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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knuckles-team Bundle Web CrawlerBounded, privacy-aware website and sitemap crawler with AgentConfig-managed egress, TLS, output confinement, and optional GraphOS document ingestion. Use when fetching one page, crawling a site or sitemap, or ingesting approved web content into GraphOS.
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richfrem Bundle Podcast SummarizerSummarize podcast episodes from audio metadata. Extracts ID3 tags, chapter markers, and show notes.
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richfrem Bundle Spec Kitty ResearchRun the Phase 0 research workflow to scaffold research artifacts before task planning.
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kienbui1995 Skill User ResearchUse when planning user interviews, writing discussion guides, running usability tests, or synthesizing research findings
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williamcorrea23 Skill Capture AnswerIngests an expert's answers to an L2 questionnaire in the abap_wiki knowledge base: transforms the answers (filled in the interviews/ file or given verbally) into a canonical citable expert-answer (slices/<id>/inputs/expert-answers/), moves gaps to 'answered' and closes the questions. Use this skill when the owner/expert has answered the functional questions generated by research-l2.
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hmbown Skill Speak With DeadThis spell is archaeology, not history research. It operates on specific artifacts from a specific dead system to answer specific questions. It is NOT general tech history, NOT interviewing living people, and NOT monitoring live systems.
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shengdabai Bundle Darwin SkillDarwin Skill 2.0 (达尔文.skill 2.0): autonomous skill optimizer, v2.0 integrates Microsoft Research SkillLens (arXiv 2605.23899) 9-dim rubric + SkillOpt (arXiv 2605.23904) validation-gated design + human-in-the-loop checkpoints. Evaluates SKILL.md files using a 9-dimension rubric (structure + effectiveness + meta-skill blacklists), runs hill-climbing with git version control, spawns independent judge agents for blind evaluation, validates improvements through test prompts with auto-break on diminishing returns, and generates visual result cards. Use when user mentions "优化skill", "skill评分", "自动优化", "auto optimize", "skill质量检查", "达尔文", "darwin", "帮我改改skill", "skill怎么样", "提升skill质量", "skill review", "skill打分".
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shengdabai Bundle QueryAnswer questions using the brain's knowledge with 3-layer search, synthesis, and citation propagation. Use when the user asks a question, wants a lookup, or needs information from the brain.
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shengdabai Skill BriefingCompile daily briefing with meeting context, active deals, and citation tracking
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delorenj Skill Gsd Research PhaseResearch how to implement a phase (standalone - usually use $gsd-plan-phase instead)
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vibeeval Skill ProveFormal theorem proving with research, testing, and verification phases
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vibeeval Skill Research ExternalExternal research workflow for docs, web, APIs - NOT codebase exploration
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ferroxlabs Skill Research Jtbd InterviewsThe user wants to understand why people buy, or you're looking at a persona that smells made-up. Load this whenever someone asks for "the audience," "the avatar," or "the customer."
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ferroxlabs Skill Salary NegotiatorComplete salary negotiation guide covering market rate research, total compensation analysis, negotiation scripts, counter-offer strategies, benefits negotiation for PTO, remote work, and equity, negotiation psychology, when to walk away, and annual review preparation. Use when the user asks about salary negotiator, or needs help with complete salary negotiation guide covering market rate research, total compensation analysis, negotiation scripts, counter-offer strategies, benefits negotiation for pto, remote work, and equity, negotiation psychology, when to walk away, and annual review preparation. Do NOT use when the request requires professional specialized advice or falls outside the scope of salary negotiator.
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ferroxlabs Skill Career Pivot AdvisorCareer transition planning guide covering transferable skills identification, industry research frameworks, networking for career change, bridge roles, education and certification paths, financial runway planning, pivot timelines, and portfolio building for a new field. Use when the user asks about career pivot advisor, or needs help with career transition planning guide covering transferable skills identification, industry research frameworks, networking for career change, bridge roles, education and certification paths, financial runway planning, pivot timelines, and portfolio building for a new field. Do NOT use when the request requires professional specialized advice or falls outside the scope of career pivot advisor.
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ferroxlabs Skill Research QuestionHelps learners refine broad topics into focused, researchable questions using the PICO or FINER framework. Produces a well-formed research question with scope boundaries and feasibility assessment. Use when a learner asks to develop a research question, narrow a broad topic, focus a research idea, or determine if a question is researchable. Do NOT use for choosing a research methodology (use `research-methodology`), for finding sources (use `literature-search`), or for writing a thesis statement (use writing category skills).
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ferroxlabs Skill Morning PrepDaily morning scan — load saved morning layout, screenshot watchlist symbols, and summarize overnight pre-market state. Use when the user says "good morning", "morning prep", or asks for a pre-open briefing.
