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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agents-store Bundle Examples 21This skill should be used when the user wants a worked end-to-end Outline example or walkthrough — "show me a full Outline workflow", "example of building a knowledge base in Outline", "how do I publish and share a doc via the API", "document lifecycle example", "onboard users to Outline", or wants to see several Outline API calls chained together for a real scenario.
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s3yed Skill Travel Accommodation 2Research and recommend hotels, resorts, Airbnbs, and villas for client travel. Covers family-friendliness assessment, luxury evaluation, price-range estimation, and compiling with booking links.
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kevinzai Skill Ccc Knowledge 2Knowledge compounding — search past lessons, view learning history, browse by category. Use when the user says 'what did we learn', 'past lessons', 'knowledge base',…
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fridrichmethod Bundle Pubmed Database 2Programmatic PubMed access via NCBI E-utilities REST API. Covers Boolean/MeSH queries, field-tagged search, endpoints (ESearch, EFetch, ESummary, EPost, ELink), history server for batches, citation matching, systematic review strategies. Use for biomedical literature search or automated pipelines.
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dingxingdi Bundle Long Video Summarization 2Use this skill when the user wants 'summarize the whole video', 'tell me what happened in the second half', 'give the main developments', or 'make questions that require understanding the whole arc rather than one clip.' Trigger it when the desired answer must integrate many moments across a long duration into one coherent account.
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synthetic-sciences Bundle Statistical AnalysisGuided statistical analysis with test selection and reporting. Use when you need help choosing appropriate tests for your data, assumption checking, power analysis, and APA-formatted results. Best for academic research reporting, test selection guidance. For implementing specific models programmatically use statsmodels.
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codyswanngt Skill Upsert Advisor 2Idempotently create or update one financial advisor in Harper using FINRA BrokerCheck and AdvisorHub as primary sources, then enrich with deep web research (firm bio, Barron's, ranking lists, press). Required input is the advisor's legal name; optional disambiguators (CRD, current firm, state, career-start year, "James Taylor at Wells Fargo in NYC") narrow the BrokerCheck match. Re-running with the same name is safe — every write is a deterministic upsert. Use when the user wants to "add", "create", "import", "load", "research", "look up", "enrich", "refresh", or "update" a single advisor by name.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Grad NarrativeApply narrative research methods to understand human experience through stories, analyzing narrative structure, temporality, and meaning-making in life stories and oral histories. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze how people construct meaning through storytelling, examine narrative structure and plot, conduct life story or oral history research, or when they ask 'how do stories shape identity', 'how do I analyze a life narrative', or 'what does this story reveal about experience'.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Grad Case StudyApply case study research design (Yin) to investigate how and why questions within real-life contexts using single or multiple case designs and triangulation. Use this skill when the user needs to choose between single and multiple case designs, apply holistic versus embedded units of analysis, triangulate evidence from multiple sources, or when they ask 'how should I structure a case study', 'single or multiple cases', or 'how do I ensure validity in case research'.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Grad Meta AnalysisApply meta-analysis to synthesize effect sizes across multiple studies, assess heterogeneity, and evaluate publication bias. Use this skill when the user needs to combine findings from prior research, compare fixed-effect vs random-effects models, compute pooled effect sizes, or when they ask 'what does the overall evidence say', 'how do I combine results across studies', or 'is there publication bias'.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Grad Mixed MethodsDesign and conduct mixed methods research using convergent, explanatory sequential, or exploratory sequential strategies with genuine integration of qualitative and quantitative strands. Use this skill when the user needs to choose a mixed methods design, integrate qualitative and quantitative data at design, methods, or interpretation levels, justify mixing on pragmatist grounds, or when they ask 'which mixed methods design should I use', 'how do I integrate qual and quant findings', or 'is running both qual and quant enough to be mixed methods'.