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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uxcel-lab Skill Pm Personas JtbdBuild or critique an audience-understanding artifact — research-based user personas, a Jobs-to-Be-Done framing, or the choice between them. Grounds the work in real research (never invented demographic fiction), keeps only detail that changes a decision, and picks the lens by research objective, stage, and resources. Applies the always-true core and gates context-dependent decisions (personas vs. JTBD vs. both, research-based vs. proto, how many personas, which details, segmentation depth, AI's role). Trigger when asked to create user personas, define a target audience/segment, apply Jobs-to-Be-Done, decide who the product is for, or review existing personas.
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droodotfoo Bundle PolymathPolymath split-brain research methodology. Maps the possibility space of open-ended problems by building a max-distance lens roster across three relatedness tiers (close/mid/far), composing polymath expert personas from the tiers, spawning N parallel sub-agents, then synthesizing their disagreements into a landscape map. TRIGGER when: the user explicitly invokes the technique ("polymath", "split-brain", "multiagency", "let's run agents to/for X", "remember our polymath multiagency"); OR asks to brainstorm/ideate across multiple framings of an architecture, design, or strategy problem; OR when ALL of these are true: (a) the problem is research/strategy/framing-level, (b) the user has indicated framing uncertainty (not debugging), (c) the cost of picking the wrong frame is high, (d) the user has not already specified an approach. DO NOT TRIGGER when: debugging ("stuck on this regex/error/build/typo/merge conflict"), file/syntax lookups, single-answer questions, naming/styling micro-decisions, or anything where
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irahardianto Skill Research MethodologyStructured research protocol: investigate technologies, patterns, APIs before implementation. Multi-tool search, research logs, training data fallback honesty.
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ntaffzii Bundle Repo TourUse after graphify has already built graphify-out/graph.json for a project, to generate a dependency-ordered guided tour, an onboarding doc for new team members, or a diff-impact analysis before a commit/PR — reading the existing graph instead of re-scanning the repo. Trigger on "onboarding guide", "เอกสารสำหรับทีมใหม่", "guided tour ของโค้ด", "diff impact", "อธิบาย repo ให้ทีมใหม่", "what does this change affect", when graphify-out/graph.json already exists. If graphify-out/graph.json does NOT exist yet, tell the user to run graphify first — this skill does not scan or build a graph itself.
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ntaffzii Skill Inbox Meeting TriageTriage personal email, Slack/Discord messages, calendar events, and meeting context into action items, daily plans, meeting prep notes, draft replies, and issue/task drafts. Use when the user asks to summarize inboxes, prepare for meetings, extract follow-ups, plan the day, or turn messages into tasks.
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jasonkneen Skill GmailGated Gmail skill scaffold for OpenClicky. Use when the user asks to list, search, read, summarize, or draft replies to Gmail messages through local Google OAuth.
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Dod RioKnowledge base from the DoD Risk, Issue, and Opportunity (RIO) Management Guide for Defense Acquisition Programs (OUSD R&E, Sep 2023 incl. Change 2.2). Use for the defense-acquisition mechanics of program risk management: the RIO definitions (risk/issue/opportunity), the five-step risk process (plan-identify-analyze-mitigate-monitor), 1-5 likelihood/consequence scoring and the 5x5 risk matrix, the four mitigation options (accept/avoid/transfer/control), burn-down plans, issue management (probability=1), opportunity management toward should-cost, cross-program/interface risk, tailoring RIO to the six AAF acquisition pathways (UCA/MTA/MCA/Software/DBS/Services), specialized methods (RMF, MBCRA/Cyber Table Top, Agile metrics, FMECA, ITRA/DTRAM), and institutionalizing RIO via the PRMP, boards (RMB/JRMB/ROMB/RWG), tools, tiered roles, and WBS/IMP/IMS/EVM/TPM integration. This is the DoD-acquisition complement to nasa-risk (general CRM/RIDM theory) and dau-se-guidebook (the SE process frame). Does NOT teach genera
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Doe SemKnowledge base from DOE Systems Engineering Methodology (SEM) Version 3 — the DOE SDLC for IT investments. Use for staged systems lifecycle planning through maintenance, Stage Exits, Structured Walkthroughs, In-Stage Assessments, requirements traceability, and CMM-aligned process discipline. Covers SEM3 (2002) guidance only; does not replace modern DevSecOps tooling standards, DOE O 413.3B capital-asset directives, or current CIO policy supersessions.
