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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alexe-ev Bundle Assess Experience QualityEvaluate the quality of a user experience and identify friction, confusion, or drop-off patterns. Use this skill when a team needs a structured assessment of experience quality in an existing product flow.
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alexe-ev Bundle Analyze Usability FindingsAnalyze and structure findings from usability testing sessions into prioritized, actionable design recommendations. Use this skill after usability testing to turn observations into improvements.
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aradotso Skill Designer Skills CollectionInstall and use agentic design skills, commands, and plugins for Claude Code — covering research, systems, UI, interaction, and delivery.
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hiai-gg Skill SummarizeSummarize text content
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mphaxise Skill Academic VerifyVerify a research claim or citation through publication, methodology, data, and replication evidence.
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mphaxise Skill Research SynthesisSynthesize user, design, market, or literature research with evidence grading, bias checks, quotes-to-insights traceability, and unknowns.
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mphaxise Skill Perplexity ResearchRun brain-augmented current web research and separate new information from what the brain already knows.
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yunseo-kim Bundle Deep ResearchComprehensive research assistant that synthesizes information from multiple sources with proper citations and source evaluation
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yunseo-kim Bundle Pricing StrategyMake pricing decisions, design packaging and tiers, and develop monetization strategy with research methods
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yunseo-kim Bundle Academic ResearcherAcademic research assistant for literature reviews, paper analysis, scholarly writing, and citation formatting in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles
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vignesh2027 Skill Meeting AnalyzerActivates MeetingAnalyzer for extracting intelligence from meeting transcripts, notes, and recordings. Use when you need to extract action items with owners and due dates, identify decisions made, summarize key discussion points, detect unresolved conflicts or blockers, or generate a structured meeting follow-up email.
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vignesh2027 Skill Quant ResearcherActivates QuantResearcher for academic quantitative research and paper writing. Use when you need to formulate testable research hypotheses, select appropriate econometric or statistical methodology, synthesize existing literature on a topic, interpret statistical results in academic and business terms, or structure an academic paper (abstract through conclusion) following journal standards.
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vignesh2027 Skill UserresearchosComplete user research intelligence — research planning, interview mastery, usability testing, survey design, Jobs-to-be-Done framework, synthesis, and turning user insights into product decisions
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thelobbi Bundle Marketplace ResearchReference knowledge for researching Microsoft Graph APIs, scaffolding Claude Code plugins, and auditing marketplace coverage. Contains curated doc URLs, API structure guides, research output schemas, plugin templates, and the M365 services catalog.
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crazymsn Bundle Exa SearchWeb toolkit powered by Exa, tuned for scientific and technical content. Use this skill when the user needs to search the web or fetch/extract URL content. Covers: web search (semantic lookups, research, current info — with optional research-paper category and academic domain filtering) and URL extraction (fetching pages, articles, academic PDFs in batch). Use this skill for web-related tasks when the user wants high-quality search or scholarly filtering via category=research paper. Triggers on requests to search, look up, fetch a page, or extract an article.
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crazymsn Bundle Paper LookupSearch 10 academic paper databases via REST APIs for research papers, preprints, and scholarly articles. Covers PubMed, PMC (full text), bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, CORE, Unpaywall. Use when searching for papers, citations, DOI/PMID lookups, abstracts, full text, open access, preprints, citation graphs, author search, or any scholarly literature query. Triggers on mentions of any supported database or requests like "find papers on X" or "look up this DOI".
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crazymsn Bundle Open NotebookSelf-hosted, open-source alternative to Google NotebookLM for AI-powered research and document analysis. Use when organizing research materials into notebooks, ingesting diverse content sources (PDFs, videos, audio, web pages, Office documents), generating AI-powered notes and summaries, creating multi-speaker podcasts from research, chatting with documents using context-aware AI, searching across materials with full-text and vector search, or running custom content transformations. Supports 16+ AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Groq, and Mistral with complete data privacy through self-hosting.
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crazymsn Bundle Research GrantsWrite competitive research proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC. Agency-specific formatting, review criteria, budget preparation, broader impacts, significance statements, innovation narratives, and compliance with submission requirements.
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crazymsn Bundle Research LookupLook up current research information using parallel-cli search (primary, fast web search), the Parallel Chat API (deep research), or Perplexity sonar-pro-search (academic paper searches). Automatically routes queries to the best backend. Use for finding papers, gathering research data, and verifying scientific information. Note: query text is transmitted to api.parallel.ai (PARALLEL_API_KEY) and, for academic searches, to openrouter.ai (OPENROUTER_API_KEY).
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crazymsn Bundle Venue TemplatesAccess comprehensive LaTeX templates, formatting requirements, and submission guidelines for major scientific publication venues (Nature, Science, PLOS, IEEE, ACM), academic conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, CHI), research posters, and grant proposals (NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA). This skill should be used when preparing manuscripts for journal submission, conference papers, research posters, or grant proposals and need venue-specific formatting requirements and templates.
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crazymsn Bundle Scientific WritingCore skill for the deep research and writing tool. Write scientific manuscripts in full paragraphs (never bullet points). Use two-stage process with (1) section outlines with key points using research-lookup then (2) convert to flowing prose. IMRAD structure, citations (APA/AMA/Vancouver), figures/tables, reporting guidelines (CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA), for research papers and journal submissions.
