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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codealive-ai Bundle Structured LogWrite structured entries to daily memory log with facts, concepts, and files — use after any meaningful work, research, or decision
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codealive-ai Bundle Social ListeningMonitor brand mentions, competitor activity, and industry conversations across web and social media. Use when asked to track what people say, monitor competitors on social, or find industry discussions. For structured competitive analysis, see competitor-research.
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codealive-ai Bundle Exa People ResearchPeople research using Exa search. Finds LinkedIn profiles, professional backgrounds, experts, team members, and public bios. Use when searching for people, finding experts, or looking up professional profiles.
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codealive-ai Bundle Exa Company ResearchCompany research using Exa search. Finds company info, competitors, news, tweets, financials, LinkedIn profiles, builds company lists. Use when researching companies, doing competitor analysis, market research, or building company lists.
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codealive-ai Bundle Github Stars MonitorCron-triggered: monitor GitHub stars and forks on [YOUR_PRODUCT] repos, research new stargazers by profile, alert CEO when someone interesting stars/forks. Runs automatically.
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Nmc Media TheoryThis skill should be used when the user asks about "media theory", "critical theory", "academic writing", "Foucault", "Habermas", "McLuhan", "Baudrillard", "Stuart Hall", "act as a media theory companion", "media theory mode", "theoretical framework", "literature review", "discourse analysis", "semiotics", "cultural studies", "political economy", or needs expertise in applying media and communication theory to academic writing and critical analysis. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (New Media & Communication department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Rma Survey BuilderThis skill should be used when the user asks about "survey design", "questionnaire construction", "Likert scale", "question wording", "response bias", "survey tool", "Google Forms", "Qualtrics", "SurveyMonkey", "Typeform", "pilot testing", "survey distribution", "act as a survey builder", "survey builder mode", "survey instrument", "closed-ended questions", "open-ended questions", "rating scale", "semantic differential", "survey flow", "skip logic", "branching logic", "response rate", "survey fatigue", "questionnaire validation", "pre-test survey", "online survey", "survey analysis", "Cronbach's alpha", "factor analysis", "survey consent form", "demographic questions", or needs expertise in designing, building, distributing, and validating survey instruments. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Rma Content AnalystThis skill should be used when the user asks about "content analysis", "coding scheme", "media content analysis", "quantitative content analysis", "qualitative content analysis", "discourse analysis", "framing analysis", "media representation", "intercoder reliability", "Krippendorff's alpha", "Cohen's kappa", "coding manual", "code book", "content coding", "act as a content analyst", "content analyst mode", "thematic coding", "manifest content", "latent content", "unit of analysis", "coding categories", "media framing", "representation studies", "textual analysis", "narrative coding", "frequency analysis", "Semetko frames", "Entman framing", "Fairclough discourse", "Mayring", "coding sheet", or needs expertise in systematic content analysis methodology and media coding frameworks. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Rma Proposal WriterThis skill should be used when the user asks about "research proposal", "grant application", "funding proposal", "grant writing", "research justification", "proposal writing", "act as a proposal writer", "proposal writer mode", "ethics application", "IRB application", "ethics committee", "research budget", "budget planning", "research timeline", "Gantt chart", "proposal defense", "dissertation proposal", "thesis proposal", "research design", "methodology section", "literature gap", "significance of the study", "research objectives", "hypothesis formulation", "funding agency", "project narrative", "specific aims", or needs expertise in writing research proposals, grant applications, and ethics submissions. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Pra Consumer InsightThis skill should be used when the user asks about "consumer insights", "audience research", "buyer personas", "customer journey mapping", "survey design", "focus group guide", "target audience analysis", "psychographics", "consumer behavior", "audience segmentation", "act as a consumer researcher", "consumer insight mode", "empathy mapping", "research debrief", "qualitative research", "quantitative research", "ethnography", "depth interviews", "laddering technique", "means-end chain", "consumer motivations", or needs expertise in understanding audiences through research methodologies and insight development. