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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sheng1111 Bundle Obsidian Inbox OrganizerSafely initialize this workflow in an Obsidian vault, incrementally distill loose captures into connected knowledge, or refactor existing Sources and Knowledge when explicitly requested. Handles URLs, images, attachments, tools and repositories, verification, deduplication, canonical notes, meaningful links, noise removal, work reviews, concrete application cases, and reusable Knowledge System Prompts. Use when the user asks to initialize or organize an Inbox, vault, knowledge base, work review, or fragmented captures.
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shimo4228 Skill Paper WritingAcademic paper / preprint / position paper の draft skill。Title + outline + section drafting + abstract + references の手順正本。Primary source への直接 access を強制し、claim と cite の 1:1 mapping を author に握らせる。SSRN / arXiv / Zenodo / journal venue 向けに使う。Voice 規約・Source Fidelity 規約・Citation 規約は orchestrator skill `paper-ecosystem` を参照する。
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shimo4228 Skill Paper EcosystemAcademic paper / preprint / position paper の執筆・レビューエコシステムの orchestrator。SSRN / arXiv / Zenodo / journal venue 向けの **harness-neutral な学術コンテンツ** を書く / レビューするときに使う。paper-writing / paper-reviewer / source-fidelity-checker / vocabulary-consistency-checker / clarity-reviewer / citation-formatter の役割境界と使い分け、Source Fidelity Rules、Vocabulary Consistency Rules、Academic Voice Rules、Reader Clarity Rules、Citation Format Rules を正本として保持する。人間向け blog / essay には `writing-ecosystem`、AI 向け doc には `llms-txt-writer` を使う。
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shreifelagamy Bundle Meeting Notes FormatterTurns raw meeting notes into a clean, structured summary with attendees, key decisions, action items, and next steps. Use when the user shares messy meeting notes, or asks to "format meeting notes", "clean up these notes", "write meeting minutes", "summarize the meeting", or pastes rough notes from a call.
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akillness Bundle Ml Paper WritingWrite publication-ready ML/AI/Systems papers for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM, OSDI, NSDI, ASPLOS, SOSP. Use when drafting papers from research repos, structuring arguments, verifying citations, or preparing camera-ready submissions. Includes LaTeX templates, reviewer guidelines, and citation verification workflows.
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da7-tech Bundle SureforgeQuality-control workflow for complex, multi-step tasks that need research, clarification, a verifiable plan, independent review, and evidence-backed delivery. Use for substantial implementations, decision studies, multi-file deliverables, and exhaustive document or visual checks, or when the user explicitly asks to use SureForge. Scale down for small tasks; do not activate automatically for casual questions, simple lookups, or trivial edits.
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dhruvkrsharma Bundle Career CopilotAI/ML Career Copilot. ATS analysis, resume optimization, keyword research, GitHub review, LinkedIn review, project evaluation, interview preparation, market fit analysis, and career readiness scoring.
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fmkreative Bundle In Other WordsWrite, rewrite, summarize, and explain clearly and naturally in the requested language. Use for drafting from a brief, improving human or AI text, simplifying difficult passages, or producing faithful summaries while preserving accuracy and an appropriate voice.
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stefanprodan Skill KiroDelegate a task to Kiro AI (GPT-5.6 Sol, high reasoning) by running kiro-cli directly from the main conversation. Use whenever the user says /kiro, "use kiro", "ask kiro", or wants a Kiro second opinion, review, research pass, or fix. Kiro runs in its own context with tools scoped to the working directory.
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stefanprodan Skill CopilotDelegate a task to GitHub Copilot CLI (GPT-5.6 Sol, high reasoning) by running copilot directly from the main conversation. Use whenever the user says /copilot, "use copilot", "ask copilot", or wants a Copilot second opinion, review, research pass, or fix. Copilot runs in its own context with tools scoped to the working directory.
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tengfone Bundle Experience PlannerConvert vague real-world leisure requests into concrete activity plans. Use when the user says they are bored, asks what to do tonight or this weekend, wants date ideas, solo outings, hangouts, nearby classes, or short itineraries that should account for location, time, weather, budget, companions, travel time, and prior activity history. Use live web research to verify current venues, events, weather, and local trend signals before recommending a small executable plan, and optionally record the outcome and feedback in a local history file.
