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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ivanoid Bundle DialecticConduct adaptive, sustained reflective dialogue that helps the user form, examine, reframe, and own their thinking without the assistant thinking in their place. Use when the user invokes Dialectic or asks for Socratic dialogue, maieutics, midwifing, elenchus, lateral thinking within a sufficiently formed inquiry, creative reframing of a sufficiently formed personal or philosophical problem, lateral expansion of research directions from a formed question, articulation of a half-formed thought, pressure-testing of a mature belief, or an uninterrupted open-page reflection. Track one evolving inquiry, adapt to the user's current state, elicit the user's formulation before offering strong interpretations, and calibrate formation, pressure, or frame displacement to promote genuine movement rather than performative answers.
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mloki23 Bundle Market Gap FinderResearch any industry or market to find underserved niches, unmet customer needs, and untapped opportunities. Analyzes competitor blind spots, customer complaints, emerging trends, and geographic gaps to surface specific business opportunities most people miss. No API keys or paid tools required — works with web search alone. Use when asked to find a niche, discover market gaps, identify business opportunities, find underserved markets, spot trends, or research where demand exceeds supply.
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mlt-oss Bundle FirstdataFind official portals, APIs, and download paths for authoritative primary data sources (governments, international organizations, research institutions, etc.). Use when users need to know "where to find this data from an official source", "which source is more authoritative", or "how to cite primary data". Covers 1000+ global data sources with authority comparison and site navigation guidance.
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modernrelay Bundle Omnigraph Intel BootstrapBootstrap a new Omnigraph-based SPIKE industry intelligence graph from scratch. Use this skill whenever a user wants to set up a new SPIKE graph — either with the existing AI industry demo data or for a new domain (biotech, fintech, crypto, geopolitics, macroeconomics, SaaS, climate tech, etc.). The flow presents a demo-vs-custom decision, then for custom setups asks about domain scope, actors, cadence, and sources, adapts schema and enums for the target domain, runs initial web research to generate real seed content, and converges the cluster (apply creates the graph) + loads seed data. Apply aggressively when the user says any of: set up Omnigraph, bootstrap a new graph, create a new SPIKE cookbook, I want to track X industry, initialize intel for Y, new graph for Z domain, start a new context graph, or similar phrasing. This skill takes a user from zero to a populated, queryable graph.
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moltcorporation Bundle MoltcorpWork on the Moltcorp platform — research markets, propose products, vote on decisions, claim tasks, and earn credits. Use when the user mentions moltcorp, needs the moltcorp CLI, or is working on moltcorp posts, votes, tasks, products, or research.
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momomuchu Bundle Youtube InsightsExtract transcripts and key insights from YouTube videos. Handles single or multiple URLs. Uses yt-dlp for reliable transcript extraction, supports all languages. Actions: get transcript, summarize video, extract insights, analyze video. Triggers on: YouTube URL, 'insight video', 'resume video', 'transcript', 'what does this video say'.
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monotykamary Bundle Math SchemaResearch partner for deriving mathematics up to the frontier. Use when the user studies real analysis, probability, PDEs, or the mathematics of physics and wants to reach results through his own conjectures and proofs. The partner asks for falsifiable hypotheses before any explanation, writes out every proof step, keeps a journal of each claim and its status, and verifies results through computation and Lean 4.
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moonpiesheldon1337 Bundle Grounded ResearchEnforces source-grounded, citation-first research discipline. Use this skill whenever the user asks to research a topic, fact-check a claim, summarize recent findings, look up current information, explain what the evidence says about something, or produce any factual output where accuracy and verifiability matter. Trigger even on conversational phrasing like "what's the deal with X", "is it true that Y", "what do experts say about Z", or "can you check if..." — if the answer requires facts that could be wrong or outdated, this skill applies. When in doubt, use it.
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motiful Bundle Progress Hygiene RulesProgress file hard constraints. MUST maintain exactly one progress root per project per the location matrix, valid frontmatter with absolute dates on every progress doc, NN- numeric prefix only for time-ordered children in progress/ and research/ trees (never skill references), archive when files exceed ~200 lines preserving content verbatim, relative paths in all cross-file references. NEVER place progress under .claude/, maintain two progress files with mutual references, use relative dates, duplicate child content into parent, summarize archived content, or discard completed history. Activates on any progress file edit, migration, or new-session handoff. MUST read SKILL.md BEFORE editing, creating, moving, or archiving any progress or research tree file.
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mrbaeksang Skill DeepcloakDeep research that reads the whole web, including pages behind a Bot Wall (Cloudflare, Datadome, Turnstile, reCAPTCHA). Use when the user asks for a researched, cited answer — especially on topics where sources are likely paywalled, rate-limited, or bot-protected, or when an ordinary search/research tool returned thin or blocked results.
