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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kachofugetsu09 Skill SummarizeSummarize or extract text/transcripts from URLs, podcasts, and local files (great fallback for “transcribe this YouTube/video”).
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kaito41418-ux Bundle Literature ReviewSkill: literature-review
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kaixin1seu Skill Retro ResearchRetro Research
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kgelster Skill Shopify YourskillUse when [the specific situations, symptoms, and phrases someone would type or think when they hit this problem]. Pack real trigger words and store-owner symptoms. Describe ONLY when to use it, never summarize the workflow inside. Keep the whole frontmatter under 1024 characters. End by naming what this skill is NOT for, pointing at the sibling skill that covers it.
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milkywayrules Bundle Verasic Deep ResearchVerified deep research with source ledger and confidence scoring. Use when the user asks to "deep research", "verify sources", "research with citations", runs /verasic-deep-research, wants ledger-backed claims, confidence scores, drill-down on weak evidence, or claims-investigation with a claim ledger.
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agentlyhq Skill AI Native Team ResearchMulti-source intelligence sweep on how bleeding-edge AI-native teams operate in any domain — pulls live signals from X, Hacker News, the web, and open-source projects, then synthesizes into an actionable research briefing.
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agno-agi Skill ResearchResearch a topic and file the result — sweep what we already know (knowledge base, crm, and slack when connected), go to the web for current and external background, then write a clear sourced brief and FILE it into the knowledge base with update_knowledge. Labels what came from the web versus our own notes. Use for "research X and save it", "look into X and write it up", "find out what's known about X and file it", "write up a brief on X".
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agno-agi Skill Process TodayProcess the day into filed context — sweep today's activity (the inbound queue, CRM meetings and reminders, plus calendar, slack, and gmail when connected), extract what's worth keeping, and file it into the CRM and knowledge base. Use for "process today", "log today", "file today", "end-of-day wrap".
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agno-agi Skill Knowledge ReviewSweep the knowledge base for what needs attention — stubs with no real content, specs whose status is stale, decisions that were made but never written down, and pages missing from the index — and return a short "what needs attention" list. Read-only, so it reports rather than fixing anything itself. Use for "what in my knowledge base needs attention", "review my knowledge base", "what's stale or unfiled", "knowledge base health check", "tidy up my knowledge".
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amgrbi96 Bundle Prospero SearchSearch the PROSPERO registry for registered systematic reviews and check for duplicate or overlapping reviews before registering a new one. Use when the user mentions PROSPERO, systematic review registration, checking for duplicate reviews, or asks whether their research question has already been studied — even if they don't explicitly say 'PROSPERO'. Also triggers on mentions of 'protocol registration', 'review overlap', 'CRD number lookup', or 'prospective register'. Useful for researchers planning systematic reviews, scoping reviews, or meta-analyses who need to verify novelty before registration.
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elan6666 Bundle Byte StatusInspect and summarize the real current state of a project. Use when the user asks for progress, status, blockers, what remains, what is actually complete, or the best next action.
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elan6666 Bundle Byte ResearchResearch current evidence that can change a decision. Use when the user asks for research or comparison, or when an important project choice depends on external facts that may be current or uncertain.
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elithrar Bundle Summarize WorkSummarize OpenCode session history into work recaps, commit messages, or PR descriptions. Use when a summary needs past sessions or cross-project history; ordinary commits and summaries fully supported by the current conversation do not need this skill.
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fearofsnakes Skill Voc SynthesisUse when a PMM needs to synthesize voice-of-customer data into actionable patterns. Trigger on: 'VOC synthesis', 'voice of customer', 'buyer brain', 'customer research synthesis', 'interview synthesis', 'call transcript analysis', 'echo language', 'buyer language', 'survey analysis', 'review mining', 'customer quotes', 'what are customers saying', 'JTBD mapping', 'jobs to be done', 'customer pain points', 'buying triggers', 'objection mapping', 'say-do gap', 'research synthesis', 'I have transcripts', 'I have survey data', 'synthesize my research', or 'I did interviews but don't know what to do with the data'.
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freshtechbro Bundle Opendevbrowser ResearchSkill-guided, evidence-gated research workflow for provider-constrained public source gathering and auditable artifact review.
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fuzhiyu Bundle Wrds DataSearch and download financial data from WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services). Use when asked to "download from WRDS", "search WRDS", "get CRSP data", "download Compustat", "find WRDS table", "get stock returns", "download IBES", or any WRDS/financial database task involving CRSP, Compustat, IBES, TAQ, OptionMetrics, Fama-French, BoardEx, DealScan, or other WRDS datasets.
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fuzhiyu Bundle Research Project TemplateCreate new academic research projects with two-folder architecture. Use when user wants to create a new research project, start a new paper, set up a new analysis project, or mentions needing a project structure for research.