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the-thinker0 Bundle Math Research Activator数学研究路由器:为 AI 架构/算子设计、理论性质分析、数学结构迁移,以及密码学定义、构造、归约与协议审查,选择必要的数学透镜、知识锚点和设计检查。也用于与 AI 研究有关的数学查询。纯实现型 debug、重构、调参和一般代码审查不触发。 English: Route AI architecture/operator design, theoretical analysis, math-to-AI transfer, and cryptographic definitions, constructions, reductions, or protocol reviews to the minimum necessary mathematical lenses, anchors, and design checks. Do not use for implementation-only debugging, refactoring, tuning, or general code review.
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thomasrohde Bundle CwmemRecord decisions, changes, events into cwmem — repo-native institutional memory. Use in any git-managed repository. Triggers: meaningful changes (architecture decisions, process changes, meeting outcomes), user asks to "remember"/"record"/"log"/"track", mentions of "cwmem"/"institutional memory"/ "decision log"/"knowledge base", or CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md instructions. Proactively offer to record important decisions.
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parallel-web Skill ResultGet completed research task result by run ID
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parallel-web Skill StatusCheck running research task status by run ID
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yorkeccak Bundle Pubmed SearchSearch PubMed biomedical literature with natural language queries powered by Valyu semantic search. Full-text access, integrate into your AI projects.
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yorkeccak Bundle Literature SearchComprehensive scientific literature search across PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv. Natural language queries powered by Valyu semantic search.
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ceedaragents Skill GoogleSearch the web for information. Use when you need to look something up, find current information, or research a topic.
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azure-samples Skill Meeting NotesSummarize meeting transcripts into structured notes with action items. Use when asked to process, summarize, or extract action items from meetings.
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gam3rg33k Bundle Git WhatGenerate release notes, tester verification checklists, and commit summaries from git history. Use whenever the user asks for release notes, changelog, app store / play console notes, what's new notes, tester verification checklists, QA regression checklist, commit summaries, commit messages, or invokes any gw-* command (gw-changelog, gw-verify, gw-staged, gw-week, gw-fortnight, gw-month) inside a git repo. Also use when the user asks to summarize work done in the last week / fortnight / month, daily standup updates, sprint reports, work logs, or to review recent work on all branches.
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gautamsrikrishna Bundle Craft ClaudemdCreate or update CLAUDE.md files following research-backed best practices. Use when asked to: create a new CLAUDE.md, improve/update an existing CLAUDE.md, set up Claude Code for a project, write project instructions for Claude, or generate a CLAUDE.md at any location (home, project root, parent, child directory). Triggers on: "make a CLAUDE.md", "improve my CLAUDE.md", "set up Claude Code for this project", "create project instructions", "optimize my CLAUDE.md", "CLAUDE.md is too long", "what should go in CLAUDE.md", "help me write a CLAUDE.md", "craft a CLAUDE.md", "initialize Claude Code for this repo", "configure Claude for my project". Also trigger when users mention CLAUDE.md quality, bloat, or effectiveness issues.
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gooddollar Bundle GooddollarKnowledge base for GoodProtocol action execution and GoodDollar (G$) integrations. Use this skill BEFORE ad-hoc web search for claim, save/stake, swap, bridge, stream, identity, and AntSeed AI credits (buy with G$, buyer CLI/API setup) tasks. Prefer GoodDocs (https://docs.gooddollar.org/) for narrative; contract addresses only from GoodProtocol releases/deployment.json (AntSeed integration addresses are documented in the AntSeed guides, not deployment.json).
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adkid-zephyr Bundle Oral Paper SkillHelp authors learn from exemplary ICLR, ICML, and NeurIPS papers through source-linked manuscript comparisons, concrete writing and experiment suggestions, and guided reflection. Use for research storytelling, contribution framing, paper comparison, figure planning, or research retrospectives. Not an acceptance predictor or a routine grammar/citation formatter.
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agent-sh Skill OnboardUse when user asks to "onboard to project", "what does this project do", "summarize codebase", "get oriented", "new to this repo", "quick overview", "project summary", "codebase tour", "help me understand this code". Collects project data automatically then guides interactively.
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addono Bundle Probot SettingsCreate or update `.github/settings.yml` for the Repository Settings GitHub App / Probot Settings app. Research the target repo, preserve existing intent, and apply safe defaults. Triggers on: ".github/settings.yml", "repository settings", "probot settings", "settings app", "repository-settings app".