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Public Relations & Advertising department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Rma Citation ManagerThis skill should be used when the user asks about "citation styles", "APA format", "MLA format", "Chicago style", "Harvard referencing", "IEEE citation", "Vancouver style", "reference list", "bibliography", "in-text citations", "cite my sources", "act as a citation manager", "citation manager mode", "Zotero", "Mendeley", "EndNote", "reference management", "avoiding plagiarism", "paraphrasing", "citation ethics", "how to cite", "format my references", "DOI", "parenthetical citation", "footnote citation", "annotated bibliography", "citation generator", or needs expertise in academic citation formatting, reference management, and plagiarism avoidance. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Rma Interview AnalystThis skill should be used when the user asks about "interview methodology", "semi-structured interview", "interview guide", "interview questions", "probing techniques", "interview transcription", "interview analysis", "narrative analysis", "phenomenological analysis", "IPA", "interpretive phenomenological analysis", "focus group", "focus group facilitation", "participant recruitment", "informed consent", "qualitative interviewing", "act as an interview analyst", "interview analyst mode", "interview coding", "thematic analysis of interviews", "member checking", "theoretical saturation", "purposive sampling", "snowball sampling", "interview protocol", "research interviews", "Braun and Clarke", "grounded theory coding", "framework analysis", "Labov narrative", or needs expertise in qualitative interview design, facilitation, and systematic analysis. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Rma Qualitative CoderThis skill should be used when the user asks about "qualitative coding", "thematic analysis", "grounded theory", "open coding", "axial coding", "selective coding", "codebook development", "NVivo", "ATLAS.ti", "Dedoose", "MAXQDA", "inter-coder reliability", "memo writing", "qualitative data analysis", "coding qualitative data", "act as a qualitative coder", "qualitative coder mode", "thematic coding", "Braun and Clarke", "inductive coding", "deductive coding", "code hierarchy", "theme development", "qualitative research analysis", "interview analysis", "focus group analysis", "content analysis", "narrative analysis", "phenomenological coding", "category development", "code frequency", "coding framework", or needs expertise in systematic qualitative data analysis and codebook construction. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Rma Research DesignerThis skill should be used when the user asks about "research design", "methodology selection", "qualitative research", "quantitative research", "mixed methods", "research question", "hypothesis formulation", "variable operationalization", "sampling strategy", "act as a research designer", "research designer mode", "research methodology", "validity", "reliability", "internal validity", "external validity", "experimental design", "quasi-experimental", "case study design", "grounded theory", "phenomenology", "ethnography", "survey research design", "correlational study", "dependent variable", "independent variable", "confounding variable", "control group", "random sampling", "stratified sampling", "purposive sampling", "sample size calculation", or needs expertise in designing rigorous research studies and selecting appropriate methodologies. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Rma Literature ReviewerThis skill should be used when the user asks about "literature review", "systematic review", "source evaluation", "annotated bibliography", "literature mapping", "research gap", "database searching", "Google Scholar", "JSTOR", "Scopus", "Web of Science", "act as a literature reviewer", "literature reviewer mode", "finding sources", "academic sources", "peer-reviewed articles", "citation management", "reference list", "literature search strategy", "inclusion criteria", "exclusion criteria", "PRISMA", "thematic analysis of literature", "source credibility", "research synthesis", "scoping review", "narrative review", "meta-analysis planning", "literature matrix", or needs expertise in finding, evaluating, organizing, and synthesizing academic literature. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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prone-dc302 Skill Alterlab Cdm Documentary ResearchThis skill should be used when the user asks about "documentary", "documentary research", "interview questions", "documentary treatment", "archival research", "documentary ethics", "act as a documentary researcher", "documentary mode", "non-fiction film", "documentary proposal", "documentary subject research", "oral history", "verite", "observational documentary", or needs expertise in documentary research methodology, interview preparation, treatment writing, and ethical frameworks for non-fiction filmmaking. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Cinema & Digital Media department).
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wyattowalsh Bundle ResearchDeep multi-source research with reviewable plans, source-support auditing, and confidence scoring. Use for technical, academic, market, fact-checking investigation. NOT for code review or simple Q&A.
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wyattowalsh Bundle Host PanelFacilitate research-grounded panels in roundtable, Oxford, and Socratic formats. Use when exploring contested topics from multiple angles. NOT for Q&A, code review, or real human opinion simulation.
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dragoon0x Skill Jobs To Be DoneUnderstand what people actually hire your product to do. Maps functional, emotional, and social jobs. Surfaces real competition and generates interview frameworks. Use when product direction feels unclear or when features aren't landing.
