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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jpoindexter Bundle Narrative Arc BuilderMap raw project timelines, notes, research, and metrics into a five-stage evidence-backed narrative arc for a design case study. Use when a draft reads like a chronological task list, lacks tension or a turning point, makes the designer or product the hero, buries the pivotal decision, or needs a clear context-friction-complexity-breakthrough-impact structure.
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kangarooking Bundle Research Four Steps当用户准备写文案/广告/销售材料,需要在动笔前收集和整理信息时调用。 适用于:接到文案委托不知从何开始、写产品文案前做功课、 为新客户准备提案。核心信号:用户说"要写XX的文案"但还没研究产品。 不适用于:已有充分产品知识、纯创意发想(不需要研究支撑)。
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autobyteus Bundle Deep Research ArticleDo deep research and synthesize it into one logically structured article with clear thesis, argument flow, evidence, objections, and takeaways. By default, this skill requires internet source collection and deep reading before drafting. Use when the user wants a strong reasoning artifact first: sermon notes, Bible passage study, policy/tech explainers, product narratives, or any topic where downstream artifacts should start from an approved article.
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b12consulting Skill Specs TicketsCreate new spec-driven tickets and resume existing ones through the full lifecycle: research, specification, planning, and implementation. Use when: the user describes new work to be done; continuing a previously started ticket; a feature, bug fix, or task needs planning and implementation; starting or resuming planned work on a project with specs/. Triggers on: 'new ticket', 'new feature', 'fix bug', 'implement', 'create ticket', 'I want to build', 'let us work on', 'add feature', 'continue ticket', 'resume work', 'pick up where we left off', 'work on ticket', 'existing ticket', 'check ticket status', 'what is the state of ticket'.
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blakecyze Skill Kanso PrUse when the user asks to write a pull request description, open a PR, draft PR notes, or summarise a branch for review.
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bonkey Skill Exec SummarySummarize the last substantive assistant message in plain language for decision-making: concise but not too short, bottom line up front, important details only, trade-offs, and practical options without ornaments.
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bookwormsuf Bundle Research CoverageCheck which of a study's research questions or session phases actually have coded evidence behind them, and flag the ones that have none. Use this whenever the user asks what they are missing, whether they have enough data, whether they can stop recruiting, if a question went unanswered, "did we answer everything", "what gaps are left", "is this study done", or wants to know whether a finding rests on a single participant. Also use it before writing a synthesis, before a research handover or readout, and when deciding whether another round of sessions is needed. Works with UT studies (checks session phases) and interview studies (checks research questions) that follow the participants/P#/transcript.md convention.
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bookwormsuf Bundle Research Counter BiasStress-test qualitative research findings by hunting for evidence that contradicts them, using fresh subagents that read blinded transcripts so they cannot anchor on the existing codes. Use this whenever the user wants to challenge, pressure-test, sanity-check, or find holes in research themes, findings, an issue log, or a synthesis; whenever they ask "is this finding real", "does the data actually support this", "what am I missing", "am I seeing what I want to see", or "how confident should I be in this theme"; and whenever they are about to present or hand over research conclusions and want them checked first. Also use it to verify frequency claims like "4 of 5 participants" against the transcripts. Works with UT studies and interview studies that follow the participants/P#/transcript.md convention.
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scottrbk Skill Forgetful FilesFile binary content into the knowledge base — screenshots, PDFs, diagrams, fonts, assets. Use when a binary artifact is worth keeping alongside knowledge, or when a stored procedure needs a bundled asset. The description is the entire search surface: say what the file shows and when to reach for it.
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scottrbk Skill Forgetful Encode RepoEncode a repository into the Forgetful knowledge base — bootstrap the project, its entities, memories, and documents from the codebase itself. Use when bringing a new repo under Forgetful or refreshing a stale encoding. Re-encoding is an update pass: query-before-create makes it supersession, not duplication.
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shubham0704 Bundle Rpi WorkflowResearch-Plan-Implement workflow with Codex peer review. Use when the user says /rpi, asks to start a research-plan-implement cycle, wants Codex review on a plan, or needs to create research docs, plans, or implementation reports following the RPI protocol.