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bx33661 Bundle Omvoh-my-vul local-first vulnerability research project manager for Pi, Codex, and Claude Code. Shows workspace status, next actions, installed omv-* skills, registry info, and delegates .omv findings lifecycle commands. Use when the user invokes /skill:omv, $omv, or /omv; asks what to do next; or manages local findings.
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bydeng01 Skill Application TrackerTrack PhD application status, deadlines, required documents, and follow-up timing across many universities at once. Use this whenever the user wants to manage, check, review, or get a status update on their applications — e.g. "what deadlines are coming up?", "which professors haven't replied?", "what do I still need for the MIT application?", "where am I with everything?", "remind me to follow up", or "give me a status update on my PhD apps". Reads the application status files and interaction logs in the knowledge base, surfaces what's due, missing, or overdue, updates the records, and can set up recurring reminders. Trigger whenever the intent is to get oriented across multiple applications or stay on top of deadlines and follow-ups, even if the user doesn't say "tracker".
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byteseek Bundle Equity Research CoreRun Mira's core single-equity research workflow across fundamentals, financial quality, macro context, technical pricing, events, and thesis framing.
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campfirein Bundle Byterover ExecuteExecute a phase plan task by task with verification. Loads the plan from the knowledge base, implements each task sequentially, verifies against success criteria, records progress, and transitions to the next phase. Stores execution results via brv curate.
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caoyuan-fire Bundle Engifoundry ReviewReview EngiFoundry planning, Job work, code, documents, research, or other durable outputs through an independent PAK-scoped Reviewer chain and record pass, rework-required, or factual blocked conclusions.
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masumi-network Skill ReseachTypo alias for the Sokosumi research skill. Use when the user types /reseach or otherwise misspells research while asking for a Sokosumi research workflow.
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maxgent-ai Bundle Media UnderstandAI-powered media understanding and analysis for images, videos, and audio. Use when users ask to describe, analyze, summarize, or extract text (OCR) from media files.
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mflux-community Skill Mflux CLINavigate MFLUX CLI capabilities, locate commands by area, and summarize supported features.
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microsoft Bundle Idea SparkGenerate ONE reviewer-defensible, implementable research idea with a concrete method and falsification plan from a stated research direction. Use when the user asks for a research idea, novelty analysis, bottleneck diagnosis, or paper-shape suggestion. Skip code review, debugging, and unconstrained brainstorming without research context.
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microsoft Bundle Scoop CheckCheck whether a proposed research novelty (given a problem statement and claimed idea/novelty) overlaps with existing published work. TRIGGER when the user asks to verify research novelty, check if an idea is new, compare a proposed contribution to prior art, do a literature/prior-art search for a specific claim, or assess whether a paper idea has been scooped. DO NOT TRIGGER for general literature reviews unrelated to a specific novelty claim, or for writing related-work sections of an already-validated idea.
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danilods Skill Matilha DenUse when user is wrapping a project or milestone — captures learnings, patterns, and re-usable insights into the project's knowledge base.
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dustinestes Skill Clockify SummarizeSummarize Clockify time for today or a date range (totals by project, entry count). Use when the user asks how much they tracked, a timesheet snapshot, or today's Clockify summary. Does not start or stop timers.
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dustinestes Skill Clockify Stop TimerStop the currently running Clockify timer. Use when the user asks to stop tracking, clock out, or finish an issue/PR in this session. Honors timer rounding and overlap. Does not summarize the whole day.
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eddmann Bundle SummariseExtract and summarise content from URLs, YouTube videos, podcasts, and files. Use when the user shares a link, asks "what's this about", "summarise this", wants a transcript, or references web/video/podcast content.
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eddmann Bundle ZettelkastenPersonal knowledge base using the Zettelkasten method. Use when the user wants to save a note, look up knowledge, connect ideas, "what do I know about X", "save this", "note this down", or asks about their notes/knowledge base.
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libpdf-js Skill Explore ReferencesResearch how a feature works in reference libraries
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lishix520 Bundle Jtbd Context ExplorerExtract Jobs-to-be-Done context evidence from customer interviews, feedback, reviews, support tickets, or scenario descriptions. Use when asked to identify the circumstances that triggered a change, desired progress, current alternatives or workarounds, non-consumption, emotional or social signals, feature requests, constraints, competing solutions, and unanswered research questions. Do not use to define a Core Functional Job, calculate opportunity scores, or recommend product strategy.
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manutej Skill Ceti ResearchAuto-research for CETI explainers. Digests a topic into conserved storyboard slots that must glue: metaphor, claim, counterexample, visual motif, duration. Occupies Propose in noether-harness. Never fabricates facts. Use when designing a course film, lookbook page, or ceti-explainer episode. Triggers: auto-research, CETI research, digest topic, storyboard slots, explainer research, /sheaf-run course.
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mukiwu Skill Lore InitUse when a project has no docs/lore/ yet and implicit knowledge starts coming up in conversation, or when the user asks to initialize, bootstrap, or set up project lore — scaffolds the docs/lore/ knowledge base.
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 summarize, literature-review, retro-research. 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.