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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willoscar Bundle Idea Direction GeneratorGenerate a compact pool of discussion-worthy research directions from the signal table, writing `output/trace/IDEA_DIRECTION_POOL.md`.
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elihuvillaraus Skill AutoresearchSelf-improving skill optimizer. Runs overnight experiments to improve any skill using binary evals and a Karpathy-style research loop. Generates variants of a skill, measures pass rate against deterministic test cases, commits improvements, discards failures. Use for: improving ralph, tester, architect, or any skill with measurable output. Triggered by: 'improve skill', 'autoresearch', 'optimize skill overnight', 'run experiments on'.
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mattwoodco Skill Video MessagingAsync video messaging — record screen + camera, upload to MUX, auto-transcribe, AI-summarize, and view in threaded conversations. Use this skill when the user says "add video messages", "setup video messaging", "async video", "video threads", "loom clone", or "video-messaging".
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kagenti Skill Playwright ResearchAnalyze UI code changes to plan, create, and maintain Playwright demo videos - change detection, test writing, video recording lifecycle
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chatandbuild Bundle SentryUse when the user asks to inspect Sentry issues or events, summarize recent production errors, or pull basic Sentry health data via the Sentry CLI; perform read-only queries using the `sentry` command.
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openshift-eng Skill Generate SbomGenerate an AI SBOM declaration for a PR description. Use this skill when the user asks to generate an AI SBOM, create an ai-assisted block, fill out their AI assistance section, or prepare a PR description with AI provenance. Also use when the user says 'what skills did I use' or 'summarize my AI usage'.
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simplefarmer69 Skill Lincoln AIA comprehensive AI legal practice skill that replaces the full scope of a licensed attorney. Handles client intake, legal research, document drafting (contracts, pleadings, motions, briefs, wills, trusts, corporate filings), email correspondence, negotiation strategy, regulatory compliance, litigati
- chatandbuild Bundle Notion Meeting Intelligence
Prepare 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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bjornmelin Bundle Deep ResearcherDeep, cited research across official docs, Codex web tools, Context7 API, GitHub, package source, rendered web pages, and Firecrawl with evidence ledgers.
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manastalukdar Skill Debug SessionDocument debugging sessions with hypothesis tracking and knowledge base
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zocomputer Bundle Manim ComposerTrigger when: (1) User wants to create an educational/explainer video, (2) User has a vague concept they want visualized, (3) User mentions "3b1b style" or "explain like 3Blue1Brown", (4) User wants to plan a Manim video or animation sequence, (5) User asks to "compose" or "plan" a math/science visualization. Transforms vague video ideas into detailed scene-by-scene plans (scenes.md). Conducts research, asks clarifying questions about audience/scope/focus, and outputs comprehensive scene specifications ready for implementation with ManimCE or ManimGL. Use this BEFORE writing any Manim code. This skill plans the video; use manimce-best-practices or manimgl-best-practices for implementation.
- zocomputer Bundle Pricing Strategy
When the user wants help with pricing decisions, packaging, or monetization strategy. Also use when the user mentions 'pricing,' 'pricing tiers,' 'freemium,' 'free trial,' 'packaging,' 'price increase,' 'value metric,' 'Van Westendorp,' 'willingness to pay,' or 'monetization.' This skill covers pricing research, tier structure, and packaging strategy.
- zocomputer Bundle Clarion Sec Research
Pull, index, and search SEC EDGAR filings for any public company. Supports 10-K and 10-Q (annual/quarterly with curated section extraction for risk factors, MD&A, business, and financials), Form 3/4/5 (insider transactions), 8-K (material events), DEF 14A (proxy/governance), S-1 (IPO/registration), 20-F (foreign private issuers), and any other SEC form by name. Use when the user asks about a company's SEC filings, risk factors, MD&A, insider transactions, executive compensation, business description, or wants to analyze a specific filing in plain English. Single ticker or multiple tickers (comma-separated). On first request for a ticker+form, indexing happens in the background (1-5 min). Subsequent queries are fast. Requires clarion-setup to have been run.
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hainamchung Skill Confidence ResearchProduce confidence-weighted research with explicit source hierarchy and verification discipline. Use for all research outputs to halt hallucination propagation.
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happy-technologies-llc Skill App SummarySummarize existing ServiceNow applications with scope analysis, table structure, script inventory, and dependency mapping
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Adr Summarization
Summarize Architecture Decision Records with context, rationale, trade-offs, and impact analysis for enterprise architecture governance
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Itsm Suggested Steps
Generate suggested resolution steps for incidents based on category, symptoms, historical similar tickets, and knowledge base articles
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Csm Case Summarization
Summarize CSM cases including timeline, interactions, resolution status, related tasks, and communications history
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Case Auto Resolve
Auto-resolve common cases and incidents using pattern matching, knowledge base lookups, and historical resolution data to enable zero-touch service desk operations
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Product Compliance
Summarize software product compliance status including license counts, entitlement gaps, compliance violations, and recommended remediation actions
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Chat Recommendation
Generate recommended chat responses for CSM agents based on case context, knowledge base matches, customer history, and similar resolved cases
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Hrsd Case Summarization
Summarize HR cases with timeline, assigned team, employee details, case type classification, SLA status, and COE routing
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Email Recommendation
Generate professional email responses for customer service cases by analyzing case details, customer sentiment, communication history, and knowledge base articles
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Alert Investigation
Deep investigation of operational alerts including CI tracing, recent change correlation, related alert analysis, knowledge base review, and remediation suggestions using LEAP methodology
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Kb Summarization
Summarize knowledge articles for quick consumption including executive summaries, TL;DR versions, key takeaway bullets, topic extraction, and readability-optimized condensed formats
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Planning Summarization
Summarize planning items, demand records, and portfolio decisions with executive summaries for planning meetings including key metrics and recommendations
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Work Order Summarization
Summarize field service work orders with tasks, SLAs, asset information, travel logistics, and parts requirements for dispatch coordinators and field technicians
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Risk Event Summarization
Summarize risk events with impact assessment, affected controls, contributing factors, and recommended mitigation actions
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Tprm Issue Summarization
Summarize Third-Party Risk Management issues including vendor risk exposure, assessment gaps, remediation status, and compliance impact across the TPRM lifecycle
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Approval Summarization
Summarize approval requests with context including what is being requested, who is requesting, business justification, and similar past approvals
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Itsm Chat Reply Recommendation
Generate recommended chat replies for ITSM agents based on incident context, knowledge base matches, and resolution history
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Ot Incident Summarization
Summarize OT incidents with affected device inventory, safety impact analysis, containment status, and operational continuity assessment for industrial environments
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Health Safety Summarization
Summarize Health and Safety incidents with injury details, root cause analysis, OSHA reporting requirements, corrective actions, and workplace hazard tracking
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Legal Matter Summarization
Summarize legal matters with case timeline, key documents, parties involved, financial exposure, and recommended actions for legal leadership reporting
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Risk Assessment Summarization
Summarize risk assessments with scoring, trends, heat map data, and mitigation recommendations covering inherent vs residual risk analysis
- happy-technologies-llc Skill Case Summarization Approvals
Summarize HR cases, service requests, and requested items for approvers with business justification, cost impact, approval history context, and policy compliance information
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 autoresearch, playwright-research, sentry. 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.