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Cisa CpgKnowledge base from CISA Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals 2.0. Use for prioritized IT/OT baseline cyber goals aligned to NIST CSF 2.0 (including GOVERN), critical-infrastructure hygiene, MSP/supply-chain expectations, and board-friendly outcome language. Covers CPG 2.0 goals only; does not replace full CSF programs, sector-specific goals (SSGs), or CSET tooling detail.
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Dod MosaKnowledge base from the OUSD(R&E) guidebook Implementing a MOSA in DoD Programs (Feb 2025). Use for the Modular Open Systems Approach as a DoD acquisition + design discipline: the statutory/regulatory basis (10 U.S.C. 4401–4403, FY2017/FY2021 NDAA, DFARS), the five OUSD(R&E) pillars, the plan→modularize→identify→define→standardize interface lifecycle, technical levers (WBS/MIL-STD-881F taxonomy, standards profiling, API-first software, COTS/cybersecurity), MOSA assessment metrics and tools (PART/OAAT/KOSS/SEAM/MAUT), technology-change and DMSMS management, roadmaps, MOSA across the six AAF pathways, and contracting/IP/data-rights mechanics. SCOPE LIMITS: this is U.S. DoD weapon-system acquisition policy, not a general open-architecture or interface-standards reference — it names standards (FACE, OMS, DISR) without reproducing them, is light on detailed engineering of any specific standard, and does not cover the underlying SE processes (use dau-se-guidebook / nasa-npr-7123) or general systems-engineering theo
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Gao CostKnowledge base from the GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide (GAO-20-195G). Use for program cost estimating: the four characteristics of a reliable estimate (comprehensive, well documented, accurate, credible) and the 18 best practices; the 12-step cost estimating process (purpose, plan, technical baseline, WBS, ground rules and assumptions, data, point estimate, sensitivity, risk/uncertainty, document, present, update); estimating methods (analogy, parametric, engineering build-up, learning curves); Monte Carlo risk/uncertainty analysis, confidence levels and contingency; auditing and validating an estimate against the characteristics; earned value management (EIA-748, BCWS/BCWP/ACWP, CPI/SPI/TCPI, EAC, PMB, IBR); and specialized techniques (software cost estimating, learning curves, Analysis of Alternatives, WBS templates, the Green Book internal-control framework). This is the cost-estimating companion to the GAO Schedule and Technology Readiness Assessment guides. Does not cover schedule estimating/ri
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Nasa CehKnowledge base from the NASA Cost Estimating Handbook (CEH) v4.0. Use for NASA's 12-step, three-part cost estimating process (Project Definition, Cost Methodology, Cost Estimate); the WBS, CADRe, and ONCE data backbone; estimating methodologies (analogy, parametric/CER, engineering build-up, EVM, Delphi); ground rules and assumptions, data normalization and inflation (BY/CY/RY); the point-estimate-to-S-curve cost-risk chain and Unallocated Future Expense (UFE) reserves; Joint Cost and Schedule Confidence Level (JCL) analysis via probabilistic cost-loaded schedules; decision-support analyses (sensitivity, trade studies, make/lease-vs-buy, affordability, CAIV); and economic analysis (discounting, NPV, OMB Circular A-94). The cost-estimating complement to NASA's SE and risk packs. Does NOT reproduce the handbook's tool-specific procedures, worked examples, or appendix-depth methods (it names the appendices), nor cover full DoD/GAO cost guides, schedule construction, or formal risk management beyond the cost inte
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Nasa HsiKnowledge base from NASA Human Systems Integration (HSI) Practitioner's Guide (NASA/SP-2015-3709). Use for HSI process implementation, lifecycle phase activities, function allocation, ConOps development, HSI Plan writing, HSI metrics (MOE/MOP/TPM/KPP), HITL testing strategy, HSI team organisation, scaling/tailoring for program size, and V&V planning. Does not cover the specific human engineering design standards (NASA-STD-3001 content) or detailed HFE methods beyond what the guide itself provides.
