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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duthaho Bundle VerdictArchitect-grade technology decision briefs — "which option should we pick, and why?" Takes a decision question (X vs Y vs Z for a stated context: library, database, framework, platform, buy-vs-build) plus your constraints, fans out parallel sub-agents to research each option's project health, community sentiment, technical claims, and operational story, then scores options across weighted criteria and emits an ADR-style recommendation with a full scorecard and cited evidence. Keyless; the recommendation is advisory — you decide. Use when the user must choose between technologies or approaches — e.g. "/verdict postgres vs mongodb for <use case>", "should we use Kafka or NATS", "compare X and Y", "buy vs build", "which framework for this". Also supports "/verdict revisit <brief>" to cheaply re-check a past verdict's revisit-when triggers. For community buzz on a single topic use pulse; for exhaustive fact-checked research use deep-research.
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ericluo04 Bundle Research TalkResearch talk decks
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lancegui Skill Analysis CheckpointsUse throughout the EXECUTION of any analysis — while running, debugging, modeling, or cleaning data — to decide which decisions you may make on your own and which you must STOP and bring to the user first. Forces a human-in-the-loop checkpoint before any consequential analytical choice — changing the research design, estimand, or identification strategy; deviating from the framed question or pre-analysis plan; dropping/filtering/winsorizing data or changing the sample; choosing between materially different specifications; redefining a metric; or changing any number the user has already seen. Use this whenever you catch yourself about to "just fix it", "upgrade the design", "drop the outliers", or otherwise decide something on the user's behalf — especially mid-debugging, where design changes get smuggled in as bug fixes.
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uzysjung Bundle Deep ResearchMulti-source deep research using firecrawl and exa MCPs. Searches the web, synthesizes findings, and delivers cited reports with source attribution. Use when the user wants thorough research on any topic with evidence and citations.
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pixiesgeosun Bundle Storm Research斯坦福 STORM 多视角深度研究方法。通过 4 阶段顺序流水线(多视角扫描 → 矛盾地图 → 综合简报 → 同行评审)将 40+ 小时的研究压缩为几分钟。每阶段独立运行,后一阶段以前一阶段完整结果为上下文。适用于写文章前、重大决策前、投资前、谈判前、求职面试前、学习新领域前、演讲前的深度调研。触发关键词:STORM、深度研究、多视角研究、storm research、换个角度研究、全面分析这个、博士级研究、系统研究。
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arkan Bundle Amazon ShoppingSearch Amazon, extract product data, and present ranked recommendations. Use when user asks to shop on Amazon, find products, compare items, or research purchases. Prioritizes review count over rating.
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alekseiul Skill ResearcherУниверсальный ресёрчер. Поиск информации, анализ конкурентов, мониторинг трендов, разбор ссылок. Объединяет все инструменты поиска в один скилл. Triggers: 'найди', 'ресёрч', 'что это', 'разберись', 'проанализируй', 'мониторинг', 'тренды', 'конкуренты', 'что нового', 'research', 'посмотри что там'.
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igorwarzocha Skill Project Reference ResearchRead before investigating a project the user mentions.
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boya357 Bundle Super AnalystElite analytical consulting system combining deep thinking, comprehensive research, and structured analysis. Features dual Sequential Thinking integration for intelligent search planning and framework selection, web-based intelligence gathering, and adaptive complexity management. Version 2.0 (October 2025).
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boya357 Bundle Skill Industry Trend Research行业/赛道趋势调研 (Industry Trend Research Pro)
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clever-cc-plugins Skill New Content SkillUse this skill when building a new content-production skill for a specific output format. Invoke when the user says "create a new content skill", "build a skill for [format]", "new content skill", "synthesize research into a skill", or "create a [format] skill".
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cntwdev Skill Deep ResearchSystematic multi-source research with citations and key takeaways
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cntwdev Skill AI News SummarySummarize today's AI and tech news in clear bullet points
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codebeltnet Bundle Git Visual Squash SummaryUse when the user wants a read-only, ready-to-paste grouped squash-and-merge or PR branch summary from a commit range or the current feature branch. Do not use to mutate history, write changelog or release notes, execute commits, or summarize a single commit message.
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contextosai Skill Pr DescriptionDraft a pull request title and description from the commits and diff on the current branch. Use when the user asks to open a PR, write a PR description, or summarize a branch's changes for review.
