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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noobygains Skill Codebase ResearchUse when building ANY feature within an existing project - search the current codebase for existing patterns, conventions, similar implementations, and established approaches before writing new code
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noobygains Bundle Team OrchestrationUse when a task benefits from multiple Claude instances collaborating with peer-to-peer messaging - parallel research, multi-module features, cross-layer changes, or competing hypothesis debugging. Not for simple independent tasks (use parallel-execution) or sequential tasks (use delegated-execution).
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owl-listener Skill Research PlanningUse when user needs are unclear, assumptions need validation, or the design brief identifies gaps in understanding — plans what to learn, which methods to use, and from whom
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owl-listener Skill Inspiration ScoutingUse when the team needs aesthetic references, interaction examples, or visual inspiration beyond competitive research — finds design patterns, UI references, and creative approaches that match the brief and taste profile
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rohitg00 Skill Evidence ResearchUse when sources need to be converted into a claim ledger with confidence levels.
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sunflowermm Skill Xrk Github Research在 GitHub 搜索成熟开源实现、对比方案、读 issue/PR 时使用。架构选型、unfamiliar 领域、找业界最佳实践时主动调用。
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ttttstc Skill Vibeflow Learn独立学习流。用于陌生领域学习、研究文章写作、把资料变成输出。提供 Deep Research / Quick Reference / Write to Learn 三种模式,按 Collect -> Digest -> Outline -> Fill In -> Refine -> Publish 六阶段推进。
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jamestexas Bundle Prior Art CartographerProduce cited, structured comparisons between a project and external systems solving adjacent problems; updates a prior-art matrix. Use for prior-art research or "are we reinventing X?" before committing to a design. Max 5 systems/invocation; no uncited claims.
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openbmb Skill SummarizeSummarize or transcribe URLs, YouTube/videos, podcasts, articles, transcripts, PDFs, and local files.
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cogine-ai Bundle Slow Is FastResearch → Plan → Code workflow. Enforces evidence-based reasoning, codebase research, and structured planning before code modifications. Applied automatically for moderate+ tasks.
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cogine-ai Skill Get Pr CommentsFetch and summarize review comments from the active pull request
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ericwang915 Bundle NewsSearch and summarize news on any topic via web_search or DuckDuckGo. Use when: user asks about recent news, current events, headlines, or wants a news briefing on any subject. NOT for: historical news archives, paywalled articles, or real-time breaking news alerts.
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ericwang915 Skill Tavily SearchAdvanced web search using the Tavily API via built-in web_search tool. Use when: the user asks to search the web, look up current events, find real-time info, research a topic, check facts, or retrieve data from the internet. NOT for: scraping specific page content (use web_scraper), calling APIs (use http_request).
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ericwang915 Bundle SummarizeSummarize or extract text from URLs, articles, PDFs, and local files. Use when: user asks to summarize a link, article, web page, or document, or asks 'what is this link about?'. NOT for: YouTube transcripts (use youtube skill), full document editing, or real-time news (use news skill).
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limonequantistico Skill VersionCut a new app version — summarize changes since last release and write to versions.json. Use only when the user explicitly asks to cut a version or runs /version.
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rvanbaalen Skill Time RegistrationSummarize recent git work for time registration. Use when the user asks what they worked on, needs a time log, wants a work summary, asks about today's/yesterday's/last week's work, or invokes /time-registration:time-registration. Accepts an optional time period argument (defaults to today).
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stardustai Bundle Video TranscribeUse when the user asks to transcribe, extract subtitles, summarize a raw transcript, translate, or get text from a YouTube or Bilibili video URL through Stardust Video Transcribe.
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stardustai Bundle Ceo Document ReviewUse for requests to inspect, summarize, compare, comment on, or approve DingTalk or Lark documents, files, images, and tables. Use ceo-mail-review for the enclosing mail thread and ceo-meeting-work for meeting records. Load the operation Skill matching the actual material type before reading or editing it.
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dragoon0x Bundle ResearchGenerate a structured research template for a topic. Use before deciding to build something - forces specific decision-driven research with sources, expert disagreement, and a steelman. dragoon does NOT fetch the web. Output goes to .dragoon/research/research-{slug}-{date}.md. Run as `node ~/.claude/skills/dragoon/skills/research/scripts/research.js "<topic>"`.
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janszewczyk Bundle Skill Ab OptimizerContinuously tests and improves Claude Code skills using A/B experimentation and Auto Research ML loop. Provides quantitative metrics on skill effectiveness and automatically approves only changes that improve outcomes.
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darkroomengineering Skill ReviewReview the local diff against Darkroom's checklist, or summarize feedback on the active PR. Triggers "review my changes", "check this diff", "summarize PR feedback". Native /code-review handles a diff or PR without the checklist.
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darkroomengineering Skill Share LearningPromote a team-relevant learning to the shared team-knowledge repo after deduping against existing notes. Triggers "share this", "add to the knowledge base", or a gotcha, decision, or convention worth team-wide awareness.
