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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hjewkes Skill ResearchUse when the user asks to research a topic, investigate options, compare technologies, analyze a problem space, or gather information before making a decision — for both coding and non-coding work
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mimukit Skill ResearchkitResearch the credible options for a technical decision and recommend one (a tool, library, framework, architecture, or service) grounded in primary sources with cited, dated evidence. Use when the user asks "which should I use, A or B", "compare X and Y", "evaluate options for Z", "what's the best tool/library/service for …", "should we use X or Y", "research X before we build", or runs "/researchkit", the decision research that front-runs a plan.
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akachandan1 Skill VocVoice of Customer intelligence specialist. Mines customer language from reviews, Reddit, and social to build a conversion-optimized language dictionary. Use when user wants to research customer language, mine reviews, find customer pain points, or mentions "VoC", "voice of customer", "customer language", "review mining", "G2 reviews", "Trustpilot", "customer words", or "conversion copy research".
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akachandan1 Bundle NuromarkNuroMark — neuroscience-based content scoring engine. Applies TRIBE v2 research findings (Meta FAIR, arXiv:2507.22229) to score content variants by predicted cortical engagement across 5 brain dimensions. Use when you want to score any content before publishing, compare variants using brain-aligned metrics, or add a neurological layer to your content scoring. Invoked automatically by all content skills, or directly via /nuromark. Trigger words: "neuro score", "brain score", "nuromark", "neurological", "cortical", "fMRI score", "TRIBE".
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microsoft Bundle Feature InventoryCatalogs existing features from a codebase (API endpoints, user flows, UI screens, observable behaviors) and generates structured feature specs with REQ-XXX IDs, user scenarios, and success criteria. Triggers: "inventory features", "catalog existing functionality", "list what the app does", "extract requirements from code", "generate feature specs from research", "write a spec", "create feature specification", "define requirements". NOT for: implementation planning (use creating-implementation-plan), implementation (use implementing-code).
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monarchjuno Bundle Tcx AutomateCreate, update, or prepare Codex app Scheduled Tasks for any recurring TradingCodex work, including simple research, monitoring, recurring analysis, portfolio review, order preparation, assisted execution, explicitly turn-authorized execution, and explicitly turn-authorized Build work. Use when the user asks to automate, schedule, monitor, or periodically repeat a TradingCodex request.
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monarchjuno Bundle Tcx WorkflowCoordinate Codex-native TradingCodex investment research, valuation, forecasts, recommendations, portfolio or risk review, order preparation, approval review, and execution status while preserving evidence, policy, approval, and execution boundaries.
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monarchjuno Bundle Tcx ArtifactPrepare, persist, and repair compact TradingCodex v2 research artifacts and forecast records for authenticated run-bound handoffs.
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monarchjuno Bundle Tcx EvidenceCollect source-backed investment evidence at the start of analyst workflows. Use for research intake, source lists, fact versus assumption separation, and missing-evidence tracking before analysis.
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monarchjuno Bundle Tcx ValuationReview valuation after research evidence exists. Use for valuation method selection, assumptions, market-implied expectations, scenario ranges, sensitivity, and valuation risk.
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monarchjuno Bundle Tcx Order DraftCreate a canonical draft OrderTicket after research, valuation, portfolio, and risk context exist.
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shenweihuan Skill Writing Literature Domain写作文学领域路由器 — 诗歌 + 散文 + 剧本 + 文案四大板块。 9个文学大师/风格原子技能,覆盖从古典诗词到数字原生文案的全谱系。 每个技能含完整工作流:大师哲学 → 感知训练 → 提示词公式 → 评价标准。 触发词:「AI写作」「写一首诗」「帮我写文章」「文案创作」
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softwareone-platform Bundle Mpt Ext Task Create Initial EpicCreate the initial epic for a new effort - the epic plus one "Design, investigate and research" user story estimated at 3d. Use at kickoff, before detailed breakdown.
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dragoon0x Skill Research SynthesisSynthesize user interviews, surveys, support tickets, or other research into themes and recommendations. Use whenever the user shares interview transcripts, survey responses, support data, customer research, or asks for synthesis of qualitative input.
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dull-bird Skill Do ResearchPlan and execute checkpointed deep research for technologies, concepts, papers, or complex questions. Use when the user asks for deep research, a literature review, evidence synthesis, or a durable research note in their DeepOrbit vault.
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handoffacademy Skill Recipe Prospect ShortlistBuilds the ready-made prospect shortlist from Automation Builder, one weekly private list of at most ten people matching the user's own target profile, read from a single bounded Apollo people search, with optional short first-touch drafts sitting inline. Use when someone asks for the prospect recipe, a prospect shortlist, weekly prospecting, or speaking-engagement prospects prepared on a schedule instead of through the full design interview. Do NOT use it to research one named person, enrich a record, unlock an email address or phone number, score or update a CRM, build a sequence, or contact anyone.
