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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ashutoshsrivastava17 Skill Knowledge ManagementDesign IT knowledge management — article templates, review workflows, KCS practices, metrics, and retirement policies. TRIGGER when: user says /knowledge-management, needs to improve IT knowledge sharing, or asks about KCS or knowledge base practices.
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ur-grue Bundle Jargon TranslatorRewrites scientific, legal, financial, or technical jargon into plain language suitable for a general news audience — preserving accuracy while making the meaning immediately clear to a non-specialist reader.
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ur-grue Bundle Press Roundup WriterProduces a structured press roundup that summarises how multiple outlets covered a single event or topic — organised by editorial angle rather than by outlet — so a reader can quickly understand the full range of media response without reading every article.
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ur-grue Bundle Press Office FinderProduces a step-by-step guide for locating the correct press office, media contact, or spokesperson for a specific organisation, institution, or public figure — so the journalist sends their request to the right person on the first attempt.
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ur-grue Bundle Web ArchivingProduces a step-by-step archiving plan for preserving a live web page using Wayback Machine and Archive.today, with multi-archive redundancy and guidance on legal evidence preservation when the archived material may be needed in court or regulatory proceedings.
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ur-grue Bundle Coverage Review BriefProduces a structured framework for reviewing how a topic has been covered by other media outlets — identifying the dominant narrative frames, the sources quoted, the angles explored, and the gaps in coverage — so a journalist can find the untold story and avoid repeating what has already been reported.
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ur-grue Bundle Content AccessLocates accessible copies of paywalled, removed, or hard-to-find published material using Unpaywall, CORE, Semantic Scholar, library databases, and equivalent open-access routes — giving journalists and researchers a structured search path that stays within ethical and legal boundaries.
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ur-grue Bundle Page MonitoringProduces a monitoring plan for tracking changes to a target web page over time — covering change-detection tools, RSS-based monitoring, webhook alerts, and a structured process for logging and archiving each detected change.
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ur-grue Bundle Footnotes FormatterTakes a list of messy, inconsistent, or unnumbered notes and references and returns them correctly numbered, consistently formatted, and matched to your chosen citation style.
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ur-grue Bundle Person Biography BriefGenerates a structured biographical research plan for a specific person, listing the public-record sources to check, the biographical questions to answer, and the verification steps to confirm key claims — so the journalist walks into an interview or writes a profile with no blind spots.
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ur-grue Bundle Source Bibliography WriterProduces a correctly formatted bibliography or source list from details you provide, supporting AP, Chicago (Notes-Bibliography), and APA citation styles.
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ur-grue Bundle Debate State SummaryProduces a structured, neutral summary of the current state of a public debate or controversy — mapping the main positions, the actors behind them, the evidence each side cites, and the unresolved questions — so a journalist can get up to speed quickly and identify the underreported angles.
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ur-grue Bundle Trend IdentifierReads a set of data points or a described data series and identifies the meaningful trends within it, expressed in plain, publication-ready language.
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ur-grue Bundle Claim Fact CheckerProduces a structured verification brief for a specific claim — listing the key questions to investigate, the source types to consult, the red flags to watch for, and a framework for reaching a defensible editorial judgment.
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ur-grue Bundle Travel Logistics BriefProduces a structured logistics checklist for a reporting trip — covering the research categories a journalist needs to investigate before travel, including transport, accommodation, credentials, safety considerations, communications, and local contacts — so nothing critical is overlooked in trip planning.
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ur-grue Bundle Claim Origin TracerProduces a structured research plan for tracing a widely circulated claim back to its original source — mapping the citation chain, identifying where distortion may have occurred, and listing the databases and techniques needed to find the primary source and assess its reliability.
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ur-grue Bundle Statistics VerifierRuns a structured checklist over every statistic in your draft — flagging figures that look wrong, comparisons that may mislead, and numbers that need a primary source before they are safe to publish.
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ur-grue Bundle Expert IdentifierGenerate a structured expert-sourcing strategy for a story — identifying the types of experts needed, the criteria for selecting them, where to look, and what questions to ask when vetting candidates.
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ur-grue Bundle Publication History FinderProduces a structured research plan for systematically locating everything a specific person has published, said on the record, or appeared in — across academic journals, news media, social media, podcasts, conferences, and official documents.
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ur-grue Bundle Commentary WriterWrites narration or commentary for a documentary sequence, given a description of the picture and research notes or factual context.
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ur-grue Bundle Voice Over Script WriterTurns research notes, interview transcripts, or article text into a broadcast-ready voice-over script — short sentences, active voice, written for the ear, timed to picture.