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ferroxlabs Skill Data Collection PlanCreates data collection plans with instrument selection, participant criteria, ethical considerations, and timeline for learners designing research studies. Produces a complete data collection protocol. Use when a learner asks to plan data collection, design a survey or interview protocol, determine sample size, or address research ethics requirements. Do NOT use for choosing a methodology (use `research-methodology`), for analyzing collected data (not an education skill), or for writing the methods section (use writing category skills).
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ferroxlabs Skill Research MethodologyCompares research methodologies and helps learners select the most appropriate method for their research question. Produces a methodology comparison with rationale for selection -- not a textbook chapter on research methods. Use when a learner asks to choose a research method, compare qualitative vs quantitative approaches, select a research design, or justify their methodology choice. Do NOT use for developing a research question (use `research-question`), for data collection instrument design (use `data-collection-plan`), or for statistical analysis (not an education skill).
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ferroxlabs Skill Finance R And D CreditWalk Form 6765 R&D credit preparation and post-TCJA §174 capitalization together — four-part-test screening of activities, qualified research expense capture (wages, supplies, contract research), and the capitalization schedule software companies now have to keep. Use when the user has engineering payroll and wants to know what qualifies and what documentation to hold. Do NOT use for contractor 1099s (use finance-1099-prep), payroll returns (use finance-payroll-prep) or sales tax (use finance-sales-tax). Preparation package only — a CPA or EA must sign and file.
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modu-ai Bundle Collab UX Research사용자 인터뷰 가이드·페르소나 문서·VOC 분석 보고서·NPS 해석안 같은 UX 리서치 결과물을 만들어 드립니다. 다음과 같은 요청 시 사용하세요: - "사용자 인터뷰 질문지 만들어줘" - "VOC 분석해줘" - "페르소나 설계해줘" - "NPS 결과 해석해줘" - "유저빌리티 테스트 시나리오 만들어줘" - "고객 설문 인사이트 정리해줘" 정성·정량 리서치 결과를 의사결정에 쓸 수 있는 인사이트로 정리하고, ai-slop-reviewer·korean-humanize으로 마무리할 수 있습니다. [책임 경계] vs moai-coworker:collab-ux-design: collab-ux-research=정성/정량 리서치(인터뷰·페르소나·VOC), collab-ux-design=디자인 평가(휴리스틱·접근성·플로우)
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modu-ai Skill Commerce Market Research[책임 경계] 카테고리 시장조사 1장 자동 생성 — 거시·경쟁·검색 3축 리포트. 페어 스킬 moai-tutor:education-grant-writer와 명확히 구분 — 본 스킬은 이커머스 셀러 카테고리 진입 판단, 페어는 정책자금 리서치. 다음과 같은 요청 시 반드시 이 스킬을 사용하세요: "내 카테고리 시장조사 해줘", "경쟁사 동향 알아봐줘", "이 카테고리 진입 검토해줘", "분기 시장 트렌드 뽑아줘", "신상품 카테고리 분석", "쇼핑 트렌드 리서치", "키워드 시장 규모 알아봐줘", "카테고리 기회·위협 분석" 6대 영역 진단(A-F) + 포지셔닝 5축(품질/가성비/전문성/편의성/가치관) + 새 카테고리 창출 vs 기존 카테고리 경쟁 분석. ai-slop-reviewer 체이닝 제외 (수치·표 데이터 스킬).
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modu-ai Skill Education Learning Project스스로 공부할 나만의 학습 프로젝트를 만들어 드립니다. 학습 목표와 현재 수준을 진단해 단계별 로드맵을 짜고, 진도 추적과 학습 전용 CLAUDE.md를 자동으로 세팅합니다. 다음과 같은 요청 시 사용하세요: - "claude code 공부할 학습 프로젝트 만들어줘" - "영어 회화 8주 학습 계획 세워줘. 초급이야" - "파이썬 입문 자기주도 학습 로드맵 짜줘" - "claude cowork 마스터하는 학습 프로젝트 초기화해줘" - "내 학습 진도 추적할 수 있게 세팅해줘" - "지금 수준 진단하고 단계별 학습 단계 만들어줘" 학습자(수강생) 본인이 쓰는 도구입니다. 주제·수준·가용 시간을 받아 마일스톤 로드맵과 프로젝트 폴더를 만들고, education-tutor-research·education-learning-material 체인으로 연결합니다. [책임 경계] vs moai-tutor:education-curriculum-designer: 이 스킬=배우는 사람 본인의 자기주도 학습 프로젝트, 저 스킬=강사가 남을 가르치려고 만드는 강의 커리큘럼.
