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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wendy7756 Skill Video TranscribeTranscribe and summarize a video or podcast from a URL (YouTube, TikTok, Bilibili, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, 30+ platforms) or from a local media/.txt file. Use when the user shares a video/podcast link or media file and wants a transcript, summary, translation, or the original video downloaded. Triggers on "transcribe", "summarize this video", "what does this video say", "get the transcript", "转录", "视频摘要".
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wenyuchiou Bundle Academic Writing SkillsPlan, outline, draft, review, revise, or proofread academic manuscripts, journal articles, theses, conference papers, abstracts, supplementary materials, and submission packages across disciplines and study designs. Use for extended-outline development, section or paragraph drafting, developmental editing, top-to-bottom and bottom-up integrity checks, reviewer-style revision, method and evidence alignment, terminology control, repetition and flow review, observable stock or AI-like prose patterns, citation consistency, natural scholarly prose, claim-scope control, cross-file synchronization, change-impact review, or final submission readiness.
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whateverforever Skill Anki CardsDistill conversations into Anki flashcards exported as a TSV file. Use this skill whenever the user mentions Anki, flashcards, spaced repetition cards, "make cards from this", "distill into cards", "I want to memorize this", "create review cards", or any variation of turning conversation content into study material. Also trigger when the user says things like "help me remember this", "summarize for Anki", "extract key facts for review", or references exporting to Anki/SRS. Even if the user just says "cards" or "flashcards" in the context of studying or memorizing conversation content, use this skill.
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wotaso Bundle Backlink ScoutFind, verify, score, prepare, and—only when explicitly requested—submit legitimate free backlink opportunities for a real website. Use for backlink research, link-gap qualification, relevant directories, resource pages, associations, partner ecosystems, launch listings, unlinked mentions, and safe browser-assisted submissions. Reject paid links, PBNs, fake reviews, mass outreach, irrelevant profiles, and link spam.
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wy51ai Skill Web3 Safe GuideUse this skill when the user asks beginner-friendly Web3 questions such as '帮我研究一下XXX这个币', '最近什么币在涨', '聪明钱在买什么', '巨鲸在买什么', '这个币安全吗', '我想买一点XXX', '帮我查一下行情', '最近有什么机会', '跟着大户买什么好', '这个信号准不准', '交易费用大概多少', 'what should I buy', 'is this token safe', 'what are whales buying', 'show me trending tokens', 'help me research a token', 'is this a scam', 'how much will the gas cost'. This skill wraps multiple onchainos CLI tools into a beginner-friendly experience with automatic safety scoring, smart money signal momentum tracking, gas estimation, and step-by-step swap guidance. It requires onchainos CLI to be installed. Always respond in the same language the user uses (Chinese or English).
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jumyungpark Bundle AI ResearchSystematic AI research process. Use when the user is AI researcher and the project is involved in AI research project.
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jumyungpark Bundle AI Paper WritingBest practices for writing AI research papers. Use when the project involves writing a research paper in AI field.
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langchain-ai Skill Twitter PostWrite a Twitter/X post or thread based on research findings or a given topic. Use this skill when asked to create tweets, X posts, or social media threads.
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langchain-ai Skill Linkedin PostWrite a LinkedIn post based on research findings or a given topic. Use this skill when asked to create LinkedIn content, professional posts, or thought leadership pieces.
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crazymsn Bundle Academic Research SuiteCodex-native Academic Research Skills router for deep research, literature review, systematic review, academic paper writing, manuscript review, citation checks, disclosure, full research-to-paper pipelines, and experiment planning or validation. Supports aliases such as ars-plan, ars-outline, ars-abstract, ars-lit-review, ars-citation-check, ars-disclosure, ars-format-convert, ars-revision-coach, ars-revision, and ars-full.
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common-room Bundle Account ResearchResearch a company using Common Room data. Triggers on 'research [company]', 'tell me about [domain]', 'pull up signals for [account]', 'what's going on with [company]', or any account-level question.
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wanxingai Skill Local ResearchSearch local notes and distinguish evidence from unsupported claims.
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ykotik Skill Web ResearchUse when extracting article text from news URLs or downloading video or audio with metadata
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jeffcryder Skill Gemini Deep ResearchRole & Objective
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nomhiro Bundle Deep Research複雑なトピックについて段階的に深く調査し、包括的なレポートを生成するスキル。 ユーザーが「詳しく調べて」「深く調査」「リサーチして」「research」などを要求したときに発動。 複数の視点から情報を収集・分析し、構造化されたレポートを作成する。
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roasbeef Skill SummarizerSummarize text, documents, or conversations. Use when you need a concise overview.
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rafaelgorski Bundle Problem Based SrsComplete Problem-Based Software Requirements Specification methodology following Gorski & Stadzisz research. Use when you need to perform requirements engineering from business problems to functional requirements with full traceability.
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rayjan0114 Bundle Narrative LionInteract with Narrative Lion — generate notes from YouTube, search your knowledge base, chat with notes, produce AI video shot pipelines, generate short-form video scripts, and export. Use when the user wants to "create a note from this video", "search my notes", "chat with my notes", "create a filmwork project", "generate a reel/short script", or "export my notes".
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redis Skill Creating Description For Gh PrGenerate a clear, concise GitHub PR title and description from the diff between two local git branches, and save it to prDescription.md in the repo root. Use this whenever the user asks to write, generate, draft, or update a PR description or PR title from local branch changes — including phrasing like "summarize this diff into a PR description," "write a PR description for my current branch," "create a PR title and description," or any request to compare a base and target branch for PR purposes. Trigger even if the user doesn't name specific branches; this skill knows how to default them.
