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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thomasmoreai Skill Lex Uk LawUK legal research using the Lex API. Use this skill whenever the user asks about UK law, legislation, statutory instruments, Acts of Parliament, legal provisions, amendments, or anything that could benefit from searching authoritative UK legal sources. Also use when the user mentions specific UK Acts (e.g. "the Data Protection Act"), asks about legal requirements, or needs to understand how legislation has changed over time. Even if the user doesn't explicitly say "search legislation", if they're asking a question that UK law could answer, use this skill.
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thomasmoreai Skill Ip ResearchIP data research tools for patents, trademarks, and related USPTO/EPO/JPO records. Use when: - Looking up patents by number (US, EP, WO, JP, etc.) - Searching patent databases by keyword, assignee, inventor, or classification - Getting patent family, citation, or legal status information - Checking USPTO application status, file wrapper, PTAB proceedings, or petitions - Searching office action rejections and cited references - Looking up MPEP or TMEP sections, or CPC classifications - Searching Canadian case law / IP statutes via CanLII (Federal Court, FCA, SCC, TMOB, Patent Appeal Board, Patent Act, Trademarks Act) - Searching global IP statutes / treaties via WIPO Lex (~200 jurisdictions) - Finding patent or trademark assignments / ownership history - Fetching USPTO publication full-text data - Checking U.S. trademark status, prosecution documents, or mark images (TSDR) - Searching the U.S. trademark register (TESS) by wordmark, owner, or goods/services - Federal Circuit (CAFC) appellate opinions and PTAB/d
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thomasmoreai Skill Tax Law ResearchThis skill should be used when the user wants to "search tax regulations", "find latest tax laws", "look up tax policies", "check tax rates", "research tax compliance requirements", or "get current tax legal information". It uses real-time web search via Tavily to find current tax and legal information from authoritative government sources.
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thomasmoreai Skill Yd Law Search元典法律法规检索技能(开放平台版 https://open.chineselaw.com)。 用于中国法律、行政法规、司法解释、部门规章、地方性法规等规范性文件的检索。 适合:法条语义检索、法条关键词检索、法规级别检索、法条/法规详情查询。 不负责最终法律结论;如需基于检索结果做法律分析,应继续调用 cs-china-lawyer-analyst; 若是"做法律研究备忘录"类完整流程,应交由 legal-research 编排技能调度。
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thomasmoreai Skill BluebookThis skill should be used when the user asks to “cite a case”, “format a citation”, “check Bluebook format”, “cite a statute”, “use id. or supra”, “format footnotes”, “cite a law review article”, or needs Bluebook 21st Edition citation guidance.
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thomasmoreai Skill SearchSearch legislation text and knowledge base using semantic similarity under any supported legislation
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thomasmoreai Skill Cite ReconSurvey open legal questions and research gaps in the project.
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thomasmoreai Skill Adoption SummaryProduces structured U.S. adoption-law summaries for litigation and client-facing use. Use when asked to summarize adoption law, draft pre-filing research briefs, create jurisdiction-specific issue memoranda, or prepare client education documents. Triggers: adoption summary, domestic adoption, intercountry adoption, Hague adoption, foster care adoption, TPR in adoption, stepparent/relative adoption, post-adoption rights.
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thomasmoreai Skill Citation FormatNormalize messy citation strings ("CVC 23152a", "California Vehicle Code Section 23152(a)") into canonical form ("Cal. Veh. Code § 23152(a)") before passing to harvester-query.
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thomasmoreai Skill Legal CogLegal demands two things: frontier-level reasoning and precision document generation. CellCog delivers both. #1 on DeepResearch Bench (Feb 2026) for the intelligence that legal work requires, paired with state-of-the-art document generation for contracts, NDAs, terms of service, privacy policies, compliance reviews, and legal research. AI contract generator, legal document drafting, NDA creator, terms of service, privacy policy, compliance, legal AI.
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thomasmoreai Skill California Property TaxCalifornia property tax research workflow using BOE Property Tax Rules (especially 462.* change in ownership, including 462.180 legal entities) and BOE published Property Tax Annotations (PTLG, commonly 220.*). Use when the user needs rule/annotation identification, synthesis, and application to a factual scenario involving change in ownership, trusts, or legal entities.