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yappologistic Bundle Focus FriendlyMake dense or complex information easier to understand, navigate, remember, and act on through clear layers, concrete examples, and visible progress. Use when the user explicitly invokes Focus Friendly; requests focus-oriented simplification, chunking, pacing, mapping, or reorientation; reports overwhelm, trouble reading or focusing, task-initiation difficulty, or losing their place in the current task; asks whether those difficulties prove ADHD; or asks for help navigating long, structurally complex material that genuinely needs a map. Do not invoke merely because a request mentions ADHD or asks for summarization, teaching, planning, research, or routine coding; those tasks need an explicit focus or navigation signal.
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swizardlv Bundle OpenvikingSemantic search, context management, and document indexing via OpenViking. Use when the user asks to: index/import documents or files into a knowledge base, perform semantic search across indexed content, browse or explore indexed resources, get summaries/overviews of indexed documents, manage an OpenViking instance, or integrate structured context retrieval into workflows. Also use when sub-agents need to retrieve relevant context from a large document collection.
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syjcnss Bundle X SearchSearch and analyze X/Twitter posts using xAI's Grok API with real-time social media data. Use when the user needs to (1) search X/Twitter for specific topics, keywords, or trends, (2) analyze sentiment or discussions on X, (3) find posts from specific users or time periods, (4) research what people are saying about companies/products/events on X, or (5) gather social media insights from Twitter/X platform.
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szrabinowitz Skill Slack CLI ReadAccess Slack through the global `slack` CLI for read-only workflows. Use when asked to list chats or DMs, read message history, inspect threads, fetch exact messages, or summarize recent Slack activity.
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mvanhorn Bundle Last30daysResearch what people actually say about any topic in the last 30 days. Pulls posts and engagement from Reddit, X, YouTube, TikTok, Hacker News, Polymarket, GitHub, and the web. Includes a doctor health check to diagnose broken or missing sources.
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maxgfr Bundle LeboncoinPrepare and manage Leboncoin listings and research comparable ads through the logged-in browser.
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maxgfr Bundle UltraprospectBuild a sourced, territory-wide company prospect list with registry checks, qualification, and citation-aware exports.
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maydengximin-sketch Bundle Qualitative Research全流程质性研究(定性研究)方法学助手。当用户需要做质性/定性研究的任何环节时使用:研究设计与范式选择、研究问题打磨、目的抽样/理论抽样、访谈提纲与焦点小组设计、转录、扎根理论编码(开放/主轴/选择性)、Braun & Clarke 六步主题分析、内容分析、编码簿(codebook)构建、编码者间信度(Cohen's Kappa / NVivo 编码比较查询)、理论饱和判定、Lincoln & Guba 信实度四标准、COREQ/SRQR 报告规范、引语呈现与结果写作,以及 NVivo / MAXQDA 实操。触发词包括"质性研究""定性研究""扎根理论""主题分析""访谈编码""NVivo""MAXQDA""Kappa 一致性""理论饱和""焦点小组""COREQ"等。本 skill 工具中立,覆盖从立题到成文的完整链路。 — Full-lifecycle qualitative research methodology assistant. Use for any stage of a qualitative study: research design and paradigm selection (constructivist/post-positivist/critical/pragmatic), matching methodology (grounded theory/phenomenology/case study/ethnography/narrative/discourse analysis), refining research questions, purposive/theoretical/maximum-variation sampling, semi-structured interview guide and focus group design, transcription, grounded theory coding (open/axial/selective), Braun & Clarke six-phase reflexive thematic analysis, content analysis, codebook development, inter-rater reliability (Cohen's Kappa / NVivo coding comparison
