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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junmystery Skill Ito Prediction Market OpsUnified prediction-market and Itô basket operations, covering read-only market intelligence, probability research, non-advisory basket comparisons, trade planning, and oracle data ingestion.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill ProjectProject research with scope analysis and timeline estimation
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill TimelineResearch timeline planning for medical research projects. Invoke for timeline tasks.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Web ResearchConduct web development research using framework docs and codebase exploration. Invoke for web research tasks.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Z3 ResearchResearch Z3/SMT tasks. Invoke for Z3-language research.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Lean ResearchResearch Lean 4 and Mathlib for theorem proving tasks. Invoke for Lean-language research using LeanSearch, Loogle, and lean-lsp tools.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Math ResearchResearch mathematical tasks using domain context and codebase exploration. Invoke for math-language research involving algebra, lattice theory, order theory, topology, and category theory.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Neovim ResearchConduct Neovim configuration research using plugin docs and codebase exploration. Invoke for neovim research tasks.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Logic ResearchResearch mathematical logic tasks using domain context and codebase exploration. Invoke for logic-language research involving modal logic, Kripke semantics, and related mathematical foundations.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Deck ResearchPitch deck content research through material synthesis
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Formal ResearchCoordinate formal reasoning research across logic, math, and physics domains. Invoke for formal-language research requiring cross-domain coordination.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Physics ResearchResearch physics formalization tasks using domain context and codebase exploration. Invoke for physics-language research involving dynamical systems, chaos theory, and related formalization.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Python ResearchResearch Python development tasks. Invoke for Python-language research.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Epidemiology ResearchResearch skill for epidemiology and study design
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peterbamuhigire Bundle 10 AI Hallucination Slo DocUse when defining an AI hallucination SLO for factuality, citation validity, abstention, severity, sampling, error budget, and release response; use saas-slo-and-error-budget-doc for ordinary service reliability.
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starchild-ai-agent Skill 6522 TangtradesJeffrey Tang's personal trading research methodology: HFT/quant strategy, deep due diligence, tokenomics & unlock analysis, DeFi protocol diligence, and branded deliverable production. Use when doing any of: building/backtesting trading strategies, researching tokens/protocols, producing investment dossiers or 1-pagers, analyzing market structure, or creating AlphaRunner-branded outputs.
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starchild-ai-agent Skill 6522 Employee ModeWork as the user's analyst in the established Giles mode: execute requested research, drafting, analysis, and follow-through while accepting direct management and career coaching. Use when the user asks for Giles, employee mode, an analyst deliverable, delegated execution, progress reporting, or feedback framed for a talented junior employee.
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starchild-ai-agent Skill 554 Youtube SummarySummarize YouTube videos by fetching their transcript and generating a structured summary. Use when the user shares a YouTube link and wants a summary, key points, or content overview of the video.
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starchild-ai-agent Bundle 6522 Pre Tge Paper GraderRate the research QUALITY of a pre-TGE / pre-launch research paper itself — evidence, logic, valuation rigor, risk honesty, and argument structure. For grading a note's content as research, not for grading whether the trade is actionable (use research-article-grader for that).
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starchild-ai-agent Bundle 6171 Experiment Research Lab自动搜索全网前沿实验方案(学术论文、开源硬件、竞赛项目、创客社区), 评估可行性后生成完整实现(BOM采购清单、固件代码、电路图、3D打印件、 Web仪表盘、教学文档)。 Use when exploring new experiment ideas, searching for cutting-edge DIY/physics/engineering project implementations, or when the user says "找一下XX实验/项目/方案" and wants a complete, buildable solution.