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thomasmoreai Skill Legal Issue Research中国法律全领域系统性检索专家。 ## 核心特色 - 支持用户身份识别(普通人/法学生/律师/法官检察官) - 根据不同身份提供差异化服务 - 完整法源检索(法律/行政法规/司法解释/指导性案例/典型案例) - 法条原文引用与条文互引梳理 ## 核心触发条件(满足任一即触发) **高优先级(必须触发)**: - 明确要求查找法条/法规/司法解释/规范性文件 - 要求判断合法性/违法性("违法吗""合法吗""有没有责任") - 要求查找赔偿标准/补偿金额/责任认定/程序要求 - 询问"根据什么法律""法律怎么规定""法律依据是什么" **中优先级(结合上下文触发)**: - "怎么办""怎么维权""能不能告" - "需要什么手续""要具备什么条件" - "还能主张什么""可以去哪里投诉" ## 适用场景 - 劳动争议:违法解除、经济补偿、工伤、社保、调岗等 - 合同纠纷:定金、违约金、违约责任、买卖合同等 - 侵权责任:交通事故、人身损害、医疗事故、环境污染等 - 婚姻家庭:离婚财产、子女抚养、房产继承等 - 行政/刑事/公司金融等 ## 不触发情况 - 仅询问法律概念/名词解释(不属于检索) - 仅要求推荐律师/法律服务 - 仅讨论法律新闻/案例故事(不涉及具体法规) - 仅询问法律考试/学习问题 **注**:即使用户未明确要求"检索报告",只要涉及法律规范查找、整理、解释、适用问题,即触发此skill。
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thomasmoreai Skill Zhihe Legal Research连接智合AI法律大模型平台进行法律研究。本技能应在用户需要进行法律问题研究、查找法律法规、检索类似案例、或获取法律研究报告时使用。需要智合AI平台会员账号。
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thomasmoreai Skill Quality CheckerRun the 8-item legal research quality gate and decide pass/fail with remediation steps.
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thomasmoreai Skill Summarize FilesGenerates structured summaries of legal documents (contracts, pleadings, correspondence, transactional materials). Triggers when the user asks to summarize case files, agreements, pleadings, or any legal materials for review, onboarding, or status reporting.
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thomasmoreai Skill Citation BluebookFormats legal citations per The Bluebook (21st ed.) using Bluepages practitioner conventions. Use when citing authority in court filings, checking citation format, drafting briefs or memoranda, or formatting a table of authorities.
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diegosouzapw Bundle Citation ManagementCitation Management workflow skill. Use this skill when the user needs Manage citations systematically throughout the research and writing process and the operator should preserve the upstream workflow, copied support files, and provenance before merging or handing off.
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thomasmoreai Skill Memo StubbiIRAC-scaffolded case analysis memo with research gaps flagged — the scaffold, not the analysis.
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thomasmoreai Skill Search Prior ArtSearch for prior art relevant to a specific invention or patent claim. Covers patent literature, non-patent literature (academic papers, products, open source), defensive publications, and standard-essential patents. Use when evaluating whether an invention is novel and non-obvious before filing, challenging the validity of an existing patent, supporting a freedom-to- operate analysis, documenting a defensive publication, or responding to a patent office action questioning novelty or obviousness.
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thomasmoreai Skill Yd Case Search元典案例检索技能(开放平台版 https://open.chineselaw.com)。 用于中国案例、类案、典型案例、权威案例的关键词检索与语义检索,以及案例详情拉取。 不负责最终法律结论;如需基于案例做论证,应继续调用 cs-china-lawyer-analyst; 若是"做法律研究备忘录"类完整流程,应交由 legal-research 编排技能调度。
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thomasmoreai Skill Opinion SummarySummarizes U.S. transactional legal opinions into executive-ready briefs preserving issues, analysis, conclusions, qualifications, and key authorities. Triggers when asked to summarize a legal opinion, opinion memorandum, legal analysis memo, or produce an executive opinion recap.
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thomasmoreai Skill Criminal SummaryGenerates structured U.S. criminal case summaries from docket materials, filings, transcripts, and exhibits. Covers charge history, evidentiary posture, procedural timeline, plea/trial outcome, and sentencing. Use when asked to summarize a criminal matter, produce a case recap, compile a charge-to-sentencing timeline, or create a neutral case brief.
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thomasmoreai Skill Legal PracticeCivil litigation, contract law, legal research methodology, rules of professional conduct, and legal citation format
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thomasmoreai Skill Legal WritingStructural feedback on a legal writing draft (memo, brief, paper, exam essay) — organization, analysis depth, clarity, citation form. NEVER rewrites the draft. Use when the user says "feedback on my memo", "read my draft", or "critique my brief".
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thomasmoreai Skill Search Prior Art 3Search for prior art relevant to a specific invention or patent claim. Covers patent literature, non-patent literature (academic papers, products, open source), defensive publications, and standard-essential patents. Use when evaluating whether an invention is novel and non-obvious before filing, challenging the validity of an existing patent, supporting a freedom-to-operate analysis, documenting a defensive publication, or responding to a patent office action questioning novelty or obviousness.