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nexus-research-lab Bundle Knowledge BaseKnowledge Base (知识库)
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norman-bury Bundle Research Writing AssistantUse when writing academic papers, theses, or research articles - supports brainstorming, chapter writing, literature review, and LaTeX output
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norman-bury Skill Writing LawUse when writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions, citation formats, and argumentation guidance
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norman-bury Skill Writing MedicalUse when writing medical, biological, or clinical research papers - provides IMRaD structure and reporting guidelines
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norman-bury Skill Literature ReviewUse when writing literature review sections - guides searching, organizing, and synthesizing academic sources
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norman-bury Skill Paper OrchestrationUse when a research-writing task spans multiple sections, medium-sized revisions, full-paper drafting, or repeated quality failures
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norman-bury Bundle Brainstorming ResearchUse before writing any paper - clarifies paper type, discipline, topic, methodology, and chapter structure through natural dialogue
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norman-bury Skill Using Research WritingUse when starting any research writing task - establishes workflow and routes to appropriate skills
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norman-bury Bundle Evidence Driven WritingUse when writing or revising Introduction, Related Work, background, literature synthesis, or any section where references must drive claims
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noumenonnn Skill Efficient TaskImplement a scoped repository change with focused context and explicit verification. Use for coding tasks, not general questions or open-ended research.
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ntygod Bundle Research Assistant当用户要做多源搜索、交叉验证、调研行业动态、对比分析、技术选型、竞品分析或事实核查时使用。
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etrebels Skill Inbox DigestScan the last 48 hours of unread newsletters, news emails, and blog digests. Summarize what's relevant to your work. Trigger when the user asks "what did I miss", "any interesting newsletters", or as part of the morning briefing ritual.
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excelle Skill AI Citation OptimizerShape content so large language models quote, reference, and surface it in generated answers. GEO优化/AI引用优化
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fuzhiyu Bundle Econ Data AnalysisEconomic data-analysis discipline. Use for importing, cleaning, merging, filtering, variables, aggregation, summary stats, regressions, or figures on economic, financial, or panel data.
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fuzhiyu Bundle Zotero Paper ReaderUse Zotero to find, read, summarize, cite, or export academic papers. Use for paper lookup, library searches, attachments, BibTeX, and draft citation work.
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gleanwork Skill Catch UpCatch up on what you missed while away — meetings, decisions, action items, mentions, and important threads from a defined time window. Trigger phrases include "what did I miss", "catch me up", "I was out", "I'm back from PTO", "summarize while I was away", "what happened last week while I was off", "I just got back", "fill me in on what I missed".
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gleanwork Skill Plan PrepResearch enterprise context before plan mode — surface design docs, similar implementations, stakeholders, and related systems before architecting or designing a feature.
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gleanwork Bundle Using Glean ProductivitySynthesize the user's own work activity, priorities, and recent context using Glean — use when the user asks about their recent work, what they accomplished, what is urgent, what needs their attention, or wants help with status updates, 1:1 prep, or weekly summaries. Trigger phrases include what have I been working on, what did I do last week, what should I focus on, summarize my week, help me with my status update, what's blocking me, morning briefing, what happened while I was out. Do not use for general enterprise queries (use the using-glean skill), for someone else's activity, or for project-status questions where the user is not the subject (use a project-awareness skill).
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zhangs-11 Bundle Deep Research对产品、公司、人物、技术、行业、制度或事件做可追溯的系统研究,同时沿历史演化与横向对比两条轴建立判断,并对关键事实、推断和价值判断分别核验。用户要求“深度研究”“系统调研”“梳理发展史和竞品”“横向纵向分析”“研究一个陌生领域”“判断未来路径”或需要一份有一手来源、时间线、对比表和不确定性说明的研究报告时使用,即使没有点名本 Skill。简单事实查询、当天资讯简报、单篇材料摘要或只核查一句话时不使用。
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dcouple Bundle PlanCreates a reconciled implementation plan by combining a structured plan draft with a normalized intent brief and a PRP-style research dossier, then auto-reviews the final plan. Use when planning a new feature or significant change in Codex.
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dcouple Skill ResearcherResearch a technical topic using a mix of web sources and local codebase context, then produce actionable guidance with citations. Use when the user wants a thorough research-oriented answer.
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 verdict, research-talk, analysis-checkpoints. 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.