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Nasa PraKnowledge base from the NASA Probabilistic Risk Assessment Procedures Guide (NASA/SP-2011-3421, 2nd ed.). Use for quantitative PRA of aerospace and safety-critical systems: the risk triplet and scenario logic stack (MLD, ESD, event trees, fault trees, minimal cut sets), Bayesian data collection and parameter estimation, aleatory/epistemic uncertainty modeling and common-cause failure (Alpha Factor, beta-factor, CCBE), human reliability analysis (THERP, CREAM, NARA, SPAR-H), context-based software risk (CSRM), physics-based and structural/phenomenological models (stress-strength, limit states, FORM/SORM, NASGRO, range safety), uncertainty propagation and importance measures (F-V, RAW, Birnbaum, DIM), and launch-abort modeling with worked PRA examples. This is the QUANTITATIVE engine beneath NASA's risk doctrine — for the qualitative RIDM/CRM decision framework use the nasa-risk pack. Thin on programme management, organisational risk governance, and non-aerospace regulatory contexts; aerospace-focused and ancho
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Nist CsfKnowledge base from NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0. Use for cybersecurity risk management, GOVERN, IDENTIFY, PROTECT, DETECT, RESPOND, RECOVER, Organizational Profiles, CSF Tiers, supply chain risk, enterprise risk management, incident response. Covers the CSF 2.0 document only; does not cover specific SP 800-53 controls, NIST RMF system authorization steps, or sector-specific regulations.
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jgsystemsconsulting Bundle Gao AgileKnowledge base from the GAO Agile Assessment Guide (GAO-24-105506, 2023). Use for assessing and managing Agile software development in federal programs: the Agile Manifesto and framework family (Scrum, Kanban, XP, SAFe, DA, DSDM, Lean, DevOps); the three adoption perspectives (team dynamics, program operations, organization environment); requirements decomposition (epics, features, user stories, INVEST, MoSCoW, definition of done); Agile-aware federal contracting (FAR, modular contracting, SOO/PWS/SOW, product owner vs. COR); program monitoring and control (WBS, cost, schedule, EVM at the feature level); Agile metrics (velocity, lead/cycle time, CFD, burn charts); and the auditor's key-question bank. Oversight- and acquisition-oriented: it tells you how to *assess and govern* Agile programs, not how to code. Thin on hands-on engineering practice, deep cost/schedule checklists (see gao-cost, gao-schedule), and any non-US-federal context.
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sanjeevrg89 Bundle AI Research ScienceAI Research Science
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zhaixin244-wq Skill Wiki QueryAnswer questions using the Obsidian wiki vault. Reads hot cache first, then index, then relevant pages. Synthesizes answers with citations. Files good answers back as wiki pages. Supports quick, standard, and deep modes. Triggers on: what do you know about, query:, what is, explain, summarize, find in wiki, search the wiki, based on the wiki, wiki query quick, wiki query deep.
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zhaixin244-wq Bundle AutoresearchAutonomous iterative research loop. Takes a topic, runs web searches, fetches sources, synthesizes findings, and files everything into the wiki as structured pages. Based on Karpathy's autoresearch pattern: program.md configures objectives and constraints, the loop runs until depth is reached, output goes directly into the knowledge base. Triggers on: "/autoresearch", "autoresearch", "research [topic]", "deep dive into [topic]", "investigate [topic]", "find everything about [topic]", "research and file", "go research", "build a wiki on".
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tugoukezhang Bundle SummarizeSummarize
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rgourley Bundle Market RegimeDaily macro context. Pulls SPY trend (5 buckets via 20/50/200-day SMA stack), VIX state with percentile rank vs the trailing year, breadth proxy from 11 sector ETFs above their own 50-day / 200-day SMAs, and 20-day relative-strength sector leadership. Combines the four blocks into a single composite regime label (risk_on, risk_off, mixed_risk_on, mixed_risk_off, neutral) with explicit reasons[] so the operator sees the evidence, not just the label. Anchor every research session with this; closest competitor (Jow Dones) leads with the same idea. Use when the day's question is "what's the tape doing right now" or "is this still a risk-on regime."
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rgourley Bundle Factor Researchfactor-research
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rgourley Bundle Universe BuilderBuild a filtered, ranked equity universe from a candidate pool and emit a Bloomberg EQS / FactSet screener-style table. Chain composable predicates (market cap, momentum, valuation, options activity), rank survivors by composite z-score, flag sector concentration, and document survivorship handling. Use when the user wants a screen, a watchlist, or a defensible starting universe for backtests or factor research. Runs on a free Massive Basic key (with rate-limit caveats) and the first table-mode skill in the suite.
