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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yurake Skill Roo FollowupBefore calling roo_task, load this skill to handle Roo follow-ups. Use when coordinating Roo responses that return resultType/needsReply: ask the user with numbered options, summarize prior results, and re-send as a new Roo task (Roo cannot append in place).
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terryzhang95 Bundle Zotero Obsidian BridgeUse this skill when Zotero is the literature source of truth and the project KB should receive source notes under Sources/Papers plus project-linked synthesis in Knowledge and Writing.
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terryzhang95 Bundle Obsidian Literature WorkflowUse this skill for project-scoped literature review built on Sources/Papers, with synthesis landing in Knowledge, writing handoff in Writing, and the default literature canvas under Maps/literature.canvas.
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profsynapse Bundle Kg IngestIngest a research paper (or a batch) into the library's atomic knowledge graph the Agents-K1 way. Use when you are handed a paper (URL, arXiv id, or a note already in library/) and you want it folded in as typed concept atoms, mechanisms, lineage edges, and a patched paper note, reconciled against the atoms already in the vault rather than re-extracted from scratch. Also use to backfill spine papers not yet atomized. This is the standing ingestion posture for growing the graph one paper at a time.
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crawlio-app Skill Web ResearchUse this skill when the user asks to "research a site", "compare sites", "analyze technology", or wants structured evidence-based web research. Teaches the acquire-normalize-analyze protocol using CrawlioMCP's composite analysis tools.
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jason-hub-star Skill Converge PlanStress-test a costly or hard-to-reverse plan before implementation by freezing a rubric, iterating improvements and adversarial critique, and ending with one crux and the cheapest falsifiable experiment. Use for “converge this plan”, “수렴”, major architecture choices, or risky research bets—not routine edits.
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jobo16 Bundle Ielts Buddy Question Research在已绑定且具备 IELTS Buddy 后台题库权限的账号下,发现并调用只读题库数据接口;不定义题库研究或分析方法。
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moeabdelaziz007 Bundle Oracle Research🔮 Oracle Research Skill (HYBRID SUPERPOWER)
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paradigmxyz Skill DocsendUse the DocSend CLI to recover and download standalone DocSend documents or files from DocSend Spaces, including email or passcode gates, resumable verification, folder traversal, and returning files. Trigger whenever a user shares a DocSend URL or asks to access, inspect, summarize, download, or recover a DocSend document or Space.
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ragnos-labs Bundle Wikipedia ReviewIndependently review a Wikipedia-style article or platform-request draft for source support, citation correctness, original synthesis, neutrality, due weight, structure, close paraphrase, wikitext, request fidelity, and AI-like prose. Use for findings, grading, revision plans, or a final gold-draft check.
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ragnos-labs Bundle Wikipedia WritingDraft or rewrite complete Wikipedia-style articles and platform-request copy from a source packet, claim ledger, supplied research, or an existing draft. Use for Wiki Lab articles, variants, leads, sections, wikitext, AfC drafts, restoration or undeletion requests, deletion-review drafts, and edit requests; use wikipedia-research when the evidence base is missing.
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ragnos-labs Bundle Wikipedia ResearchResearch a topic for a Wikipedia-style article or platform-request draft and produce a source landscape, source packet, article-scope recommendation, claim ledger, and citation metadata. Use for new drafts, expansions, source audits, restoration work, or notability analysis; use wikipedia-writing for prose drafting.
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ragnos-labs Bundle Wikipedia WorkflowRun an end-to-end Wikipedia drafting workflow from topic framing through research, claim mapping, complete article and platform-request drafting, citations, independent review, revision, and a gold draft packet. Use when the user wants the complete Wiki Lab process rather than one stage.
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sdwurg180507280211 Bundle Github KbMaintain and search a local knowledge base of cloned GitHub repositories. Use when the user wants to search local repositories, reuse local source code, clone a repository into the local project collection, or maintain a local repo registry. Do not trigger for ordinary public GitHub questions that do not need the local repository collection.
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skills-il Bundle Israeli Cv BuilderNot legal advice. Generate a ready-to-send Israeli CV (korot chayim / קורות חיים) in Hebrew, English, or both: one page by default, reverse chronological, a military or national service section, dugri (direct) language, metrics-driven bullets, plus an optional Israeli cover letter (michtav mukdam / מכתב מקדים). Use when writing a CV for Israel, building a resume for AllJobs, Drushim, JobMaster, JobNet or LinkedIn Israel, preparing a bilingual tech CV, or drafting an Israeli-style cover letter. Automatically omits age, marital status and religion, grounds on which the Equal Employment Opportunities Law 1988 prohibits discrimination, and omits the photo as market convention. Do NOT use for job market research (use israeli-job-market), tech interview prep (use israeli-tech-interview-prep), salary negotiation (use israeli-tech-salary-negotiator), LinkedIn strategy (use israeli-linkedin-strategy), employer-side screening (use israeli-hr-recruitment-automator), or employment contract review.
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skills-il Bundle Hebrew Legal ResearchAssist with Israeli legal research including legislation lookup, case law concepts, Hebrew legal terminology, and legal document preparation guidance. Use when user asks about Israeli law, "chok", "mishpat", "bagatz", court procedures, employment law, contract law, real estate law, or needs help with Hebrew legal terms. Covers civil, commercial, employment, and administrative law. Do NOT use for providing formal legal advice, always recommend consulting a licensed Israeli attorney (orech din). Do NOT use for non-Israeli legal systems.
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spencerkit Bundle Research StudioStructured topic research and multi-angle analysis for a user-provided topic, market, trend, concept, project, platform, industry, or content direction. Use when the user asks to research, investigate, analyze, study, or survey a topic and expects more than a simple search result dump, including multi-round retrieval, source comparison, dimension-based analysis, opportunity/risk assessment, and a clear research summary.