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emi-dm Bundle Arxiv ResearchExpert research assistant for querying and analyzing academic papers from arXiv. Use when the user needs to search for papers, analyze specific papers, extract methodology/findings, compare papers, or conduct literature reviews focused on Software Engineering and Computer Science research.
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hec-ovi Bundle Research SkillResearch
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hec-ovi Skill ResearchResearch
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helebest Bundle Polymarket TradeTrade on Polymarket prediction markets through the official CLOB API — buy and sell outcome shares (market or limit orders), preview costs, check collateral balance, list open orders, and cancel orders. Every order is dry-run by default and requires an explicit confirmation token to execute. Use when the user wants to place, preview, or cancel real Polymarket trades. For read-only market research, probabilities, positions, and history, use the polymarket-query skill instead.
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psthi Bundle Pro PythonComprehensive knowledge base and design pattern manual from "Pro Python" by Marty Alchin (Apress), fully modernized for Python 3.10–3.13+. Use when applying advanced OOP frameworks (Metaclasses, __init_subclass__, Descriptors, MRO/super(), Dunder Protocols vs typing.Protocol, Decorator architecture, Memory Management, and Declarative Framework Design).
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appautomaton Skill Exa SearchUse Exa Search API via `exa_search` for high-signal web retrieval and citation-ready summaries.
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arcocodes Skill X ResearchResearch high-performing X/Twitter content from tracked accounts using Apify's Tweet Scraper V2. Identifies outlier tweets, trending topics, and content patterns to inform content strategy. Use when asked to: - Find trending tweets or content in a niche - Research what's performing on X/Twitter - Identify high-performing tweet patterns - Analyze competitors' X content - Generate content ideas from X trends - Run X/Twitter research Triggers: "x research", "twitter research", "find trending tweets", "analyze x accounts", "what's working on twitter", "content research x", "tweet analysis"
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ashutoshswamy Skill Lowkey EffortAutomatically calibrate response effort and token usage to match task complexity. Use this skill at the START of every response to classify the incoming task and select the appropriate effort tier before generating any output. Trigger whenever you're about to answer a question or complete a task — this skill saves tokens on simple queries and reserves depth for complex ones. Especially useful for: quick factual questions, long technical tasks, coding problems, multi-step reasoning, creative writing, research, explanations, and analysis. If you're not sure how much effort a task needs, consult this skill.
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coastlight-ai Bundle AI Writing GuardrailsAI-assisted academic writing process enforcer. Use this skill whenever the user wants to work on an academic paper, thesis, dissertation, or research document collaboratively with AI. Enforces phase-gated workflows, literature bias guardrails, citation verification, session transcript archival, and editorial decision logging. Triggers on: 'work on my paper', 'let's write', 'next section', 'paper session', 'resume writing', academic writing tasks, or any reference to a configured academic writing project. Also use when the user wants to set up a new academic writing project with process guardrails.
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codealive-ai Skill Repo ExplorerExplore and analyze any repository (local path or remote GitHub/GitLab URL) by delegating to Claude Code CLI (`claude -p`) in non-interactive mode with read-only access. Use when the user asks to explore, analyze, investigate, or research a repository or codebase. Triggers on "explore repo", "analyze repo", "investigate repo", "research codebase", "what does this repo do", "how does this codebase work", "ask about repo", "codebase question", "explore repository", "what API does this project have", "analyze this GitHub repo", "explore https://github.com/...", or any request to understand a repository's structure, API, architecture, or implementation details. Works with both local paths and remote URLs (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
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bruc3van Bundle Bruce Deep Research深度调研技能,适用于竞品分析、客户信息调研、技术方案调研、产品调研等场景。当用户要求调研、分析、对比、收集情报时,无论针对公司、竞品、产品、技术、客户还是市场,都应调用此技能。触发关键词包括:帮我调研、竞品分析、客户调研、技术选型、产品调研、深度研究、了解一下、找一下、搜集一下、research、investigate、compare、analyze。即使看起来是简单的调研任务,也应使用此技能——它能避免无效搜索,输出有结构、有来源的高质量报告。
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 obsidian-inbox-organizer, paper-writing, paper-ecosystem. 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.