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modu-ai Bundle Education Research Assistant문헌 검토 보고서, 논문 초안, 연구 계획서, 참고문헌 목록을 만들어 드립니다. 다음과 같은 요청 시 사용하세요: - "AI 교육 효과에 관한 문헌 검토 보고서 작성해줘" - "설문 데이터 분석해서 인사이트 도출해줘" - "석사 논문 연구 계획서 구조 잡아줘" - "APA 형식으로 참고문헌 정리해줘" - "이 주제 선행연구 정리하고 연구 공백 찾아줘" - "논문 서론부터 결론까지 구조 설계해줘" - "RISS, DBpia에서 찾을 검색 키워드 전략 짜줘" - "피어 리뷰 대비해서 연구 방법 타당성 점검해줘" RISS·DBpia 등 국내외 학술 DB 검색 전략부터 정량·정성 분석, 인용 관리, 피어 리뷰 대비까지 지원합니다. [책임 경계] vs moai-consultant:consult-market: 이 스킬=학술 논문과 연구 리서치, 저 스킬=시장 조사와 비즈니스 리서치.
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acaprino Bundle StripeKnowledge base loaded by the stripe-integrator and revenue-optimizer agents, also consumable directly. TRIGGER WHEN: working with the Stripe API (Payment Intents, Customers, Subscriptions, Checkout Sessions, Connect, webhooks, tax, usage-based billing), Firebase integration, pricing strategy, or revenue modeling.
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acaprino Skill Custom Plugin RefreshMaintenance protocol for hand-authored plugins that have no upstream to diff against: the four freshness risk classes and their cadences, where hard-coded versions hide, the re-research and surgical-edit update protocol, the refresh commit tag, and triage for picking what to refresh next. TRIGGER WHEN: the user asks to refresh, re-research, or fact-check a plugin that is not in the sync table of the `upstream-sync` skill; asks which plugins are stale or overdue; or asks about version drift in plugin knowledge bases. DO NOT TRIGGER WHEN: the plugin IS upstream-synced (use `upstream-sync`), the task is a first-time vendor of external content (use `external-repo-intake`), or the task is mirroring our content outward (use `downstream-exports`).
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acaprino Bundle OpentelemetryKnowledge base for OTel in Python: async gotchas, non-HTTP transports, production patterns. TRIGGER WHEN: working with OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, span instrumentation, context propagation, OTLP exporters, sampling strategies, or observability pipelines.
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acaprino Bundle Web Search TechniquesKnowledge base for web research: query formulation, source authority ranking, the two search backends (native WebSearch, optional serper.dev through websearch.py), reading pages with WebFetch and the webfetch.py bot-block fallback, and the anti-loop rules. Used by quick-searcher, deep-researcher and /research:team-research. TRIGGER WHEN: performing web research with WebSearch, WebFetch, or the research plugin's scripts. DO NOT TRIGGER WHEN: searching a local codebase (use Grep or Glob directly).
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acaprino Bundle Libgdx DevelopmentKnowledge base for shipping production games from one Java or Kotlin codebase. TRIGGER WHEN: building, optimizing, debugging, or scaffolding libGDX games; migrating libGDX versions; choosing libGDX architecture patterns.
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acaprino Bundle Grabber DevelopmentKnowledge base for production crawlers, from target assessment through observability. TRIGGER WHEN: building, debugging or optimizing a Python web scraper, or working on anti-bot bypass for Cloudflare, DataDome or PerimeterX, CAPTCHA solving, proxy architecture or rate limiting.
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acaprino Skill Anti AI Writing PatternsKnowledge base of the 24 catalogued patterns, each with a natural-sounding rewrite. TRIGGER WHEN: editing or reviewing text to remove AI traces, or when asked to humanize text.
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maxrave-dev Skill Read Build Logs Bottom UpRead a build log by going to the bottom for the verdict and then to the FIRST error marker for the cause — never a fixed-size window from either end, because the causal message and the failure banner sit at opposite ends of the output. Use when a background build finishes and you are about to summarise it, when a log says only "task X FAILED" with no reason, or when a filter came back empty and you are about to call that a clean build.
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argentaios Skill Community BlogwatcherMonitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the blogwatcher-cli tool. Add blogs, scan for new articles, track read status, and filter by category.
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argentaios Skill Argentos Project Credibility ReviewEvaluate a startup/open-source project or AI product by cross-checking the website narrative against repositories, docs, demos, activity, and implementation evidence. Use when the user asks what you think of a product/project URL, especially if it has GitHub links or open-source claims.
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dnyoussef Bundle When Analyzing User Intent Use Intent AnalyzerWhen Analyzing User Intent Use Intent Analyzer
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dnyoussef Bundle When Gathering Requirements Use Interactive PlannerWhen Gathering Requirements Use Interactive Planner
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 web-crawler, podcast-summarizer, spec-kitty-research. 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.