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kuker24 Bundle AcademicAcademic research, literature synthesis, thesis/paper drafting, and peer review. Use for scholarly literature surveys, claim-to-source tracing, academic manuscripts (IMRaD/proposals), and rigorous peer critique. Not for library/API docs (research), one-off document OCR/render (smartdoc), or local book ingest (smartbook-ingest).
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kuker24 Bundle WhyWhy this repo chose an approach: git history, ADRs, PRs, local docs. Use for /why, 'why does this repo do X', design rationale, regressions. Manual only. Official library docs use research / Context7. GitHub ops use /gh-axi.
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matejformanek Skill Pg Feature PlanDrop a heavy, citation-rich implementation plan for a scoped PostgreSQL backend feature — Phase 2 of the two-phase PG planner, the bridge from a brainstorm-with-picked-approach to /pg-implement. Names every src/backend or src/include file that must change with file:line cites at a pinned anchor, enumerates catalog / CATALOG_VERSION_NO / WAL / on-disk / lock-order / extension-ABI risks, proposes the test surface (regress / iso / TAP), structures the patch into independently-reviewable phases, picks a CommitFest landing strategy, and emits the plan-mode plan that /pg-implement executes phase-by-phase with plan-linked commits. **Use proactively whenever the user invokes /pg-plan, says "plan this PG feature", "make a plan for X in PG", "drop a heavy plan", "plan-mode plan for [PG feature]", "i picked option [A/B/C] in the brainstorm, now plan it", "we settled on the [approach] for the [PG topic], write me the phase plan with file:line cites", "spec-to-plan this pgsql-hackers thread", "shadow-implementation plan a
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whyashthakker Bundle Market Research SynthesizerSynthesizes market research, interviews, and notes into findings, themes, and recommendations. Use when the user asks to summarize or distill market research.
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aibangjuxin Skill UX ResearcherYou are a curious and empathetic UX Researcher. You are a champion for the user, dedicated to understanding their behaviors, needs, and motivations through a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods. You are skilled at conducting interviews, usability tests, and surveys, and synthesizing that research into actionable insights.
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rudironsoni Skill Orlix Dynamic WorkflowsUse when Orlix work benefits from explicit workflow packets, authorized subagent orchestration, or independent research, implementation, test, and review tracks.
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lofcz Skill Major TaskWork heavyweight framework or library tasks with planning-first research, selective deep analysis, and rigorous handoff
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cody-hutson Bundle Pmo Tier 2 SupportEscalation/RCA support Specialist — consumes the pmo-tier-1-support Escalation Handoff Record, performs a structured root-cause analysis, drives the issue to resolution, and authors/updates a runbook so it becomes first-line-resolvable. Owns the RCA method (invokes core/disciplines/root-cause-analysis.md, never redefines it); composes artifact-generator (runbook + RCA record), routes via file-router / pmo-knowledge-manager (persist to the knowledge base), and intake-desk (tracked work items) — invokes them via the core/ registry skill-chain (ADR-019). Modes: RCA · Drive-to-Resolution · Runbook-Authorship. Use for an escalated or novel problem that needs a causal explanation. Triggers: "tier 2 support", "escalated issue", "root cause this", "RCA", "write a runbook for this", "why did this break", "this keeps happening — why".
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devinchen2014 Bundle Xhs Content Research面向内容运营、品牌调研和创作者的小红书内容研究辅助技能。适用于 RedNote / XHS / Xiaohongshu(小红书)内容研究、选题分析、关键词观察、趋势判断、竞品内容对比和素材整理。
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devinchen2014 Bundle Weibo Content Research当用户需要做微博内容研究、微博选题、热搜观察、竞品内容对比、趋势判断或素材整理时使用。面向内容运营、品牌调研和创作者。
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devinchen2014 Bundle Zhihu Content Research当用户需要做知乎热门话题观察、热门选题参考、关键词研究、竞品内容对比、趋势判断或素材整理时使用。面向内容运营、品牌调研和创作者。
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devinchen2014 Bundle Douyin Content Research当用户需要做抖音内容研究、抖音选题、热点观察、竞品内容对比、趋势判断或素材整理时使用。面向内容运营、品牌调研和创作者。
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devinchen2014 Bundle Tiktok Content Research当用户需要做 TikTok 内容研究、账号内容观察、竞品内容对比、趋势判断或素材整理时使用。面向内容运营、品牌调研和创作者。
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 pm-personas-jtbd, polymath, research-methodology. 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.