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maydengximin-sketch Bundle Ssci WritingSSCI/SCI 社科英文期刊论文写作全流程方法学助手(从选题到成文)。当用户需要写、改、评审英文社科论文的任何环节时使用:评定一本期刊是否真的 SSCI(JCR/Scopus/中科院分区、影响因子、ESCI、自引率与预警名单)、找研究空白(knowledge/theoretical/evidence/methodological/population gap)、判断能不能通过 desk reject、搭 IMRaD 固定结构、写摘要(五要素)、写 Introduction(大背景→小领域→研究缺口→研究目的→研究价值五段逻辑与英文时态句型)、写文献综述(直接/间接引用规范、查重、信息显著/作者显著引用、研究问题与研究假设 H1/H0、五种假设类型)、写方法(问卷调查 survey、量化内容分析 content analysis、实验法 experiment 的标准结构、抽样、量表与 Cronbach's α、编码员间信度 Krippendorff's alpha/Cohen's kappa、操纵性检验 manipulation check)、写结果(results 与 discussion 分界、描述统计/相关/T 检验/ANOVA 的 APA 报告格式、质化结果、图表规范)。也用于把中文稿改写成符合 SSCI 规范的英文、生成可套用的英文句型、投稿前自检。触发词包括"SSCI""SCI 期刊""英文论文""投稿""影响因子""分区""JCR""research gap""desk reject""桌拒""文献综述""研究假设""Introduction 怎么写""摘要怎么写""操纵性检验""编码员间信度""APA 格式""审稿""拒稿"等。工具中立,覆盖社科各学科(管理/金融/会计/社会/心理/传播/教育等)。 — Full-lifecycle assistant for writing, revising and reviewing English social-science journal articles for SSCI/SCI/Scopus venues. Covers journal appraisal (JCR/Scopus/CAS quartiles, impact factor, ESCI, self-citation warning lists), finding research ga
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maydengximin-sketch Bundle Thesis Proposal学位论文开题报告(Thesis / Dissertation Proposal)全流程专项助手,覆盖从"这个题目到底能不能开"到"开题答辩过关"的完整链路,适用于硕士、博士开题以及英文 research proposal。当用户要做开题相关的任何环节时使用:判断题目该不该开(五个否决项:做不完、拿不到数据、问题不成立、与已有研究重复、与导师方向脱节)、选题与题目命名(从兴趣到可研究问题、题目里的变量与情境要素、常见坏题目诊断)、研究问题与问题链(核心问题一句话、RQ1–RQ3 递进、研究目标 / 研究内容 / 研究问题三者的区分)、文献综述(按主题与流派组织而非年份流水账、共识与争议、四类研究缺口:理论 / 证据 / 方法 / 人群与情境、"遮住作者姓名还能读成线索"自检)、理论框架与研究假设(框架不是理论堆砌、H1–Hn 的写法、中介与调节假设、质性研究的命题与敏感性概念)、研究设计与方法选择(量化 / 质性 / 混合的匹配逻辑、为什么不用替代方案)、数据来源与抽样(目的抽样 vs 概率抽样、样本量依据、量表出处与既往信度、访谈提纲设计)、分析计划(假设 ↔ 数据来源 ↔ 分析方法对应表、SEM / 回归 / 编码方案 / 饱和判定)、技术路线图与研究框架图(画法、与目录的区别、常见画错的地方)、可行性分析与工作基础(用证据而非保证:预调研、已发表、数据渠道、方法训练)、研究计划与进度安排(阶段划分、可交付物、风险预案)、开题报告文本撰写(各校通用结构、篇幅、参考文献规范)、开题汇报 PPT(15–20 分钟 24 页结构与逐页配速、每页 120 字上限、模型图与技术路线图各占一页)、开题答辩高频质疑与应答策略(创新点在哪、为什么用这个方法、样本量够不够、做得完吗、与某篇文献有何不同)、学术规范与伦理(查重、知情同意、伦理审查、数据合规)、以及理工 / 社科 / 教育 / 管理 / 人文各学科的开题骨架差异。触发词包括"开题报告""开题""开题答辩""开题PPT""研究计划书""proposal""research proposal""thesis proposal""dissertation proposal""选题""研究问题怎么提""研究缺口""技术路线图""研究框架图""可行性分析""进度安排""预期成果""创新点""开题被卡""开题没过""导师说题目太大""文献综述怎么写""假设怎么提""样本量怎么定
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yinlin124 Skill Awesome AI Research WritingAcademic writing prompts and workflows adapted from the Leey21/awesome-ai-research-writing repository. Use when the user wants help with research writing, translation, polishing, structure review, figure/table titles, or related paper-writing tasks.
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yizhiyanhua-ai Bundle ChuinbThis skill transforms users into confident industry insiders through immersive, research-driven learning experiences. It should be used when users want to quickly master an unfamiliar industry, field, skill, or domain — whether for professional networking, investment decisions, career transitions, or pure curiosity. The skill combines Feynman Technique, First Principles thinking, and 80/20 analysis with deep web research to generate beautifully formatted, media-rich learning notes with interactive flashcards and quizzes. Triggers include: "help me understand [industry]", "I need to learn about [field] quickly", "make me an insider in [domain]", "行业速成", "快速掌握", "深度学习笔记", "/chuinb", "/master", or any request to rapidly acquire domain expertise.
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youmind-openlab Bundle Karpathy Rss Daily SkillGenerate daily AI briefings from Andrej Karpathy's curated RSS sources. Use this skill when users want to: - Get a daily AI news digest from top-tier sources - Stay updated on AI research, engineering, and industry trends - Generate structured briefings from Karpathy's reading list
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ythx-101 Bundle SopA human-gated, capability-slotted collaboration workflow. Use when a task needs proportionate research, planning, implementation, independent review, verification, signoff documents, or safe deployment.
