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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itsssssjack Skill ScoutOvernight research runs that end in a morning brief. Watches competitors, comment demand, GitHub trends and niche signals while the user sleeps, writes one skimmable brief with receipts. Trigger on "run the scout", "what did the scout find", "/scout", or as the 04:00 cron on the VPS.
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janrummel Skill DistillDistills texts through Progressive Summarization in 4 layers (original, bold, highlight, executive summary). Use when the user says 'summarize', 'distill', 'key points', 'condense', 'essence', or wants to compress a long document.
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tomaszstaniak Bundle Para MethodPersonal knowledge management framework based on Tiago Forte's "The PARA Method" and "Building a Second Brain". Use this skill whenever the user is discussing personal knowledge management, note-taking systems, digital organization, or how to turn information into output — even if they do not explicitly say "PARA," "Second Brain," "CODE," or "progressive summarization." Triggers include: (1) organizing digital information into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives, (2) building a Second Brain for capturing and retrieving knowledge, (3) applying CODE methodology (Capture, Organize, Distill, Express), (4) designing progressive summarization layers, (5) deciding where to file a new piece of information or note, (6) feeling overwhelmed by notes apps, bookmarks, or scattered files, (7) struggling to retrieve insights from past research, customer interviews, or strategy work, (8) setting up or auditing a notes app, knowledge base, or folder structure across multiple tools.
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tonylampada Bundle BrainsCreate, maintain, and query "second brains" — structured knowledge maps that mirror slices of reality. Triggers when the user mentions "brain", "map", "second brain", or wants to ingest, organize, query, or generate reports from a knowledge base.
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mfraunhofer Bundle Check DomainCheck domain availability with a whois lookup against the official registrars (DENIC for .de, EURid for .eu, Verisign for .com/.net, PIR for .org). Use when checking if a domain is available, during brand/naming research, or before registering a new domain.
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mlava Skill Format CitationFormat one or more scholarly identifiers as citations in a chosen style (Vancouver, AMA, APA, IEEE, CSE, or any CSL style ID).
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mo7yw4ng Bundle Idea Generation學術研究的 Idea 產生技能——從發散到收斂,系統化地產出高品質研究構想。當使用者想腦力激盪研究方向、找新 research idea、或問「我接下來可以做什麼研究」時,一定要使用此技能。觸發詞包括:brainstorm、想 idea、研究方向、下一步做什麼、有什麼可以研究的、找 gap、research proposal。適用於任何階段的學術研究構想生成。
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moshe-ship Bundle Pmax EmailCheck inbox, summarize emails, read specific messages, reply, and send new emails for Performance MAX Agency. Use this skill when the user asks about their email, inbox, or wants to send/reply to messages.
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motiful Skill Ctx CompactSweeps everything decided in the current session into its correct source-of-truth home — progress, decisions, spec — and verifies the knowledge base is current and internally consistent before a context reset, so a /compact or a new session loses nothing. Use before running /compact, before ending a session, or whenever the user says they are about to reset or hand off and wants a safety checkpoint. A thin orchestrator over ctx-progress, ctx-merge, ctx-spec, and the consistency gate — it introduces no new rules, it runs the existing ones as a checklist. Not for routine mid-session saves — that is sink-same-turn in ctx-progress.
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motiful Skill Ctx ProgressTracks the WORK truth of a project — where we are, what's next, and what to read first — in a living progress file a fresh session can resume from, including cross-session handoff. Use when updating work or project state in a ctx knowledge base, recording what's done or what's next, opening a progress subtree as it grows past a flat file, handing off to a new session, or auditing a project for progress drift.
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nagisanzenin Skill StrictlybetterUniversal research loop: orient on this repo, discover metrics, run pre-registered experiments, keep only strictly-better changes. Use when the user wants the repo/project improved automatically, mentions strictlybetter, a research loop, autoresearch, optimizing a metric, or continuous improvement.
