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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singh-gur Bundle SuperworkExecutes complex multi-stage work through a verified research → build → verify loop. Off by default; use `/skill:superwork on`, `off`, or `status`, or invoke it with a task for one-shot execution. Use for phased plans, large features, refactors, migrations, and research-then-build work, not single-pass changes or plan-only requests.
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singh-gur Bundle Spec WriterTurns a raw idea into a concise, user-approved handoff brief for architecture or implementation planning. Uses a refine, research, and ask loop to clarify intent, scope, constraints, and requirements without producing an exhaustive specification. Use when an idea needs enough definition for arch-design or plan.
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singh-gur Skill Alignment InterviewConducts a rigorous, adaptive interview to establish shared understanding before action. Uses an intake → research → ask loop, dependency-aware question rounds, recommendations, contradiction checks, and explicit confirmation. Use when the user asks to be interviewed or grilled, wants to clarify an idea, decision, or task, needs assumptions uncovered, or wants alignment before planning or execution.
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skills-il Bundle Israeli AsoOptimize mobile app listings for Israeli users on Apple App Store and Google Play with Hebrew metadata, keywords, and screenshots. Use when user asks about Israeli app store optimization, Hebrew app listing, Hebrew keywords for app store, or localizing app metadata for Israel. Covers Hebrew keyword research, RTL screenshot design, and category-specific benchmarks.
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skills-il Bundle Israeli Linkedin StrategyDevelop bilingual Hebrew/English LinkedIn content strategies for the Israeli tech ecosystem, including post timing, Hebrew hashtags, and audience engagement patterns. Use when user asks about LinkedIn strategy for Israel, Hebrew LinkedIn posts, Israeli tech networking, or asks about "linkedin", "reshet mitkademet", "tochen" (content), bilingual posting, or Israeli professional branding. Covers Hebrew/English post optimization, Israeli tech topic trends, cultural timing around holidays and work week, and Hebrew hashtag research. Do NOT use for general international LinkedIn strategy, paid LinkedIn advertising, or non-Israeli market targeting.
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smileynet Bundle Generate TopicGenerate a complete topic: research → lesson → post-process → verify. Fans out subagents for research and verification. Trigger: generate topic, generate lesson, complete topic, full generation.
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spyrae Skill Incident ReviewSummarize an incident with timeline, likely cause, impact, and follow-up actions.
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spyrae Skill Content DigestSummarize videos, transcripts, articles, documents, and pasted text into concise takeaways.
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spyrae Skill Research BriefProduce a concise source-backed research brief with tradeoffs and confidence.
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spyrae Skill Finance SummarySummarize finance notes, risks, and questions without making trading decisions.
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stanfordspezi Skill Release Notes GeneratorCreate release notes that summarize features, fixes, and migration guidance for software releases.
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zaidadaqqa Skill Ip Riskuse to research trademark/patent/design-patent risk for a promising candidate via legitimate public research (USPTO/trademark search, obvious brand conflicts), then record the result via hunt supplier-set --ip-status. Never claims legal clearance.
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zaidadaqqa Skill Reddit VocUse for systematic Reddit research to find real customer pain points/praise for a candidate at COMPETITOR_ANALYSIS state or later, when no automated review-text provider is available. Feeds findings into hunt voc-add or the manual-VOC-completion path.
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zaidadaqqa Skill Supplier ResearchUse to research supplier feasibility for a promising candidate via legitimate web research, then record the human-confirmed result via hunt supplier-set. Never fabricates MOQ/pricing/certifications.
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kelvinyou Bundle Wealth ManagerAnalyze stocks (Bursa Malaysia & US markets), identify buy-the-dip opportunities, manage investment portfolio, and summarize tracked assets across all supported vehicles (stocks, MMFs, FDs, digital banks). Use this skill whenever the user asks about stocks, portfolio, investments, savings allocation, interest rates comparison, net worth, asset allocation, a financial/investment plan, tax-efficient investing (PRS, ETF withholding tax), or mentions buying/selling shares — even if they don't explicitly say "wealth" or "portfolio". Also trigger when the user provides a new trade, updates savings placement, asks "where should I put my money", or "is my plan any good".
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apocohq Skill Dir Tree IndexGenerate or update distributed STRUCTURE.md index files across a repo to help LLMs orient quickly in project structure and to make large knowledge repositories easier to navigate and summarize.
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d-laub Skill Scientific Writing OutlineUse when story.md is settled and you need a venue-appropriate, fully-backed manuscript outline. Stage 2 of scientific-writing — produces outline.md + references.md, with every bullet backed by a repo pointer or a web-verified citation.
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noahrasheta Skill Director RefreshRe-scan your codebase and optionally re-run research. Keeps your project context current.