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yzy1996 Bundle Academic Paper PolishPolish and improve English writing for academic/research papers, especially in CS and ML fields. Use this skill whenever the user asks to improve, revise, or polish academic writing; wants sentence templates or phrase suggestions for paper sections (abstract, introduction, related work, method, experiment, conclusion, rebuttal); needs better vocabulary or synonyms for paper writing; asks how to phrase results, describe methods, or present findings academically; wants help writing any part of a research paper. Also activate when the user pastes a paragraph and asks to "make it better", "make it more academic", or similar in a research context.
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kunhai1994 Bundle Xhs Research小红书调研工具 — 搜索小红书笔记,AI 合成调研报告。
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kyrie66nb Bundle Arti Stock ResearchARTI 单股研究助手——对一只股票做数据驱动的快速诊断(行情 + 技术面 + 信号 + 判断),读写跨会话的 ARTI 股票记忆,查询 ARTI Credits 余额。当用户要求分析/诊断/研究某只股票、让你"记住"关于某股票的观点、或询问 ARTI 余额/Credits 时使用。Use for single-stock research, memory recall, and ARTI credit balance queries.
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l0ng-ai Skill Papr RssRead, search and triage the user's Papr RSS subscriptions from the shell via the `papr` CLI. Use when the user wants to catch up on their feeds, find or summarize articles they've subscribed to, check what's unread, star/save articles, subscribe to a new feed, or pull new posts. Triggers on: "what's in my feeds", "any unread RSS", "summarize this feed", "search my subscriptions for X", "mark these read", "subscribe to <url>", "refresh my feeds".
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labarba Bundle Manuscript Writing ReviewUse this skill when asked to review, edit, or improve the writing quality of a scientific or engineering manuscript. Triggers include: "review my writing," "check my manuscript," "improve clarity," "clean up the prose," "edit for journal submission," "writing review," or any request to evaluate sentence-level quality, eliminate clutter, fix passive voice, or enforce keyword consistency in a research paper draft. Also triggers when asked to prepare a manuscript for submission to a specific journal. Do NOT use for content/technical review of methods or results, statistical analysis, or citation formatting.
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lakr233 Bundle Kernel Analysis Vphone600Analyze vphone600 kernel artifacts using the local symbol database and XNU source tree. Use when working on kernel reverse engineering, address-to-symbol lookup, release-vs-research kernel comparison, or patch analysis for vphone600 variants in this repository.
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lancegui Bundle Economic EditorEdit and refactor LaTeX manuscripts for economics research into polished, submission-ready prose. Use when asked to edit, review, improve, tighten, refactor, or polish academic economics writing: introductions, abstracts, empirics, results, mechanisms, figure/table notes, appendices. Optimized for applied micro (DiD, event studies, IV, RDD, staggered adoption, policy variation, administrative data, heterogeneity). Handles full manuscripts, individual sections, or single paragraphs. Triggered by: 'edit this,' 'improve my intro,' 'tighten this abstract,' 'fix the notes,' 'R&R revision,' 'referee response,' 'check my writing,' 'improve flow,' or any economics manuscript editing task.
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lcomplete Skill Huntly Knowledge BaseThis skill should be used when the user asks about their saved content, bookmarks, starred articles, highlights, reading history, tweets, or knowledge base in Huntly sqlite database. Triggers include "我的收藏", "知识库", "我保存了什么", "my bookmarks", "my library", "what did I save".
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lecion Bundle Github KbExplore, research, and learn GitHub open source projects. Use when users want to understand implementation details, technical solutions, or track trending repositories. Clone repos and analyze source code based on user questions. Manage a local knowledge base with CLAUDE.md index.
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lennney Skill Compound SystemPost-task reflection and knowledge management system. Auto-extracts errors and solutions, builds searchable knowledge base.
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leo-lilinxiao Bundle Research PreferenceCompare and rank candidate ML research ideas, experiment plans, or code branches before expensive evaluation. Use when the user asks which experiment to run next, which branch deserves a limited GPU or time budget, how prior runs change the choice, or what low-cost pilot would resolve a close decision. Best for two or more frozen candidates sharing a measurable objective; direct testing, ideation, literature review, and result summarization remain separate workflows.
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zavelinski Skill Chain Of VerificationBefore shipping a factual or analytical answer, draft it, generate independent verification questions about its own claims, answer those, and revise the draft to fix what the checks expose. Use on research answers, multi-claim summaries, audits, anything where a confident wrong detail is costly. Trigger with /chain-of-verification or "verify your own answer", "CoVe", "double-check each claim".
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 dialectic, market-gap-finder, firstdata. 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.