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handoffacademy Bundle Recipe Meeting Follow ThroughBuilds the ready-made meeting follow-through from Automation Builder, one private set of meeting cards drawn from at most five recent transcripts in the single recorder the user names — Fireflies, Granola, Fathom, or Otter — carrying the decisions, commitments, owners, due dates, and open questions each meeting actually stated. Use when someone asks for the meeting follow-through recipe, meeting follow-through, a weekly meeting follow-through, meeting transcript cards, or meeting decisions and commitments prepared on a schedule instead of through the full design interview. Do NOT use it to summarize one meeting on request, to chase an action item, to update a CRM or a project tracker, to contact an attendee, or to work from a recorder outside the four named above.
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ldm2060 Skill Experiment DesignDesigns and launches experiments. Handles long-running tasks via Monitor. Use for experiment tasks.
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ldm2060 Skill Literature SearchFocused literature search skill. Searches papers, locks baselines, builds related-work map. Use for standalone literature tasks.
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ldm2060 Skill Submission SprintPre-submission optimization loop (review → fix → review). Use before final submission to close all P0 gaps.
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ldm2060 Skill Full Research WorkflowOrchestrate a complete research workflow from literature review to camera-ready paper. Calls `rc` CLI commands to create tasks, dispatches agents for execution, verifies quality gates. Follows Trellis philosophy: Task-first, Action-before-asking, Single source of truth.
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hoangsonww Skill Read PapersFinds the latest research papers on a specific topic, summarizes their core contributions, and explains complex methodology in plain English.
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hoangsonww Skill Custom BriefDeep-research a specific topic and produce a comprehensive news-focused briefing with optional Notion/Obsidian/Teams/Slack publishing
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hoangsonww Skill Summarize UrlFetch and summarize a specific URL for quick insights.
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hoangsonww Skill Summarize PodcastExtracts transcripts from podcasts or videos and synthesizes actionable takeaways.
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spec-kitty Skill Spec Kitty ResearchGenerate research documents for the current mission
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allura-ecosystem Bundle Bmad Sprint StatusSummarize sprint status and surface risks. Use when the user says "check sprint status" or "show sprint status"
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allura-ecosystem Bundle Policy Replay ReviewCompares supplied policy-replay results when a user asks "compare expected and actual", "show rule differences", or "summarize replay findings".
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allura-ecosystem Bundle Loan File Evidence ReviewReviews attached mortgage documents when a user asks "what is missing", "summarize this loan file", or "show evidence for this review".
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aidotnet Bundle Product Design ResearchRun fast, source-grounded UX research on the highest-signal problems users are experiencing with a user-specified digital product. Use when the user asks to research user pain, UX friction, onboarding issues, docs/help problems, developer experience friction, support pain, product workflow issues, or current user complaints for a named product.
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giostriquer Bundle ResearchForward-looking research skill. Produces docs/research/-conforming notes across project-defined categories with consistent inputs, five-axis scoring, and a Horizon flag. Use when the user asks for a broad research pass on a category, wants to reassess existing seeds, or wants to surface net-new ideas grounded in a category's purpose anchor.
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giostriquer Skill Handoff GoalUse only for long-running work that must outlive this session, meaning a defined goal a fresh session pursues autonomously over many turns, or an existing goal contract that needs critique. Not for work this session can finish, and not for open-ended research.
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giostriquer Skill Get Pr CommentsFetch and summarize review comments from the active pull request. Use when you need a concise, actionable summary of feedback on the active PR.
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ccoalm Bundle Multi Perspective ResearchSkip 优先判定:一查便知的单点事实问题 → 直接回答不套流程;请求点名了候选让选、或用裁决措辞要结论(选哪个 / 要不要上 X / 该不该做 / 可不可行)→ 先 `product-rd-workflow`(它可回调本技能产调研底稿);纯主题/领域/写作准备调研留在本技能;拷问已有方案 → `grill-me`;bug 根因 → `defect-diagnosis`;复盘沉淀 → `skill-extraction-workflow`。触发:调研一个主题 / 深度调研 / 多视角研究 / 帮我研究一下 X / 写作前调研 / 领域·组织研究(不喂决策)/ research a topic → run a structured research loop(视角枚举 → 矛盾图 → 合成简报 → 自评)with evidence-grounding discipline, instead of one-question surface answers.
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designgrappler Skill ResearchTwo-phase research skill — grounds a question in system state, surveys external patterns, then reconciles the two into an actionable gap analysis.
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v0lka Bundle ScamperTransform existing ideas into improved variants using the SCAMPER method (Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other use, Eliminate, Reverse). Use when the user has a baseline idea to improve, a process to redesign, or needs systematic ideation for differentiation.
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 research, researchkit, voc. 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.