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olafgeibig Skill Summarize MeetingSummarize a meeting transcript into structured notes with date, participants, topic, key decisions, summary points, and action items. Use when processing meeting recordings, creating meeting notes, writing meeting minutes, or recapping discussions.
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plimeor Skill Url ReaderRead the main content of a specific webpage URL when the user asks to summarize, inspect, cite, reference, or extract facts from that URL, including "read this", "look at this link", "based on this article", or equivalent reference requests. Owns URL retrieval safety for other skills that need webpage body content; not a broad web search tool.
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proompteng Skill Research BriefGenerate a concise research brief with uncertainty and citations.
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proompteng Skill Technicals RegimeSummarize trend, volatility, and liquidity regime from TA time series.
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simonstrumse Bundle World BuildingBuild the world before you write the story. Advanced context engineering for deep research, foundational research, and evidence-first planning before coding. Use when the user asks for world building, deep research before building, foundational research, market mapping before coding, hands-off but non-generic results, pillar mapping, folder scaffolding, parallel research, layered synthesis, or evidence-linked PRDs and build plans.
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simonstrumse Skill Company ResearchCompany research using Exa search. Finds company info, competitors, news, tweets, financials, LinkedIn profiles, builds company lists.
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wenyuchiou Bundle Research Project OrienterRead the .research/ manifest files at a project root and produce a single orientation memo (research question, datasets, current stage, key entrypoints, evidence artifacts, open questions). Use when the user asks to "orient me in this project", "what is this repo about", or "build a context map for this paper" — and the project already has .research/ manifests (or trigger research-context-compressor first).
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wenyuchiou Bundle Research Context CompressorInspect a research repository and write a compact `.research/` workspace manifest (project_manifest.yml, experiment_matrix.yml, data_dictionary.yml) so future AI sessions can orient themselves without rescanning the whole repo. Use when the user asks to "compress this project context", "create a research manifest", or "save the project context for future agents".
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jimliu Bundle Literature ReviewFind, verify, and synthesize scientific literature — from "what's the seminal paper for X" through full multi-source reviews. Covers grounding claims in real retrieved sources, avoiding fabricated citations, handling retractions, and calibrating confidence to evidence strength.
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sendaifun Bundle Defillama ResearchResearch DeFi protocols and market opportunities using DefiLlama data. Use when a user says "show me TVL data", "which protocols are growing", "DeFi market research", "what should I build in DeFi", "find DeFi opportunities", "analyze protocol TVL", or "which chains are trending". Uses TVL as a trust metric to suggest protocols worth building on or integrating with.
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raven-sourav Skill ResearchSkill: Research a Theme
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skillmedev Skill Investor TargetingUse when a founder needs to decide which investors to approach and how to reach them. Triggers on "which VCs should I target", "build my investor list", "find the right investors", "warm intro path", "angels vs VCs", "who invests in my space", "investor research". Produces a ranked, researched target list with warm paths.
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854771076 Skill Polymarket ResearchPolymarket Research Binance Square Post
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celina-create Bundle Competitor Deep Research SopRun competitor UX research using the v1.3.1 methodology — dual-axis pain mapping (M1×M2), 14 dimensions, 12-layer evidence channels, seed-user signals (S1–S3), Tier-1 outreach list, and monitoring cadence. Use when doing deep user-pain oriented competitor research (not just feature comparison), building seed-user pipelines from competitor communities, or producing S-tier deep-dive reports aligned with a structured SOP.
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creceradigital Bundle CodexTalk to OpenAI Codex CLI for plan refinement, code review, research, and brainstorming. Use when user says "talk to codex", "ask codex", "have codex review", "continue with codex", or "follow up with codex". Uses gpt-5.4 with medium or high reasoning effort. Maintains conversation sessions for multi-turn discussions.
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astro-han Skill Review FeedbackAdjudicate and act on existing code-review feedback: PR comments, inline threads, or findings from reviewers, review tools, external models, or delegated agents. Use whenever the user asks to fix, address, apply, resolve, respond to, or push back on review comments or findings — even a casual 'fix the review comments' — and before any code edit that review feedback may cause. Do not use to perform a fresh review, diagnose an unrelated bug, implement a new requirement, or merely summarize feedback.
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astro-han Skill Parallel ResearchResearch with parallel agents, independent evidence angles, and cross-validation. Use when the user explicitly asks for parallel or delegated research, or when a high-cost question materially benefits from independent evidence.
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atian-create Skill Xhs Benchmark Account FinderLingzao lightweight XHS benchmark account finder Skill for Xiaohongshu competitor account research, active benchmark accounts, same-track creators, same-stage accounts, recent high-performing posts, and non-stale references. Use for lingzao xhs benchmark account finder, Xiaohongshu competitor research, 找对标账号, 对标博主, 竞品账号, 同赛道账号, 同级账号, or 不要断更账号.
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 superwork, spec-writer, alignment-interview. 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.