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Fin Earnings SummarySummarize and analyze earnings calls (法說會) including financial highlights, management commentary, guidance, and analyst Q&A key takeaways. Use this skill when the user needs to digest an earnings call transcript, extract key financial data and forward guidance, compare actual results vs consensus estimates, or prepare for an investor meeting — even if they say 'summarize this earnings call', 'what did management say about next quarter', 'did they beat estimates', or 'key takeaways from the 法說會'.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Grad Action ResearchApply action research through Plan-Act-Observe-Reflect cycles and Participatory Action Research (PAR) to generate knowledge while improving practice. Use this skill when the user needs to design practitioner research that integrates inquiry with intervention, facilitate participatory research with stakeholders, structure iterative improvement cycles, or when they ask 'how do I research my own practice', 'how do I involve participants as co-researchers', or 'how do I combine research with practical change'.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Hum Source CriticismEvaluate source credibility using primary/secondary classification, internal/external criticism, triangulation, and misinformation detection. Use this skill when the user needs to assess whether information is trustworthy, evaluate research sources, fact-check claims, or detect misinformation — even if they say 'can I trust this source', 'is this real', 'how reliable is this data', or 'fact-check this for me'.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Grad Critical RealismApply Bhaskar's critical realism to analyze phenomena through three ontological domains (real, actual, empirical), identify generative causal mechanisms via retroduction, and examine structure-agency interplay. Use this skill when the user needs to go beyond surface correlations to underlying causes, design research that distinguishes mechanisms from events from experiences, or when they ask 'what causes this beyond the observed pattern', 'what structures enable or constrain this behavior', or 'how do I move from correlation to causal explanation'.
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Stat Hypothesis TestingConduct statistical hypothesis testing including null/alternative hypothesis formulation, p-values, Type I/II errors, and test statistic selection. Use this skill when the user needs to determine whether a result is statistically significant, choose the right statistical test, interpret p-values correctly, or evaluate research findings — even if they say 'is this result significant', 'which statistical test should I use', or 'what does this p-value mean'.
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lornshrimp Bundle Skill 244对小说写作相关话题进行初步调研,生成调研outline。用于题材趋势、平台生态、专业知识、场景环境、人物原型、写作技法、读者市场等研究域的深度调研。
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lornshrimp Skill Skill 247向现有调研outline补充items(调研对象)。
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lornshrimp Skill Skill 248向现有小说写作调研outline补充字段定义。优先补充对创作者有直接价值的"创作可迁移"维度字段。
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ngocsangyem Bundle Mk Bootstrap 2Bootstraps a new project end to end: research, design, plan, scaffold, implement, docs. Explicit invocation only. NOT for autonomous builds (mk:autobuild); NOT for existing-repo work (mk:cook).
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ngocsangyem Bundle Mk Bootstrap 3Bootstraps a new project end to end: research, design, plan, scaffold, implement, docs. Explicit invocation only. NOT for autonomous builds (mk:autobuild); NOT for existing-repo work (mk:cook).
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internscience Bundle Arxiv WatcherSearch and summarize papers from ArXiv. Use when the user asks for the latest research, specific topics on ArXiv, or a daily summary of AI papers.
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internscience Bundle Scientific BrainstormingCreative research ideation and exploration. Use for open-ended brainstorming sessions, exploring interdisciplinary connections, challenging assumptions, or identifying research gaps. Best for early-stage research planning when you do not have specific observations yet. For formulating testable hypotheses from data use hypothesis-generation.
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bromso Skill Discover 2Explore the problem space through broad research and data gathering
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asgard-ai-platform Bundle Algo Price Van WestendorpConduct Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter analysis to identify acceptable price ranges. Use this skill when the user needs to determine price boundaries for a new product, find the optimal and indifference price points, or survey-based pricing research — even if they say 'what should we charge', 'price sensitivity survey', or 'acceptable price range'.