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sshtomar Bundle Lit ReviewSystematic literature review methodology for social science research. Use when conducting systematic reviews, research synthesis, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, or comprehensive literature searches across economics, political science, sociology, education, public health, and development. Produces structured notebook cells with search strategy, evidence table, thematic synthesis, and gap analysis.
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rish-modi Skill Interview PrepBehavioral interview prep, mock interviews, company research, and round-specific cheat-sheets. Selects from the project STAR files in $PERSONAL/career/star/ and orchestrates them into prep artifacts. For coding interviews, use coding-prep. For creating new STAR project files, use star-stories.
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sebastianelvis Skill CritiqueProvide critique on investigation results via human feedback, Codex consultation, or self-review. Can trigger additional investigation cycles for deepen/explore feedback. Use when iterating on research, requesting AI review, or providing human feedback.
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sebastianelvis Skill SynthesizeGenerate a research paper from investigation results, structured as a formal academic paper with definitions, theorems, lemmas, and proofs. Use when asked to synthesize, summarize, or write up research findings after investigation cycles.
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sebastianelvis Bundle Search PaperFind papers, download PDFs, traverse citation graphs, and resolve publication venues across arXiv, IACR ePrint, Semantic Scholar, DBLP, and OpenAlex. Use when you need to find papers, trace citations, or determine where a paper was published.
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sebastianelvis Skill Review LiteratureSearch for related academic work, download and read key papers, and produce a structured literature survey. Use when asked to find prior art, related papers, competing approaches, or known results for a research topic.
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spacetime-technology Skill Nft ProvenanceTrace a Chia NFT from mint through every transfer to its current owner. Given a launcher_id (or any coin in the lineage), walks the full chain of custody, classifies each step, and surfaces the current holder address. Use when the user wants to verify NFT history, check an NFT before buying, prove authenticity, or research a collection. Accepts launcher_id, include_metadata as arguments for programmatic invocation.
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abmach Skill InterludeStatus interlude - summarize workspace state (active, blocked, and failed plans; open issues by priority; docs pending) from the Plans Index and Issues Index and suggest the next action, modifying nothing; invoked via "/interlude [plans | issues | docs]"
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wesley-yin77 Bundle Nsfc LiteratureNSFC医学部立项依据与文献综述撰写辅助。帮助构建漏斗式文献递进结构, 优化引用策略,确保论证链的完整性与说服力。触发词:立项依据、文献综述、 国内外研究现状、研究背景、研究意义、前沿进展、参考文献、引用。
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zakirkun Skill Research🔍 Research & Summarization Skill
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cmeiliu Bundle Binance Us Spot TradeGuide a user through reviewing and placing a Binance.US spot trade in a deliberate, safe workflow. Use when the user wants to buy or sell on Binance.US after reviewing a brief or research workflow.
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cmeiliu Bundle Binance Us Asset ResearchResearch a Binance.US-listed crypto asset using the shared Binance.US engine. Use when the user asks for deeper research on a specific asset, wants a structured Binance.US-safe coin overview, or asks what is happening with BTC, ETH, SOL, or another listed asset.
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codealive-ai Bundle Exa Native BaseFoundation for the Exa skill collection — how to call Exa (search, contents, answer, similar) from a local script with just an EXA_API_KEY, how to write good semantic queries, and how to orchestrate subagents for deep research. Read this first; the use-case skills (company, people, papers, code, news, finance, personal sites, X) build on it.
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cutec-chris Bundle PerplexicaPerform AI-powered web searches using a Perplexica or Vane instance. Returns a synthesized answer with cited sources. Use when the user asks for current information, research topics, news, or complex questions requiring web search with summarization.
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cutec-chris Bundle ResearcherCollect web sources into named research projects and answer questions from them. Scrapes URLs (recursive crawl, PDFs, YouTube transcripts) into a project, then answers questions grounded in the gathered sources via semantic/keyword search. Use for "research X", building a sourced dossier on a topic, or querying previously gathered material — as opposed to a one-shot web search (perplexica/searxng). Commands: create, list, add, query, delete, rename (syntax in the skill instructions).
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andrew-shwetzer Skill ResearchResearch a company before applying or interviewing. Get an intelligence brief with culture, financials, recent news, team structure, key contacts, and smart interview questions. Use when someone says 'research this company', 'tell me about', 'what do you know about', or 'prep me for my interview at'.
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bacoco Bundle GlmUse GLM 5.2 through the Z.ai Anthropic-compatible API as a complete companion from Codex or Claude Code. Trigger on `$glm` in Codex, `/glm` in Claude, requests to delegate to GLM, independent GLM implementation/debugging/research/planning/review, conversation transfer, or GLM setup/status/result/resume/cancel. Supports foreground/background jobs, visible host context, read-only/write modes, structured and adversarial reviews, resumable sessions, and optional stop-review gates.
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bacoco Bundle ClaudeUse the local Claude Code CLI as a full companion from Codex. Trigger when the user writes `$claude`, asks Claude to implement, debug, investigate, plan, research, review, challenge, or continue work, wants the current Codex conversation transferred to Claude, or asks to setup, monitor, retrieve, wait for, resume, or cancel Claude work. Support foreground/background jobs, visible-thread context transfer, read-only/write modes, structured reviews, resumable sessions, status/result/cancel, and the optional stop-review gate.
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hardness1020 Skill Clarify DemandConversational demand clarification and feasibility research before formal work item registration
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 roo-followup, zotero-obsidian-bridge, obsidian-literature-workflow. 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.