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rgourley Bundle Financial UI StylesUse when building any financial UI to select a visual aesthetic — Bloomberg-style pro terminal, TradingView-style modern pro, Robinhood-style retail, FT-style editorial, Massive/Stripe-style API dashboard, Coinbase/Binance-style crypto exchange, TastyTrade-style options pro, Wise-style retail light, Uniswap-style DeFi, iOS Stocks-style Apple native, Yahoo Finance-style prosumer dark, AlphaSense-style research terminal, AlphaSpace-style consumer terminal, or Gloomberb-style terminal TUI. Loads AFTER `financial-ui-patterns` (which handles correctness). Read when user says "make it look like X" or specifies a brand/style direction.
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robustagile Bundle Laser MachinesFiber, MOPA and CO2 laser engraving and marking - the machine and the material side. Register a machine and calibrate LightBurn for it; research, seed and calibrate burn recipes per material; choose the parameters for a job; diagnose a mark that came out wrong. Use whenever the subject is laser engraving equipment, burn parameters (power, speed, frequency, pulse duration, line interval, passes, defocus), a test burn, or a result that looks wrong - grey instead of black, burned through, nothing visible.
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sahilkargutkar Skill Aeo Geo WritingStructures web copy to be cited by AI search engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Claude — instead of just ranked by traditional search. Use whenever writing or editing website content, blog posts, FAQ pages, product pages, or landing page copy where AI citation, AI visibility, AEO, GEO, answer engine optimization, or being mentioned by name in an AI-generated answer is a goal.
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sangmin7648 Skill Tacit MemorizeSummarize the current session and save it to the tacit knowledge base (~/.tacit/memory/). TRIGGER when: the user invokes /tacit.memorize, wants to save the current conversation to memory, or asks to record what was discussed. DO NOT TRIGGER for: querying existing knowledge (use /tacit.knowledge instead).
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nickoc Bundle Summarize ArticleSummarizes a given article or webpage into key bullet points
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okuegow Bundle Ebay SellerGuides the complete eBay.de selling process per item as a state machine. Use when the user wants to sell an item on eBay, attaches a photo of something to sell, or asks to research prices, draft a listing, or check on a running eBay listing. Triggers (EN) - "sell on eBay", "list this item", "create eBay listing". Triggers (DE) - "auf eBay stellen", "Artikel verkaufen", "eBay Anzeige", Foto eines Verkaufsobjekts.
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milleniumgenai Skill Deep ResearchExecute deep research through the local SOUL.md contract with structured artifacts, hybrid search, the local Tavily adapter, claim verification, and a quality gate.
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akitana-airtanker Bundle Cc ExploreResearch codebase and dependencies to support planning. Use when evidence is missing.
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atman-33 Bundle Init Risk KnowledgeInitialize the risk knowledge base repository by removing sample data and creating a clean structure. Use when setting up this repository for a new project. Creates .examples/ directory with sample files for reference while cleaning the main structure. This is a one-time operation for initial project setup.
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atman-33 Bundle Manage Risk KnowledgeManage the risk knowledge base repository for Copilot-driven risk assessment. Use when adding new domains (features), recording incidents, updating risks, or modifying the knowledge-map index. Triggers on requests like "add domain", "record incident", "add risk", "update knowledge-map", or any task involving domains/, incidents/, common-risks/, or indexes/knowledge-map.yml.
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debugtheworldbot Bundle Git Tag ChangelogUse when the user asks to write changelogs, change logs, release notes, or summarize what changed between git tags. Especially useful when the user wants a changelog based on the latest two git tags or asks for a concise release summary from recent commits.
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gabeosx Bundle Outlook WebRead-only access to Outlook web email, calendar, and Microsoft Teams. Use when the user needs to search emails, read an email, get a prioritized digest of today's inbox, check calendar events, find a specific meeting, check Teams activity/mentions, or get a Copilot-generated summary. Triggers include "check my email", "find email from", "read that email", "what's in my inbox today", "what's on my calendar", "do I have any meetings today", "check Teams", "Teams mentions", "copilot summary", or any request to access, search, or summarize Outlook email, calendar, or Teams messages. NEVER use for sending, replying, deleting, accepting, declining, or any write operation.
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gshenlin Skill TickflowUse TickFlow read-only market-data tools for A-share, Hong Kong, US, ETF, index, and supported futures research.
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sanjeed5 Bundle Sarvam TranscribeTranscribes and translates Indian-language audio with Sarvam AI Saaras. Use for Hindi, Malayalam, Hinglish, and other Indic-language audio files—especially OPUS voice notes—when native-script text or English translation is needed. Does not summarize and does not call Sarvam LLMs.
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sanjibani Skill Summarize UrlFetches the contents of a public URL and returns a 3-bullet executive summary. Use when the user shares a link and asks for a summary, TL;DR, or "what's this article about". Triggers on phrases like "summarize this", "summarize URL", "TLDR this link", "what does this article say".
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sciskillhub Skill SciskillhubUse when a user needs to find the right skill for a research task, especially when the task can be mapped to Concepts and Theory, Research Capabilities, Methods and Techniques, Software and Tools, Instruments and Equipment, Data and Resources, Workflows, or Standards and Guidelines, or when the research stage belongs to Study Design, Data / Sample Acquisition, Data PreProcessing, Data Analysis and Modeling, Validation and Interpretation, Visualization and Publication, Writing and Publication, or Reproducibility, Collaboration and Management. Use this skill to query SciSkillHub for the most appropriate skill. Supports multi-value object and stage queries.
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shaxzodbek-uzb Skill Release NotesDrafts release notes and changelog entries from merged pull requests and commit history. Use when the user asks to write release notes, prepare a release, update the CHANGELOG, or summarize what changed since the last tag.
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 video-transcribe, academic-writing-skills, anki-cards. 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.