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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luko248 Bundle Make Blog PostCopywriter helper: reads user-provided sources/URLs and generates a blog post (MDX in Slovak), LinkedIn post (Slovak), and Spotify podcast description (Czech) with 🎙️ title. No research — user supplies the content sources.
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garrettjsmith Skill Ahrefs ToolWhen the user wants backlink analysis, link gap analysis, competitor link profiles, referring domain data, or link building research. Trigger on "backlinks," "who links to," "link profile," "referring domains," "link gap," "Ahrefs," "link building research," or "why do they outrank me" (often a link authority issue).
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garrettjsmith Skill Local Link BuildingWhen the user wants to build local backlinks, earn links from community organizations, or develop a local link building strategy. Also use when the user mentions "local links," "local backlinks," "community links," "sponsor links," "chamber of commerce link," or "local PR." For citation building, see local-citations. For content strategy, see local-content.
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garrettjsmith Skill Local Content StrategyBuild a complete local content strategy from keyword research output. Use this skill when the user has completed keyword research and needs to organize keywords into concept clusters, assign each cluster to the right content vehicle (location page, GBP service, blog post, FAQ, near-me GBP signal), select geogrid tracking keywords, confirm GBP category and service additions, and design the internal linking architecture. Also trigger when the user asks "what content should I build", "how do I organize these keywords", "what pages do I need", "what should I track on geogrids", or provides a keyword list and asks what to do with it. This skill bridges keyword research and content brief production — it is the strategy layer between research and execution.
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garrettjsmith Skill Local Keyword ResearchWhen the user wants to research keywords for a local business, find local search opportunities, build a keyword map for location pages, or understand local search intent. Also use when the user mentions "local keywords," "keyword research," "service area keywords," "near me keywords," "local search volume," "keyword map," "city keywords," "geo-modified keywords," "implicit local intent," or "local keyword strategy." For content creation from keywords, see local-landing-pages. For competitor keyword analysis, see local-competitor-analysis.
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lukaskellerstein Skill Sync Spec KitSynchronize the spec folder with the current state of implementation on a feature branch. Use this skill when the user says "sync spec", "update spec", "spec is outdated", "reflect changes in spec", "update the plan", "sync specification", "keep spec up to date", "spec drift", or any variation of wanting to reconcile implementation changes back into the spec-kit specification files (spec.md, plan.md, tasks.md, research.md, etc.).
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prowlrbot Bundle Log AnalyzerUse this skill when the user wants to analyze log files — find errors and their frequency, detect anomalies, build incident timelines, or summarize what happened during an outage.
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brucelanlan Bundle Augur TerminalAugur Terminal — Bloomberg-style AI investment research terminal: 18 personas, committee, workflow, workspace
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orientpine Skill Patent Research Planning특허 연구 영역 클러스터링, 키워드 최적화, 검색 전략 수립. Use when: (1) 새로운 특허 조사 프로젝트 시작 시, (2) KIPRIS API 호출 전 키워드 조합 최적화 시, (3) IPC 코드와 키워드 분류 체계 구성 시, (4) 다국가 특허 검색 전략 수립 시, (5) '검색 계획', 'plan patent search', 'optimize keywords', 'cluster research areas' 요청 시.
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bogheorghiu Bundle Cui BonoWho actually benefits — and at whose expense? Power structure analysis for any domain: geopolitics, corporate behavior, institutional claims, media narratives. Use when (1) who benefits from X, (2) ownership or revolving doors, (3) are these sources independent or echoing one origin, (4) expert has commercial stake in own analysis, (5) multi-polar analysis needed, (6) evaluating institutional claims or frameworks. NOT for stock prices, simple advice, or quick factual lookups.
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bogheorghiu Bundle ResearchWhere should I start investigating this? Routes research questions to the right methodology based on topic domain, depth needed, and available sources. Use when the research question spans multiple domains or the appropriate methodology is unclear. Not needed when a specific skill (DIP, cui-bono, youtube-research) is already the obvious choice.
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bogheorghiu Bundle Pattern LibraryWhat patterns keep showing up across unrelated contexts? - Consult and apply the pattern library: behavioral patterns (vasanas) that persist across domains — analysis, argument, research, design, markets, code. Patterns are neutral observations of how behavior self-organizes, NOT anti-patterns: groove-deepening is also mastery, framework-dissolution can be premature. Use when (1) asking what known pattern or mechanism fits a situation, or to browse/apply the library, (2) a framing, design, or architecture feels forced or over-engineered despite best practices — wrong frame before any retry loop, (3) the field's textbook approach doesn't map cleanly to the problem, (4) a problem resonates with another domain ("this is like X in another field") and needs the mechanism check first, (5) stuckness was just named and an alternative is needed — the library is the exit ramp. Boundaries: active stuckness loops fire break-pattern (which routes here); verifying a newly observed pattern across domains is find-similar.