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dragoon0x Skill User PsychologyApply motivation, friction, and trust patterns to product decisions. Maps cognitive biases and behavioral triggers to specific UI and copy choices. Use when reviewing flows for drop-off points or when something feels right but doesn't convert.
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dragoon0x Skill Feedback SynthesisTurn raw user feedback into actionable product decisions. Categorization frameworks, signal vs noise filtering, and severity scoring. Use when processing interviews, support tickets, or reviews into product direction.
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dragoon0x Skill Willingness To PayDetermine what customers will actually pay using structured pricing research frameworks. Covers Van Westendorp, Gabor-Granger, competitive anchoring, and practical approaches for teams without formal research budgets. Use when setting initial pricing, considering a price increase, or entering a new segment.
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dragoon0x Skill User Research IntegrationTurn user research into product decisions, not just reports. Covers when to research, what methods to use, and how to act on findings. Use when product direction feels disconnected from users, research exists but isn't informing decisions, or you're building on assumptions.
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njs14 Skill SwarmFan out bounded independent investigations or reviews across native Kiro sub-agents, then aggregate coverage, gaps, and evidence. Use for parallel research, repository inventory, test triage, or independent review tracks.
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njs14 Skill Principle Guard The Context WindowBound large outputs and broad research, delegate independent slices when available, and retain only evidence that can change the next decision.
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jaechang-hits Bundle Pubmed DatabaseProgrammatic PubMed access via NCBI E-utilities REST API. Covers Boolean/MeSH queries, field-tagged search, endpoints (ESearch, EFetch, ESummary, EPost, ELink), history server for batches, citation matching, systematic review strategies. Use for biomedical literature search or automated pipelines.
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jaechang-hits Skill Literature ReviewConducting systematic, scoping, and narrative literature reviews. Covers PRISMA/PRISMA-ScR protocols, search strategy (Boolean, MeSH), database selection (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase), screening, data extraction, evidence synthesis (narrative, meta-analysis, thematic), and reporting. Use when planning or executing a formal literature review.
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jaechang-hits Skill Scientific BrainstormingStructured ideation methods: SCAMPER, Six Thinking Hats, Morphological Analysis, TRIZ, Biomimicry, plus more. Decision framework for picking methods by challenge type (stuck, improving, systematic exploration, contradiction). Use when generating research ideas or exploring interdisciplinary connections.
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jaechang-hits Skill Scientific Literature SearchSystematic strategies for searching scientific literature across PubMed, arXiv, Google Scholar, and AI-assisted tools. Covers PICO framework for clinical questions, three-tiered search (database-specific, AI-assisted, content extraction), PubMed field tags and MeSH, boolean query construction, and full-text extraction. Use when planning a literature search or choosing a search tier.
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jylhis Skill Memory ManagementTwo-tier memory system that makes Claude a true workplace collaborator. Decodes shorthand, acronyms, nicknames, and internal language so Claude understands requests like a colleague would. CLAUDE.md for working memory, memory/ directory for the full knowledge base.
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charlesmu99 Bundle Speccrew Knowledge Module Summarize---
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charlesmu99 Bundle Speccrew Knowledge System Summarize---
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peopleforrester Skill Continuous Learning V2Instinct-based learning system that observes development patterns via hooks and builds a knowledge base of reusable instincts with confidence scoring. Instincts evolve from observations into skills, commands, and agents.
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matiascomercio Skill SpecCore specification workflow engine. Supports CREATE, GATHER/RESEARCH, CONSOLIDATE, SUCCESS_CRITERIA, CONFIRM_SC, PLAN, IMPLEMENT, REVIEW, FIX, TEST, DOCUMENT, SENTINEL, SELF_VALIDATION, and compatibility stages.
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matiascomercio Bundle Mux OspecOrchestrates the spec workflow via MUX delegation, combining parallel research-to-deliverable orchestration with spec stage-based execution. Triggers on keywords: mux ospec, ospec
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matiascomercio Skill Ac Workflow SpecCore specification workflow engine. Supports CREATE, GATHER/RESEARCH, CONSOLIDATE, SUCCESS_CRITERIA, CONFIRM_SC, PLAN, IMPLEMENT, REVIEW, FIX, TEST, DOCUMENT, SENTINEL, SELF_VALIDATION, and compatibility stages.
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 structured-log, social-listening, exa-people-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.