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crazymsn Bundle Citation ManagementComprehensive citation management for academic research. Search Google Scholar and PubMed for papers, extract accurate metadata, validate citations, and generate properly formatted BibTeX entries. This skill should be used when you need to find papers, verify citation information, convert DOIs to BibTeX, or ensure reference accuracy in scientific writing.
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crazymsn Bundle Market Research ReportsGenerate comprehensive market research reports (50+ pages) in the style of top consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Gartner). Features professional LaTeX formatting, extensive visual generation with scientific-schematics and generate-image, deep integration with research-lookup for data gathering, and multi-framework strategic analysis including Porter Five Forces, PESTLE, SWOT, TAM/SAM/SOM, and BCG Matrix.
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masih-0x3 Bundle GoalUse when the user invokes /goal, asks for Codex goal mode, or starts long-horizon autonomous work that should be refined into a concrete, verifiable goal contract before execution. Use for durable coding, debugging, research, migration, browser-testing, deployment-check, or data-review tasks where Codex should keep working until evidence proves completion or a real blocker remains.
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masih-0x3 Bundle Verified ResearchUse when the user asks to research, investigate, compare sources, verify claims, evaluate evidence, or produce an evidence-backed answer or dossier without immediately implementing changes.
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masih-0x3 Bundle Research Plan Implementation LoopUse when the user asks for research that should lead to planning, implementation, product changes, build decisions, or an end-to-end loop rather than a standalone research answer.
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naveedharri Bundle LinkedinRepurpose research, YouTube videos, blog articles, guides, or raw insights into high-performing LinkedIn posts that match Ben's exact tone of voice and writing style. STEP-BY-STEP and interactive: never output a complete post immediately, and at each step give suggestions, wait for the user's decision, then proceed. Pairs with /research upstream and /visual downstream. Use when the user shares a YouTube link, blog URL, transcript, insight, or idea and wants a LinkedIn post, or says "LinkedIn post", "LinkedIn content", "write a post", "repurpose for LinkedIn", or "turn this into a post".
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naveedharri Bundle NewsletterIterative newsletter writing workflow for Ben Van Sprundel's audience. Use when Ben wants to write a newsletter from research, an insight, an idea, or a YouTube video transcript. This is a CREATIVE, STEP-BY-STEP process. Never output a complete newsletter immediately. Each step requires suggestions, user decision, then progression to next step. Pairs with /research upstream and /image downstream. Triggers: newsletter, write newsletter, email content, repurpose video, insight to newsletter.
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finpeakinc Bundle Google Ads Keywords For KeywordsUse when the user wants to find keywords related to a keyword, query related keywords, expand keywords, get Google Ads keyword suggestions, seed keyword research, or Google Ads keyword ideas with search volume and CPC metrics.
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mphaxise Skill Brain OpsBrain-first local memory workflow for Codex. Use to search, update, cite, or cross-link the local brain before outside research or after new user signal.
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mphaxise Skill Data ResearchGBrain-inspired structured research for Codex. Use when the user wants tracked extraction, recurring data collection, or a canonical tracker built from files, connectors, or web sources.
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florianbuetow Skill Context Research<!--
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lihongwei-cn Bundle Research Rigor蒙多科研辩证思维引擎 — 将顶级期刊(Nature/Science/Cell)级别的科研严谨性注入蒙多的每一个任务。 核心方法论:盲假设协议 + 证据质量Rubric + 跨模型对审 + 观察生命周期 + 校准反馈循环。 适用场景:论文写作、实验设计、数据分析、方案论证、技术选型、架构评审、任何需要严谨推理的任务。 触发词:科研/辩证/严谨/论证/假设/验证/实验/review/peer review/方案对比/技术选型/架构评审。 灵感来源:cheat-on-content (XBuilderLAB) 的校准预测循环方法论。
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yeaight7 Skill Repo MapUse when the task is to understand an unfamiliar codebase, locate key entry points, or summarize architecture before editing.
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muvon Skill Trend LinkedinHarvest LinkedIn posts and conversations into a sourced brief for a specific audience. Activate for LinkedIn trend scans or research briefs; capture current surfaces, buyer questions, format patterns, and evidence limitations without inventing ranking weights.
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viktorbezdek Bundle Plugin IdeationTurns a vague "I want to build a Claude plugin" into a concrete, problem-first plugin idea — or tells you to not build it. Use when you want to build a Claude plugin, have an idea for a plugin and don't know if it's worth pursuing, are asking "should I build this as a plugin or is there already one", are exploring plugin ideas for your team, or are mining your workflow for repeatable pain points that could become plugins. Covers pain-point mining (what workflow pains become plugins), the problem-worthy checklist (seven criteria a plugin idea must pass), the "build for a problem, not for yourself" discipline, and ideation anti-patterns (scope creep, engineering-exercise plugins, one-off tasks, already-solved). NOT for validating an idea against existing plugins — use plugin-research for marketplace surveys.
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 assess-experience-quality, analyze-usability-findings, designer-skills-collection. 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.