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nubjs Skill Lat MdSearch, read and maintain nub's knowledge graph under wiki/ with the `lat` CLI — the design and research corpus, cross-linked and checked. Invoke (via the Skill tool) before designing or changing anything non-trivial, to find the decision that already governs it instead of re-deriving it; and after any change that alters architecture, behavior or test coverage, because `lat check` is a CI gate and a stale wiki link now fails the build. Carries the commands, the section-id syntax, the two rules that make a section valid, and the three nub-specific traps — never run bare `lat init`, never create `.agents/skills/`, and Rust symbols inside a `mod` block cannot be linked.
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nubjs Skill Research ThreadUse when the deliverable is a FACT — not code, not a design, not a gap catalog. A prior-art survey, "how has X already been solved", "what did they try and abandon", a long empirical sweep, or any non-trivial question whose answer will be cited for months. Produces a living write-up at `wiki/research/<topic>.md`. Auto-triggers on "research this", "prior art", "survey", "find out how X works", "what's the state of the art", "dig into whether".
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cspulse Bundle Account ResearchArchaeology on an account you inherited or are meeting cold: what was sold, by whom, on what promise, what has happened since, and which of it nobody has questioned in two years. Trigger whenever the user says "account research", "I just inherited this account", "brief me on", "what do I need to know about", "first meeting with", "taking over the account", "get me up to speed on", "who are these people", "why did they buy", "what was promised", or names an account they have not worked before. Also trigger before a first call on a transferred book, and when an account's history stops explaining its present. It separates what is documented from what is folklore, finds the original promise the renewal will be judged against, and produces a list of what must be asked because it cannot be found. Use the sales plugin's own research skill when assessing a prospect you have no relationship with; this one is for an account that already exists.
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rockclaver Bundle Write ChangelogGenerate a changelog from git history. Use when user wants to write a changelog, generate release notes, document what changed between versions, or summarize recent commits for a release.
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coleam00 Skill Piv Plan ImplementationCreates a comprehensive, context-rich implementation plan through deep codebase analysis, a short clarifying interview, and external research. Accepts a tracker ticket (a Jira/Linear/GitHub key or URL, fetched from the tracker) or a free-form feature request. Use when you have a ticket or feature and need a one-pass-ready plan before writing any code.
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hmbown Skill ResearchCurrent external research using available web tools, primary sources where possible, links/citations, date awareness, synthesis, and unresolved uncertainty.
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ucsandman Skill PhoneControl the user's iPhone, including apps and messaging.
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ahaoai Bundle Visual ResearchDesignAgent Guardrails (Contract Compliance)
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imbue-ai Skill Write Release NotesSummarize commits merged to origin/main as two outputs: internal release notes (categorized into Features, UI Polish, Testing, CI, Cleanup) and user-facing release notes (What's new, Improvements, Reliability). Two input modes: a Sculptor release version (e.g., "0.27") for single-release notes, or a date range (e.g., "Feb 14-23") for ad-hoc weekly notes. Defaults to the last 7 days.
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yipng05-max Skill Ta Research AfpTA(主题分析)研究全流程AFP工作流协调器。采用心跳信号、HUD仪表盘、 原子级单步输出、硬停止确认、多方案选择等AFP设计理念,共12个检查点。 关键决策节点(理论定位、叙事结构、标题/摘要/关键词)提供多方案+理由供选择。 每步暂停等待用户确认,所有写作工作由专项skill完成。 当用户明确提到主题分析(TA)相关的全流程时触发,例如: "开始TA-AFP写作流程""启用主题分析及写作工作流""开始TA论文写作流程" "帮我完成TA研究从头到尾的工作""启动主题分析工作流""开始主题分析全流程"。 注意:不响应泛化触发词(如"启动AFP""启动研究工作流""开始论文写作流程"), 这些词留给其他AFP工作流。
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yipng05-max Skill Ta Methods WriterTA(主题分析)研究方法章节写作工具。自动读取项目目录中已有的编码文件、理论框架文档、 主题汇总等材料,推断研究设计的已知信息,仅就无法推断的细节向研究者提问, 生成研究方法章节草稿供确认修改。 当用户需要撰写研究方法章节,或在 ta-research-workflow 中到达"研究方法写作"检查点时触发。
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yipng05-max Skill Ta Findings WriterTA(主题分析)研究发现章节写作工具。将主题分析的主题汇总表转化为发现叙事, 根据理论定位(A/B/C)和叙事结构(并列/串联)生成每个主题的完整分析段落, 引语服务于分析,不堆砌。 当用户需要撰写研究发现章节,或在 ta-research-workflow 中到达"研究发现写作"检查点时触发。
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yipng05-max Skill Introduction Writer定性社会学论文引言写作工具。根据研究问题、研究背景、文献空白生成引言章节全文, 符合C刊与SSCI学术规范,禁止套话,贡献表述具体指向理论对话。 当用户需要撰写论文引言、开头章节,或在 ta-research-workflow 中到达"引言写作"检查点时触发。
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yipng05-max Skill Ta Framework WriterTA(主题分析)理论框架章节写作工具。将理论框架建构结果转化为论文正文章节, 根据理论定位(A理论驱动/B经验驱动/C敏感性概念)自动生成对应形态的章节文字。 当用户需要将理论框架写入论文、撰写理论框架章节, 或在 ta-research-workflow 中到达"理论框架章节写作"检查点时触发。
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 codebase-research, team-orchestration, research-planning. 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.