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desmondc9 Bundle Analyze Asset With Agents Team[DEPRECATED 已废弃 — 请勿使用 / do not use. 本 skill 不再维护,仅保留作历史参考。] Use this skill whenever the user asks to analyze, research, evaluate, or get a recommendation on any investment asset — a publicly listed stock (US NYSE/NASDAQ, HK HKEX, A-share SSE/SZSE), a cryptocurrency or token (BTC, ETH, SOL, DeFi governance tokens, etc.), or a privately held company (Stripe, OpenAI, SpaceX, 字节跳动, etc.) — or mentions such an asset in an investment context. Triggers include: '分析XX股票', 'should I buy NVDA', '值得投资吗', 'analyze AAPL', 'analyze BTC', 'is ETH a buy', 'is Stripe a good investment', '帮我研究一下腾讯', '现在能买XX吗', '字节跳动值不值得买', 'OpenAI估值'. The skill auto-detects asset class, loads the matching profile (asset_profiles/<class>.md) for data sources, macro/fundamental/market queries, and output template, then runs a comprehensive multi-expert workflow: (1) identifies the asset, (2) fetches price history + charts via a per-class Python script (stock via akshare/yfinance, crypto via CoinGecko/Binance; private companies skip this step),
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dgu-stallion Skill Paper SearchPaper search — use when the user wants to find academic literature, build a reference list, verify citations exist, or needs reference expansion from anchor papers. Looks for research direction in research_proposal.md; asks if absent. literature-review reads this output.
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dgu-stallion Bundle Paper WriterManuscript assembly — use when the user wants to write or revise any section of the paper, integrate upstream results into a draft, or produce a complete manuscript. Looks for research question and through-line in research_proposal.md (sections 二/三), literature in literature_review.md, and results in analysis/output/; asks user if any are absent.
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dgu-stallion Skill Data CollectorEvidence collection — use when the user wants to locate data sources, collect case evidence, validate data availability, clean datasets, or organize non-academic research materials. Looks for variable requirements and research object in research_proposal.md; asks user if absent.
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dgu-stallion Skill Topic ExplorerDiverge-converge ideation — use when the user wants to explore a research direction, find a topic, brainstorm from a trigger, or crystallise a vague interest into a research proposal. Also use when another skill needs a research question and none exists yet.
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dgu-stallion Skill Literature ReviewSynthesis — use when the user wants to write a literature review section, identify themes and debates across papers, map research gaps, or organize existing papers into a coherent argument. Looks for paper list in paper_search.md; accepts user-supplied reference list if absent.
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drakkar-software Skill Bear ResearchUse this skill for building the strongest possible bearish case, identifying downside risks, negative technical patterns, and adverse fundamental factors.
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drakkar-software Skill Bull ResearchUse this skill for building the strongest possible bullish case for positions, identifying upside catalysts, positive technical patterns, and favorable fundamental factors.
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Public RelationsEarn third-party credibility and protect reputation when it is under attack. Use when the user wants press or media coverage, is planning an announcement or launch, needs a press release or media strategy, is deciding between an exclusive and an embargo, wants thought-leadership or podcast placement, is handling a crisis or bad press, needs a holding statement or spokesperson prep, is asking whether to apologize and how fast, wants to measure PR, or is asking where the line sits between legitimate earned media and astroturfing. Grounded in the evidence — Coombs' crisis research, journalist surveys, the churnalism studies — with the field's folklore separated from its findings. Includes the exposé literature, because knowing how this is abused is how you avoid it.
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spotify Skill Bulk ReaderDelegate bulk file reading to AiKA. Use when you need to read files >350 lines, answer questions across 3+ files, or summarize large diffs.
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sweetcornna Bundle Mathodology Evidence SearchUse when finding literature, datasets, domain facts, citation details or licensed figure references.
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themattberman Bundle Pre Call ResearchGenerate comprehensive research briefs before sales calls. Pulls company info, recent news, prospect background, and suggests talking points.
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themattberman Skill Context KernelShared operating rules for the OpenClaw 100k Posts system. Defines the workspace contract, what files each skill can read or write, and how artifacts move from research to analysis to concept generation to delivery.