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ur-grue Bundle Guest Research BriefProduces a structured, host-ready research brief on an upcoming podcast guest — covering their background, key work, public positions, conversation history, and suggested angles — so the host can prepare a focused interview.
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vril-labs Bundle ResearchWeb research, multi-AI delegation, and multi-perspective validation. /research [query], /research delegate [task], /research thinktank [topic]. Triggers: "search for", "look up", "research", "delegate", "get perspectives", "web search", "find out", "investigate", "introspect", "session analysis", "check readwise", "saved articles", "reading list", "highlights", "what are people saying", "X search", "social sentiment", "trending".
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vril-labs Skill Exa Core Workflow AExecute Exa primary workflow: Core Workflow A. Use when implementing primary use case, building main features, or core integration tasks. Trigger with phrases like "exa main workflow", "primary task with exa".
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kernel8901 Bundle X Followings DigestAuto-fetch latest tweets from your X/Twitter followings and generate structured AI digest. Supports custom time ranges: 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, or custom. 自动抓取X/Twitter关注列表的最新推文,并使用AI分析师提示词生成结构化日报。支持自定义时间段:1天、3天、7天或自定义天数。 **Trigger Words:** - "summarize my followings", "X digest", "Twitter summary", "tweets from last 3 days", "weekly summary" **触发词:** - "总结关注列表", "X日报", "Twitter摘要", "过去3天的推文", "一周摘要" **Prerequisites:** X auth via AUTH_TOKEN & CT0 env vars
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kernel8901 Bundle Intellectia Stock ScreenerGet stock screener list data from Intellectia API (no auth) and summarize results.
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kernel8901 Bundle Polymarket ResearchPolymarket research and directional trading sub-strategy. Part of paper-trader skill. Research-based probability assessment for directional prediction market trades. SUB-STRATEGY: Managed by parent paper-trader orchestrator.
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vril-labs Skill Log AnalyzerParses structured or unstructured application logs to surface error trends, anomaly spikes, and actionable insights. Invoke when asked to analyze logs, find errors in log output, investigate a production incident, identify patterns in log data, or summarize what happened in a time window.
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vril-labs Bundle Codebase ReconUltra-dense, full-spectrum codebase reconnaissance skill exclusively by VRIL LABS. Chains every major and obscure code repository platform and cross-repository search engine—leveraging free APIs wherever available—to systematically discover, evaluate, and document high-signal reference codebases in a dedicated REFERENCE_REPOS.md file, saving development time and elevating output quality on any current task. Invoke when asked to find reference implementations, build a reference corpus, scout existing solutions, discover similar projects, or research how a technology is used across the open-source ecosystem.
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vril-labs Skill Text SummarizerCondenses long-form documents, papers, or transcripts into concise summaries, bullet points, or executive briefs. Invoke when asked to summarize, condense, TL;DR, extract key points, create an abstract, or generate an executive summary from a document or transcript.
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vril-labs Skill Research AssistantSearches the web, fetches sources, synthesizes findings, and formats cited research reports on any topic. Invoke when asked to research a topic, find information, gather sources, write a research brief, fact-check a claim, or synthesize findings from multiple sources.
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vril-labs Skill Customer Support BotTriages incoming support tickets, suggests resolutions from a knowledge base, and escalates edge cases to humans. Invoke when asked to build a support bot, triage support tickets, auto-respond to customer inquiries, suggest resolutions from a knowledge base, or automate first-line customer support.
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vril-labs Skill Legal Document ReviewerScans contracts and legal documents for risky clauses, non-standard terms, missing provisions, and regulatory compliance issues. Invoke when asked to review a contract, analyze legal terms, flag risky clauses, check for missing provisions, or summarize legal documents in plain language.
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vril-labs Skill Competitive IntelligenceMonitors competitor websites, pricing, product launches, and job postings to surface strategic insights. Invoke when asked to research competitors, analyze the competitive landscape, track what a competitor is doing, or gather market intelligence.
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vril-labs Bundle Exa ToolsExecutes Exa AI search queries via unified Python CLI. Use when searching the web for current information, finding code examples, researching APIs, SDKs, or retrieving programming context for any library or framework.
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alivirgo Skill Dont Summarize Without A GoalWhy generic 'summarize this' prompts produce low-signal fluff, and how to use Goal-Directed Extraction to pull exact decision criteria.
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 knowledge-management, jargon-translator, press-roundup-writer. 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.