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shubham0704 Bundle Rigorous Paper AuthorDraft or revise a mathematically rigorous LaTeX research paper for theory-heavy ML, scientific computing, numerical analysis, control, geometry, or applied mathematics. Use when the user wants help planning the paper, structuring sections, formalizing notation, deciding theorem/proof obligations, specifying complexity or convergence claims, designing figures, or improving global flow and cross-references. Do not use for final QA-only review without drafting or restructuring work.
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shubham0704 Bundle Rigorous Paper ReviewerReview a LaTeX research paper for mathematical rigor, notation consistency, proof obligations, numerical-analysis discipline, complexity claims, convergence/error bounds, figure quality, reader-state flow, cross-references, and global coherence. Use when the user wants a deep technical review or verification pass on a paper, supplement, or LaTeX project; also trigger when the user asks whether text sounds wasteful, machine-generated, clear, simple, readable, well-flowing, compressed, rhythmic, or wants to zoom in/out paragraph by paragraph. Do not use for initial drafting unless the user explicitly asks for review-first feedback.
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emmanuelrtm Skill Run StatusShow the state of the active research run: stages completed, branch scoreboard, selected solution, grounding ratio, artifacts present, and the suggested next stage command.
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emmanuelrtm Skill InvestigateRun (or re-run) Stage 1 only — the Problem Investigator: citation graph, elite pool, deep reading, and the grounded Research Brief. Operates on the active run, or scaffolds a new one if a topic is given.
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emmanuelrtm Skill Citation ProvenanceLiterature retrieval and provenance protocol for the problem-investigator. Defines the citation-graph rounds, elite-pool filtering, the degradation ladder for restricted networks, and bibliography.jsonl discipline.
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joonghyun-lee-frieren Skill ResearchPurpose
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luciole-studio Skill Apostle Article ResearchPre-draft research for long-form nonfiction whose question, claim, scope, or structure must be allowed to change under evidence. Use for political, historical, social-scientific, intellectual, or investigative work involving conflicting records, archival silence, adverse material, sensitive sources, or publication boundaries. Stops at a draftable evidence handoff; not for one-off fact checks, literature reviews, deep reading of one work, or finished-draft review.
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fralapo Bundle Social AlgorithmKnowledge base for organic personal brand systems and Instagram algorithm dynamics. Use for indirect selling, IG content strategy, client acquisition funnels without ADV, creator delegation systems, and personal brand scaling.
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fralapo Bundle Public Speaking PersuasionKnowledge base on public speaking, persuasion theory, storytelling, argumentation, and cognitive bias. Use when structuring a speech or pitch, applying persuasion frameworks, handling objections or a hostile audience, writing persuasively, or referencing named techniques like the 3 Pillars of Persuasion, the 5-Line Story Structure, or logical fallacy/bias catalogs.
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gitgitwi Skill ResearchInvestigate codebase context, related projects, and external sources for a task that is large or unfamiliar enough that planning blind would waste effort. Use this when the task crosses modules, touches a subsystem the user has not worked on recently, or depends on external APIs / libraries whose current shape matters. Also use whenever the user explicitly asks for research, exploration, or a "deep dive" before planning. Output goes to `.flow/tasks/<date>-<task>/research.md` so the planner and reviewer can build on it.
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glebis Skill Groundwork SeedRead research-findings.md and frameworks, propose an initial draft of an artifact (Values in v1), confirm with user, merge into the artifact file. Eliminates the blank-page problem.
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glebis Skill Groundwork IngestIngest material (URLs, files, keywords, Telegram inbox) and distill into research-findings.md. Warms the Values artifact's first seed with material the user has already produced.