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thepaperscompany Bundle Niw Endeavor StatementDrafts the endeavor statement for an EB-2 NIW petition letter, the multi-paragraph narrative describing what the petitioner will do in the United States and why it matters nationally. Use when the user asks to write or draft their endeavor statement, their proposed endeavor section, or the Prong 1 narrative for their petition. This is the long drafted document, distinct from the short proposed endeavor chosen during niw-evaluate. Anchors every national-priority claim to a supplied source, never writes a citation or a quotation from memory, and returns a self-critique naming the draft's weakest claims alongside the draft itself.
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thomasrohde Bundle Okf From Web ResearchBuild or enrich an OKF bundle from web research with source quality controls, citations, freshness checks, and parallel subagent research patterns.
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thomasrohde Bundle Okf Update Existing BundleUpdate an existing OKF bundle with new research, changed sources, repaired links, preserved metadata, and dated log entries.
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joshua-zyy Bundle Academic CitationSearch, verify, and map citations for CS/AI/ML papers. Produces VERIFIED/UNVERIFIED reference lists with Citation-to-Claim maps and Exemplar Sets. Use when: finding references for a paper section, verifying citation accuracy, building exemplar sets for introduction/related work learning, checking if existing citations are real and accurate, supplementing local literature library. Triggers on: 找引用, 文献检索, citation pass, find references, reference check, 补文献, citation verification, Exemplar Set, search papers, verify citation, 核验文献, 查引用, literature search, reference verification, citation verification with reading, 引用确认, 全文阅读验证.
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joshua-zyy Bundle Academic Paper WriterUse when writing or revising CS/AI/ML papers from research notes, code repositories, local literature libraries, target venue requirements, or section-level drafting requests. Triggers include 写论文, 初稿, paper draft, write introduction, write method, full paper outline, section-by-section drafting, 证据闭环, 论文起草, 从零写论文, 逐节写作.
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joshua-zyy Bundle Academic Venue ResearchResearch target venue requirements and writing style for CS/AI/ML papers. Produces venue-brief.md with submission requirements and detailed writing style analysis. Use when: researching target journal/conference requirements, analyzing writing style of target venue, generating venue brief for paper writing, checking submission guidelines. Triggers on: venue research, 期刊调研, 目标期刊, writing style analysis, 写作风格分析, venue requirements, submission guidelines, 投稿要求, journal style, conference format.
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zeroz-lab Skill Requirement SummarySummarize feature or product requirements into clear scope, constraints, and risks. Use when the user asks for requirement summary/需求总结/需求要点 or wants a concise spec snapshot.
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zeroz-lab Skill Meeting Notes SummarizerSummarize meeting notes into decisions, action items, owners, and deadlines. Use when the user asks for meeting minutes/notes/会议纪要/会议总结 or wants structured meeting outcomes.
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zhu327 Skill Wps MailRead, search, summarize, draft, reply/forward, and send WPS邮件 via wpsx. Use for inbox/收件箱, unread mail, 查邮件, 发邮件, 回复, 转发, mail search, or email summaries; confirm before sending.
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zjp1997720 Bundle Deep Research深度联网调研。对一个主题进行多源搜索、证据采集、对抗式验证,输出带引用的研究报告。触发词:「深度调研」「深度研究」「deep research」「帮我调研一下」「全面了解」「系统梳理」「文献综述」。不触发:简单问答、单次搜索、已知信息的总结、纯代码问题。
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zjunlp Bundle Criterion SynthesisSynthesize a task-specific executable scientific rubric from an instruction-derived skeleton, literature grounding, and task-data profile. Use in AutoSciRub when Codex needs criteria with linked goals, data sources, required analyses, metrics, comparisons, expected artifacts, provenance, and satisfaction conditions.
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zjunlp Bundle Task Data ExplorationBuild a lightweight task-visible data and resource profile for AutoSciRub. Use after rubric skeleton and literature grounding when Codex needs to inspect available files, datasets, code, schemas, units, labels, tools, constraints, and goal feasibility before synthesizing executable criteria.
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 scout, distill, para-method. 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.