lead-research.
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thecraighewitt Skill Idea GenerationWhen the user wants to brainstorm YouTube video ideas, score existing ideas, validate topic choices, or batch-generate content concepts. Also use when the user says 'give me video ideas,' 'brainstorm topics,' 'what should I make a video about,' 'rate this idea,' 'score my video ideas,' 'content brainstorm,' 'topic ideation,' 'what videos will get views.' For title optimization, see title-craft. For scheduling ideas, see content-calendar. For viewer insight to inform ideas, see audience-research.
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jaykim88 Skill Market Research By DesireDesire-based market research automation. Triggers: "market research by desire", "desire research", "욕망 기반 시장조사", "욕망 리서치", "욕망에서 시장 찾기", "/market-research-by-desire"
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duncan-buildroom Bundle Research BriefTurns "I need to understand X before Monday" into a one-page brief you can actually use. The answer up front in three lines, then what's true, what's contested, what nobody agrees on, the numbers with dates attached, and what to read if you want more. Everything is sourced, and anything that couldn't be checked is marked unverified instead of guessed. Use when the user says "research this for me", "what do I need to know about", "brief me on", "I have a meeting about X", "catch me up on", "is X any good", "what's the deal with", "look into this", "I need to sound like I know this by Monday", or /research-brief.
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fr-e-d Skill Approach EvaluationResearch industry standards and best practices, identify viable approaches for a given technical or architectural problem, and produce a structured factual comparison against project-specific constraints. Reports options — does not decide.
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charlesjones-dev Skill Kb AddQuickly add a learning, rule, or note to the knowledge base. Accepts free-text input and suggests the best KB file location.
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charlesjones-dev Skill Kb InitInitialize the Knowledge Base section in CLAUDE.md and create the docs/kb/ directory. Idempotent - safe to run multiple times.
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mmcmedia Bundle Etsy Keyword ResearchDeep Etsy keyword research for digital products. Use when researching keywords for Etsy listings, finding profitable niches, analyzing search volume and competition, or optimizing listing tags. Produces actionable keyword lists with search volume estimates, competition scores, and strategic recommendations.
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aki2022 Skill Origin R Coding StyleWrite or review R code (.R / .Rmd / .qmd) in the human-authored, reproducible tidyverse + targets style used across these climate/GIS research repos. Use whenever creating, editing, refactoring, or reviewing R functions, {targets} pipelines, or geospatial data code (sf / GeoParquet / DuckDB / duckplyr), or when naming functions/variables and choosing which libraries and loop constructs to use. Also use when porting legacy camelCase R code to the current standard. Do not use for Python-only work (use uv-based rules) or non-code docs.
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charlesjones-dev Skill Kb PruneInteractive cleanup and consolidation of the knowledge base. Finds stale references, duplicates, orphaned files, frontmatter issues, and opportunities to merge related topics.
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charlesjones-dev Skill Kb QueryQuery the knowledge base with a question. Synthesizes an answer from relevant KB files and optionally files the result back as a new KB article.
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charlesjones-dev Skill Kb ImportRegister a KB file in CLAUDE.md's Knowledge Base table. Accepts a file path argument, or scans docs/kb/ for unregistered files. Adds missing frontmatter.
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charlesjones-dev Skill Kb UpgradeUpgrade an existing Knowledge Base to the latest plugin practices. Ensures Obsidian compatibility, structured 'When to Load' format, loading notifications, index schema, and frontmatter health. Safe and re-runnable.
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victory-hugo Bundle Notion Meeting IntelligencePrepare meeting materials with Notion context and Codex research; use when gathering context, drafting agendas/pre-reads, and tailoring materials to attendees.
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aki2022 Bundle Origin Obsidian ResearchObsidian vault(手元の論文・記事クリップ・スキャン資料のノート群)を vector 検索し、 指定テーマの調査結果を出典リンク付きで整理して返す。発火するのは情報源が「手元の vault」だと 明示された時だけ: 「obsidian で調査/調べて」「vault を検索」「vector で調べて」「ノート/蓄積資料/ 保存した論文から調べて」など。これらに続けてテーマや観点(医療と公共 等)が指定されたら使う。 発火しない(重要): 単に「〇〇について調べて/まとめて」とだけ言われた一般的な調査依頼、最新情報や 事実確認を求める依頼(Web 検索が適切)、リポジトリのコード調査。obsidian/vault/ノート等の語が 無ければ起動せず、必要なら「vault を検索する?」と確認する。
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iamhenry Skill Reddit ReaderSearch Reddit posts and comments with PullPush, then return citation-safe findings with direct Reddit URLs.
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iamhenry Bundle Gather ContextResearch existing code before changes, or answer a focused codebase question. Calibrates local and external investigation to uncertainty, then presents supported approaches, minimal diff first, without implementing them.
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iamhenry Bundle Viral ResearchViral content research and DNA extraction for Instagram Reels. Use this skill whenever you need to research what's performing in a niche on Instagram, find viral faceless Reels, download and analyze them frame-by-frame, identify patterns, and produce a structured research brief. Trigger whenever the user mentions viral content research, Instagram research, Reel analysis, content DNA, swipe file building, niche research, competitor analysis for social content, or wants to understand why certain content performs. Also trigger when the user wants to find content formats to adapt, study what's working in a niche, or build a research-backed content strategy. This skill is research-only — it does not generate or publish content.
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iamhenry Bundle Technical RequirementsPhase 2 - Clarify technical requirements from product specs. Requires product-adr.md as input. Outputs tech-adr.md. Use when running /technical-requirements, clarifying technical ADRs, or moving from product requirements to a fully-specified technical specification via research, approach selection, and 15 sequential categories.
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ryryo Bundle Research X PostsX(旧Twitter)上で共有された技術知見、障害報告、運用事例、公式発表、投稿スレッドを、ログイン済みXのネイティブ検索から調査し、一次情報と反証を検証して再現可能な形で整理する。ユーザーから「Xで調べて」「Xのナレッジを調査して」「Twitterの投稿や事例を探して」、特定製品・技術のX上の評判や解決例を確認して、またはX投稿を根拠として既存調査を補強してほしいと依頼された場合に使う。
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ryryo Bundle Video Reference Research動画URLや保存済み動画から、字幕と映像を照合し、時刻付き出典・根拠画像・論点索引を持つ資料を作る。講義・対談・解説動画の資料化、製品UIや操作のキャプチャ付き調査に使う。字幕取得や文章要約だけならyoutube-transcript-researchを使う。
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hidden-history Bundle Aim Best Practices ResearcherResearch current best practices for any technology, pattern, or coding standard. Use when asking about best practices, conventions, coding standards, recommended approaches, or how should I questions. Searches local knowledge first, then web for 2024-2026 sources. Evaluates if findings warrant a reusable skill.
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 kb-init, gsd-research-phase, alterlab-pra-consumer-insight. 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.