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melodic-software Bundle Workflow 2Navigate a staged development workflow (explore → research → plan → implement → test → review → verify → retro), suggest the next stage, and route the end-of-phase continuation mechanism (continue / clear / handoff / background / clean-stop / compact). Use when: 'workflow', 'what step am I on', 'what comes next', 'pre-pr sequence', 'wrap up', 'how should I continue', 'clear or compact', at session start, at a phase boundary, or whenever the next step is unclear. Routes the stage decision to exactly ONE owner; when the ask is instead for the ranked menu of every skill that fits the moment ('what are my options', 'what am I forgetting'), that is /session-flow:show-options.
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hmbown Skill Speak With Dead 2This spell is archaeology, not history research. It operates on specific artifacts from a specific dead system to answer specific questions. It is NOT general tech history, NOT interviewing living people, and NOT monitoring live systems.
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richfrem Skill Red Team Review 2(Industry standard: Review and Critique Pattern) Primary Use Case: Iterative generation paired with adversarial review, continuing until an 'Approved' verdict is reached. Orchestrated adversarial review loop. Use when: research, designs, architectures, or decisions need to be reviewed by red team agents (human, browser, or CLI). Iterates in rounds of research → bundle → review → feedback until approved.
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richfrem Skill Spec Kitty Research 2Run the Phase 0 research workflow to scaffold research artifacts before task planning.
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acaprino Bundle Stripe 2Knowledge base loaded by the stripe-integrator and revenue-optimizer agents, also consumable directly. TRIGGER WHEN: working with the Stripe API (Payment Intents, Customers, Subscriptions, Checkout Sessions, Connect, webhooks, tax, usage-based billing), Firebase integration, pricing strategy, or revenue modeling.
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acaprino Bundle Stripe 3Knowledge base loaded by the stripe-integrator and revenue-optimizer agents, also consumable directly. TRIGGER WHEN: working with the Stripe API (Payment Intents, Customers, Subscriptions, Checkout Sessions, Connect, webhooks, tax, usage-based billing), Firebase integration, pricing strategy, or revenue modeling.
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acaprino Bundle Stripe 4Knowledge base loaded by the stripe-integrator and revenue-optimizer agents, also consumable directly. TRIGGER WHEN: working with the Stripe API (Payment Intents, Customers, Subscriptions, Checkout Sessions, Connect, webhooks, tax, usage-based billing), Firebase integration, pricing strategy, or revenue modeling.
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acaprino Bundle Web Search Techniques 2Knowledge base for web research: query formulation, source authority ranking, the two search backends (native WebSearch, optional serper.dev through websearch.py), reading pages with WebFetch and the webfetch.py bot-block fallback, and the anti-loop rules. Used by quick-searcher, deep-researcher and /research:team-research. TRIGGER WHEN: performing web research with WebSearch, WebFetch, or the research plugin's scripts. DO NOT TRIGGER WHEN: searching a local codebase (use Grep or Glob directly).
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acaprino Bundle Web Search Techniques 3Knowledge base for web research: query formulation, source authority ranking, the two search backends (native WebSearch, optional serper.dev through websearch.py), reading pages with WebFetch and the webfetch.py bot-block fallback, and the anti-loop rules. Used by quick-searcher, deep-researcher and /research:team-research. TRIGGER WHEN: performing web research with WebSearch, WebFetch, or the research plugin's scripts. DO NOT TRIGGER WHEN: searching a local codebase (use Grep or Glob directly).
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acaprino Bundle Web Search Techniques 4Knowledge base for web research: query formulation, source authority ranking, the two search backends (native WebSearch, optional serper.dev through websearch.py), reading pages with WebFetch and the webfetch.py bot-block fallback, and the anti-loop rules. Used by quick-searcher, deep-researcher and /research:team-research. TRIGGER WHEN: performing web research with WebSearch, WebFetch, or the research plugin's scripts. DO NOT TRIGGER WHEN: searching a local codebase (use Grep or Glob directly).
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argentaios Skill SummarizeSummarize or extract text/transcripts from URLs, podcasts, and local files (great fallback for “transcribe this YouTube/video”).
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 examples, travel-accommodation, ccc-knowledge. 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.