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thomasmoreai Skill Statutory AnalysisFirst-pass framework for reading, interpreting, and structuring statutory analysis of US federal, state, and local law. Produces draft analysis for attorney review — not legal advice. Use this skill whenever the user references a specific US statute, regulation, ordinance, or rule by citation, asks "what does [statute X] require," asks for compliance scoping, applicability thresholds, requirement extraction, exemption analysis, definitional analysis, federal preemption analysis, or multi-state comparison — even if they don't explicitly ask for "statutory analysis." Halts and asks for missing inputs rather than guessing. Out of scope for non-US law.
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thomasmoreai Skill Appellant BriefDrafts the appellant's opening brief challenging a lower court decision in federal or state appellate courts. Covers issue selection, standard of review framing, record citation, argument structure, and procedural compliance under FRAP 28/32 or state equivalents. Use when preparing an appellant's opening brief, selecting appellate issues, structuring appellate arguments, or demonstrating reversible error on appeal.
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thomasmoreai Skill Legal Article SummaryProduces structured summaries of legal scholarship capturing thesis, methodology, key authorities, arguments, and significance. Use when summarizing law review articles, journal articles, case notes, or scholarship for research triage, case preparation, literature reviews, or CLE.
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thomasmoreai Skill Regulatory SummaryGenerates structured, citation-grounded summaries of regulatory documents (agency rules, guidance, enforcement actions, compliance frameworks). Extracts provisions, requirements, deadlines, penalties, safe harbors, and compliance actions with pinpoint citations. Use when summarizing regulations, rulemaking notices, enforcement orders, or administrative decisions.
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thomasmoreai Skill Insurance Policy SummaryProduces structured, citation-backed summaries of U.S. insurance policies, endorsements, claims files, and coverage correspondence for coverage analysis and insurance litigation. Use when summarizing policies, declarations, claims files, reservation-of-rights letters, denial letters, or coverage disputes.
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thomasmoreai Skill Animal Law Case SummaryProduces litigation-grade case summaries for animal law disputes including cruelty/neglect prosecutions, ownership/custody, dangerous animal designations, veterinary malpractice, and service/assistance animal accommodations. Builds exhibit-cited factual timelines, maps evidence to statutory elements, evaluates expert evidence, and assesses remedies with jurisdiction-specific legal research. Use when summarizing animal law cases, analyzing animal cruelty charges, pet custody disputes, dangerous dog hearings, veterinary malpractice claims, or assistance animal accommodation matters. Also trigger for animal forfeiture, bite liability, wildlife possession, or animal-related court filings.
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thomasmoreai Skill Uk Citation VerificationUse when users say "verify these UK citations", "check this skeleton for hallucinated cases", "BAILII/FCL check", "is this EWCA citation real", or need UK authorities, paragraph references, case names, or quotations checked against public sources.
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thomasmoreai Skill Recherche LegislationRechercher dans les textes legislatifs et reglementaires francais (lois, codes, decrets, ordonnances, arretes, Journal Officiel, conventions collectives). A utiliser quand l'utilisateur cherche "que dit la loi", cite un article de code (Code civil, du travail, de commerce, penal, monetaire et financier, de la sante publique, de la consommation, de l'environnement, general des impots, des assurances, etc.), demande "trouve la loi sur X", "le decret de", "l'ordonnance de", "l'arrete du", evoque le JO ou le Journal Officiel, ou cherche une convention collective par numero IDCC ou par secteur. Mobilise Legifrance (fonds LODA, CODE, JORF, KALI). Lit le profil de pratique pour respecter le format de citation choisi et le perimetre prioritaire.
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thomasmoreai Skill Legal AnalysisAnalyze legal contracts, extract clauses, and perform legal research with structured frameworks
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thomasmoreai Skill Claude For LegalLegal workflow drafting, triage, review, research planning, legal operations, law-student or clinic support, and legal AI governance adapted from Anthropic claude-for-legal. Use for commercial, privacy, product, corporate, employment, regulatory, AI governance, IP, litigation, legal-clinic, and law-student tasks. Draft-only; attorney review and current source verification required.
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thomasmoreai Skill Legal MemorandumDrafts objective internal legal memoranda using the CREAC method with structured header, questions presented, brief answers, statement of facts, analysis, and strategic recommendations. Use when drafting legal memos, research memoranda, pre-trial analysis, or any objective internal legal analysis document.
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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 insurance-policy-summary, claude-for-legal, legal-analysis. 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.