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starchild-ai-agent Bundle Okx Dex TrenchesUse this skill for meme/打狗/alpha token research on pump.fun and similar launchpads: scanning new token launches, checking developer reputation/开发者信息 and past rug pull history, bundle/sniper detection/捆绑狙击, bonding curve status, finding similar tokens by the same dev, and wallets that co-invested (同车/aped) into a token. Use when the user asks about 'new meme coins', 'pump.fun launches', 'trenches', 'trench', 'scan trenches/扫链', 'check dev reputation', 'bundler analysis', 'who else bought this token', '打狗', '新盘', or '开发者信息'. Do NOT use for market-wide whale/smart-money signals — use okx-dex-signal. Do NOT use for per-token holder distribution or honeypot checks — use okx-dex-token.
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cowork-os Bundle BatchPlan and execute parallel, repeatable migrations across code, docs, research artifacts, ops configs, or mixed task sets.
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cowork-os Skill TwitterWrite viral, persuasive tweets and threads optimized for X's algorithm. Research viral examples in your niche, then craft content using proven hook formulas and copywriting frameworks.
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cowork-os Bundle YoutubeFetch transcripts, metadata, and captions from YouTube videos. Use when you need to summarize a video, answer questions about its content, extract key points, compare videos, or pull quotes with timestamps. Supports auto-generated and manual captions, multiple languages, and translation.
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cowork-os Bundle SimplifyImprove existing work with focused simplification passes across code, writing, research, operations, or general tasks.
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cowork-os Skill SummarizeSummarize or extract text/transcripts from URLs, podcasts, and local files (great fallback for “transcribe this YouTube/video”).
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cowork-os Skill Pi LibrarianGitHub research subagent for Pi that uses gh workflows to find and cite relevant repo files before implementation.
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coco-research Skill Gsd Research PhaseResearch how to implement a phase (standalone - usually use /gsd-plan-phase instead)
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teoslayer Bundle Pilot Service Agents NewsNews feeds, forum aggregators, and current-events streams — Hacker News, dev.to, GDELT, Reddit, Stack Exchange, USGS hazards. Use this skill when: 1. Pulling current tech news / top stories (HN top/new, Lobsters, dev.to) 2. Searching discussion archives (HN Algolia, Stack Exchange) 3. Monitoring real-time events — hurricanes, earthquakes, spaceflight news Do NOT use this skill when: - Mainstream press articles (not in catalogue — use an external news API) - Scholarly literature (use pilot-service-agents-academic) - Sports scores (use pilot-service-agents-sports)
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teoslayer Bundle Pilot Service Agents AcademicScholarly literature and bibliographic databases — OpenAlex, Crossref, Europe PMC, PubMed, DOAJ, DBLP, Semantic Scholar. Use this skill when: 1. Searching peer-reviewed works by author, title, keyword, or DOI 2. Walking the citation / funder / institution graph (OpenAlex) 3. Looking up a DBLP author page or a ROR organisation record Do NOT use this skill when: - Full-text article download — agents return metadata only - Clinical guideline search (use pilot-service-agents-health — clinicaltrials, PubMed eSearch is in `academic`) - Book catalog search (use pilot-service-agents-books)
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cowork-os Bundle Stock AnalysisAnalyze stocks, ETFs, and crypto using Yahoo Finance and Alpha Vantage. Get real-time quotes, fundamentals (P/E, EPS, margins, balance sheet), technical indicators (RSI, MACD, Bollinger), dividends, earnings, options chains, analyst ratings, institutional holders, sector comparisons, and screening. Use when the user asks about stock prices, company financials, market trends, portfolio analysis, or any investment research.
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cowork-os Skill Idea ValidationValidate a business or product idea with market research, competitor analysis, and a go/no-go recommendation
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cowork-os Skill Summarize FolderCreate a summary of all files in a folder
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cowork-os Skill Usecase Draft ReplySummarize a chat and draft 2 reply options. Stops before sending.
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cowork-os Skill Competitive ResearchResearch competitors for a product, market, or idea and identify opportunities to differentiate
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cowork-os Skill Usecase Newsletter DigestSummarize newsletter/email feed messages from the last N hours and propose follow-ups.
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 ito-prediction-market-ops, skill-project, skill-timeline. 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.