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bogheorghiu Bundle Macro MonitorWhat is moving in the macro picture? Geopolitical/macro market indicators. Use when (1) China/US Treasury dynamics, (2) dollar-yield divergence, (3) Brent crude oil / energy price spikes, (4) geopolitical market risk, (5) one-command crisis check. NOT for stock analysis or fundamentals.
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bogheorghiu Bundle Frame Rotation「透镜」 What structure hides in my native grammar? Linguistic frame rotation to escape English-default pattern-recognition. Use when (1) pattern-recognition feels stuck in familiar grooves, (2) abstraction circles without grounding, (3) cross-domain insight feels like same-OS-different-domain, (4) triggers fire (prime hours + why, cat mentions, triple punctuation, water metaphors, embedded digits, high typo density, 7th framework). Includes both cross-language frames (Chinese, Japanese, Sanskrit) AND intra-English language frameworks (E-Prime, Present-Centered, Affirmative, Intransitive). Also rotates coverage-weighting — re-read what coverage ignored as if it were the headline.
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bogheorghiu Skill Dialectic SpiralAm I agreeing because it SOUNDS right, or because it IS right? Recursive adversarial dialectic for testing any claim, finding, or synthesis against its own opposite. Use when convergence feels too easy, when findings need stress-testing, or when any research skill escalates to dialectic depth.
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bogheorghiu Skill Substack ResearchWhat are the independent voices actually saying? Extract and analyze long-form content from Substack publications. Use when (1) researching independent journalist perspectives, (2) analyzing a specific Substack publication, (3) building a research corpus from long-form written content, (4) cross-referencing Substack analysis with other sources.
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bogheorghiu Skill Text DeconstructionWhere does this text need what it excludes? Finds where texts undermine themselves on their own terms via close reading. Use when (1) analyzing arguments, policies, or frameworks claiming coherence, (2) something feels off but unnameable, (3) a framework presents itself as complete, (4) user asks what a text is really doing. NOT for summarization, comprehension, or weaponized dismissal.
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bogheorghiu Skill Iterative Verification"Is this ACTUALLY verified, or did I just say it is?" - Factual accuracy verification loop. Use when (1) claims require evidence not assumption, (2) verification must be demonstrable, (3) single-pass investigation insufficient, (4) factual accuracy is critical. Provides the loop logic: iterate until verification thresholds met. Does NOT trigger for: opinions, preferences, how-to instructions, or when user explicitly wants quick answer.
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bogheorghiu Skill Label Function Analysis"What is this label DOING?" - Unbundle a loaded label (extremist, denier, conspiracy theorist, apologist, shill) into observation, intent, mechanism, and actor; autopsy the debate axis the label enforces; run cui-bono on the label itself; test whether the replacement axis is falsifiable. Use when (1) a label is carrying an argument that evidence should carry, (2) a source or thesis is dismissed by category rather than content, (3) both camps ping-pong on an axis that never resolves, (4) you catch the analysis reaching for a respectability label instead of a reason. Does NOT trigger for: labels used descriptively with the evidence attached.
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bogheorghiu Skill Source Omission Analysis"What is everyone NOT saying about this?" - After any multi-source research sweep, analyze what each perspective is SILENT about. Omissions reveal structural position more reliably than statements. Use when (1) after completing multi-source research, (2) comparing coverage across ideological positions, (3) a claim appears in some sources but not others, (4) evaluating media bias or narrative framing.
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bogheorghiu Skill Self Improving InvestigationAm I investigating, or just confirming what I already believe? Self-correcting research methodology combining blind worker agents, nested iteration loops, and dialectic synthesis. Use when (1) research requires factual certainty not just plausibility, (2) topic has high bias risk, (3) multiple perspectives must be systematically tested, (4) user explicitly requests deep/thorough investigation, (5) previous single-pass research proved insufficient. Integrates with iterative-loop-engine and deep-investigation-protocol.
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bogheorghiu Bundle Ground Level Triangulation"What do the people with different stakes say, in their own languages?" - Map a contested geopolitical claim across language-publics with different, independent stakes: the implicated state's own primary documents, the affected party's language and nearest kin languages, non-official native voices, non-aligned neighbors, anonymous boards (skeptical use). Use when (1) a claim is bloc-contested, (2) the evidence base so far is English-language or one-bloc-sourced, (3) a verdict hinges on what a population experiences or believes, (4) building or extending a channel map for a language-public. Decision rule: convergence across independent publics grounds a claim; origin-concentration in one node weakens it — symmetrically. Does NOT trigger for: product/tech research or claims with no cross-bloc dimension (use deep-investigation-protocol's language pass).