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theanirudhkumar Bundle Chat ContextCarries context from one Cowork chat into the next so the user can start a fresh chat without re-explaining anything. Runs in two directions. HANDOFF mode triggers when the user says "hand off this chat," "save chat context," "wrap this chat," "close this chat," "I'm moving to a new chat," "chat handoff," or "write the handoff," and also when the user says the chat has gotten too long or too big to keep working in. RESUME mode triggers when the user says "resume," "resume from handoff," "pick up where we left off," "load chat context," "continue from the last chat," or opens a chat referencing an earlier session. Where files can be written, handoff saves a structured context file and registers it in a master index; otherwise it prints the same structure as a block the user pastes forward. Resume reads whichever form it finds, states what was loaded, then continues the work. Never fires for a request to summarise the chat back to the user in conversation; that gets a summary, not a handoff.
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theomonfort Skill Research CodebaseConduct comprehensive research across the codebase to answer questions by spawning parallel sub-agents and synthesizing findings. Use when the user wants to understand how code works, find where components live, document architecture, or trace connections between systems.
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truongduy2611 Skill Appshots Design WorkflowEnd-to-end screenshot design workflows with the App Screenshots CLI. Create multi-screenshot sets, apply styling, and export PNGs. Includes research-backed layout ratios and design patterns.
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twelvelabs-io Skill Sync AnalyzeSynchronously analyze a video to understand its content. Accepts an indexed videoId, a direct video URL, a previously uploaded asset, or a local file path (auto-uploaded). Use when the user asks "what is this video about?", "summarize the video", "analyze this video", or has questions about video content.
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tyrchen Bundle Pr ReviewSummarize PR impact using repoctl affected data, risk flags, and graph diagnostics.
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willoscar Bundle Gpt Pro Review ProbeFast lane for high-frequency, fine-grained, parallel GPT Pro review. Send one mature idea, research proposal, or atomic sub-task from one research line to GPT Pro as a standalone, single-round Review Probe that never touches the Bridge Project source-sync gate, so unrelated stale shared sources never block it and many probes run in parallel. Use when reviewing per-idea/per-proposal/per-task across several research lines at once; use gpt-pro-question-window or gpt-pro-project-workspace when a round genuinely needs shared durable Project context.
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willoscar Bundle Coordinate Auto ResearchCoordinate the single-user Auto Research system across Primary, Research Orchestrator, Track Mentor, Student, local Codex chats, and one-to-many GPT Pro web conversations. Use when an Auto Research request concerns Research Line identity, Idea Variants, Student or Mentor routing, Chat binding, Pro Teacher conversation lineage, WIP, Handoff, asynchronous replies, or Settlement. Delegate external review and experiments to the existing Bridge skills; use those skills directly for generic work outside an Auto Research SOP.
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willoscar Bundle Experiment Plan GeneratorConvert an algorithm review or research idea into a prioritized experiment matrix with baselines, ablations, metrics, success/failure criteria, commands, logging requirements, and decision rules. Use after GPT Pro review or before implementing experiments.
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willoscar Bundle Gpt Pro Project WorkspaceBind one local research repository to one existing or new ChatGPT Project, synchronize stable Project Sources, inspect Project tasks, or repair Project routing. Use when the user mentions a ChatGPT Project, shared files across conversations, several research sessions, project binding, or Project-aware Codex Pro Bridge work; normal external questions still enter through gpt-pro-question-window, which resolves the route automatically.
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only-cli Skill Browse Oc DepsResearch a dependency with the oc CLI, which renders pages as compact text with numbered actions and ships shortcuts for GitHub and Stack Overflow. Use it to read repositories, release notes, issues, package registry pages, Stack Overflow answers, specs, and compatibility tables in minimal tokens.
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hoangvantuan Skill Pk ConsultTra cứu và vận dụng tri thức đã đúc kết trong .cockpit/. 3 mode: tra cứu (hỏi kho có gì về X), thực thi (chạy skill hoặc workflow đã lưu), soạn lộ trình học (onboarding, dạy lại X cho người mới). Dùng khi user muốn tìm kiến thức cũ, áp dụng quy trình đã đúc kết, hoặc soạn tài liệu hướng dẫn từ knowledge base.
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maxwell2732 Skill Lit ReviewStructured literature search and synthesis with citation extraction and gap identification
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maxwell2732 Skill Interview MeInteractive interview to formalize a research idea into a structured specification with hypotheses and empirical strategy
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 narrative-arc-builder, research-four-steps, deep-research-article. 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.