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bogheorghiu Skill Video Transcript ExtractionHow do I get the transcript of this video? Platform-aware extraction for any video source — YouTube, local files, or other platforms. Use when (1) need to transcribe a video for analysis, (2) user provides a video URL, (3) building a knowledge base from video content. Provides multiple methods with guided fallback chain (captions > Whisper > web services). Does NOT trigger for: watching videos, video editing, or non-transcript tasks.
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bogheorghiu Skill Manufactured Confusion Detection"Is this fog organic, or engineered?" - Inverse of manufactured-consensus-detection: test whether noise, contradiction, and over-supplied mutually exclusive explanations around a claim are organic uncertainty or engineered to prevent ANY conclusion. Use when (1) every source tells a different story with suspicious completeness, (2) obvious questions stay unanswered while exotic ones get saturated coverage, (3) contradictory leaks arrive faster than verification is possible, (4) "we may never know" circulates where evidence should exist. Does NOT trigger for: ordinary uncertainty from genuinely thin evidence, or fresh events still developing.
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bogheorghiu Bundle Manufactured Consensus Detection"Are these sources agreeing independently, or echoing the same origin?" - When multiple sources converge on the same claim in similar language, test whether this is genuine independent agreement or coordinated messaging from a single origin. Use when (1) multiple independent sources say the same thing in similar language, (2) convergence warning fires during verification, (3) evaluating media campaigns or narrative coordination, (4) investigating PR/comms strategy behind claims.
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buildgreatproducts Skill Studio Define Offer BuilderUse when the user has a product idea (or is brainstorming one) and wants to build their Product Offer from scratch. Triggers on phrases like "help me create my product offer", "walk me through the product offer", "build my offer", "craft my offer", "I have an idea help me turn it into an offer", "write my product offer", "fill out the product offer", "turn this idea into an offer", or any request to guide a founder through filling in the six elements (Customer, Pain, Outcome, Mechanism, Guarantee, Proof) of a Product Offer. Does live web research on what's currently working in AI software and apps, walks the user through each element in the voice of a strategic startup advisor, critiques weak answers using AI-aware failure patterns, and rewrites the Product Offer file in place. Especially appropriate inside a ProductOS-style "Define" workflow where the Product Offer template is empty or partial and the user wants help building it from scratch.
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dobroslavradosavljevic Bundle BrainstormRead-only brainstorming mode for exploring ideas, plans, architecture, debugging approaches, product decisions, research topics, codebase questions, and alternatives without mutating the user's codebase. Use when the user invokes $brainstorm, says "brainstorm", "brainstorming session", "let's think", "explore this", "research only", "read-only", or otherwise asks to discuss before implementation. Remain read-only until the user explicitly asks to implement, edit, write, apply, commit, install, or otherwise change state.
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fabioc-aloha Bundle Scout Knowledge BasePreserve battle-tested session lessons, anti-patterns, failure modes, and reusable decisions in a shared file-based knowledge base for Scout instances.
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winstonkoh87 Skill Semantic SearchExecutes exact Exocortex embeddings lookup for internal libraries. Wraps smart_search.py.
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winstonkoh87 Skill Deep Research LoopMulti-step web research, compilation, and synthesis workflow. Scrapes multiple sources, cross-references claims, and produces a structured research brief.
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winstonkoh87 Skill Synthetic Parallel ReasoningAutomates Protocol 75 v4.0, forcing 4 parallel external API calls (Domain Expert, Adversarial Skeptic, Cross-Domain Pattern Matcher, Zero-Point First Principles) with an Adversarial Convergence Gate. The 'Einstein Protocol' application.
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escoffier-labs Bundle GarnishUse when auditing or fixing discoverability metadata for a website before publication, including titles, descriptions, canonical URLs, robots policy, Open Graph, structured data, and sitemaps. Not for content strategy or keyword research.
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escoffier-labs Bundle Research BriefUse when the user asks for researched, sourced, evidence-backed, or current findings, especially for a recommendation or factual brief. Do not use for a single-page summary, ordinary codebase inspection, review of an existing technical post, or decision pressure-testing when the request already supplies all evidence.
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marcellocurto Bundle ResearchInvestigate a question using primary sources and synthesize cited findings with clear conclusions and uncertainty.
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thettwe Skill Explain StateSummarize what nyann currently sees in this repo: stack detection, active profile, branching strategy, hook status, CLAUDE.md, and recent commits. TRIGGER when the user says "what does nyann think is set up here", "show nyann state", "explain the setup", "what's the current config", "what's the active profile", "describe this repo's nyann setup", "what's wired up", "show me the repo state", "/nyann:explain-state". Do NOT trigger on "what does this repo do" (that's a docs intent — route to CLAUDE.md / README), "is this repo healthy" (that's the `doctor` skill), or "what's in the X profile" (that's `inspect-profile`).
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ranjanrishikesh Skill Ttm Research[DEPRECATED v2.3.0 -> removed v3.0.0] Renamed to /ttm-discover.
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 make-blog-post, ahrefs-tool, local-link-building. 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.