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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argentaios Bundle Argentos Youtube ContentFetch YouTube video transcripts and transform them into structured content (chapters, summaries, threads, blog posts). Use when the user shares a YouTube URL or video link, asks to summarize a video, requests a transcript, or wants to extract and reformat content from any YouTube video.
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hybridlabor-api Skill Deep ResearchRun autonomous research tasks that plan, search, read, and synthesize information into comprehensive reports.
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tcuzzo Skill Live Research 2Wenn du über eine Codebase, eine API oder ein System nachdenkst, dessen echte Form zählt. Startet einen parallelen Research-Agenten, der die Live-Wahrheit liest — die eigenen READMEs des Projekts, die Abschnitts-Doku, den echten Quellcode — damit Schlüsse auf dem gründen, was wirklich da ist, nicht auf Modell-Gedächtnis. Trigger words: live research, ground the reasoning, read the real source, check what is actually there, primary sources, background research, verify against the repo, what do the docs say, lies die echte Quelle, Primärquellen, gegen das Repo prüfen, was sagt die Doku, Recherche im Hintergrund.
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tcuzzo Skill Live Research 3Úsala al razonar sobre un código, una API o un sistema cuya forma real importa. Lanza un agente de investigación en paralelo que lee la verdad viva — los README del proyecto, los docs de cada sección, el código fuente real — para que las conclusiones se anclen en lo que de verdad hay, no en la memoria del modelo. Trigger words: live research, ground the reasoning, read the real source, check what is actually there, primary sources, background research, verify against the repo, what do the docs say, investigación viva, ancla el razonamiento, lee la fuente real, revisa lo que hay de verdad, fuentes primarias, verifica contra el repo, qué dicen los docs.
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tcuzzo Skill Live Research 6Use ao raciocinar sobre um codebase, API ou sistema cuja forma real importa. Roda um agente de pesquisa em paralelo que lê a verdade viva — os READMEs do próprio projeto, os docs de seção, a fonte de fato — para as conclusões se apoiarem no que existe de verdade, não na memória do modelo. Trigger words: live research, ground the reasoning, read the real source, check what is actually there, primary sources, background research, verify against the repo, what do the docs say, pesquisa ao vivo, ler a fonte real, fontes primárias, conferir no repo, o que dizem os docs.
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delorenj Skill Gsd Research Phase 2Research how to implement a phase (standalone - usually use /gsd-plan-phase instead)
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mk-organization-1 Skill Agency UX Researcher 2Expert user experience researcher specializing in user behavior analysis, usability testing, and data-driven design insights. Provides actionable research findings that improve product usability and user satisfaction
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kyrie66nb Skill Research Lit 2Search and analyze research papers, find related work, summarize key ideas. Use when user says "find papers", "related work", "literature review", "what does this paper say", or needs to understand academic papers.
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griddynamics Skill Research 2To run systematic deep research via meta-prompting — grounded references, incremental tracking, self-validation.
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griddynamics Skill Research Flow 2Workflow for deep project research with grounded references, parallel exploration, etc.
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dabit3 Bundle ArxivSearch arXiv papers by keyword, author, category, or ID.
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dabit3 Bundle PolymarketQuery Polymarket: markets, prices, orderbooks, history.
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dabit3 Skill BlogwatcherMonitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli tool.
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dabit3 Bundle Searxng SearchFree meta-search via SearXNG — aggregates results from 70+ search engines. Self-hosted or use a public instance. No API key needed. Falls back automatically when the web search toolset is unavailable.
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dabit3 Bundle Duckduckgo SearchFree web search via DuckDuckGo — text, news, images, videos. No API key needed. Prefer the `ddgs` CLI when installed; use the Python DDGS library only after verifying that `ddgs` is available in the current runtime.
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benbrastmckie Skill Skill Spawn 2Research blockers and spawn new tasks to overcome them, updating parent task dependencies
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cowork-os Skill Legal Verified Research MemoGenerate a legal research memo with claim-level source verification, confidence flags, and primary-authority priority.
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grandamenium Skill Tasks 2You are about to start any meaningful piece of work — a research task, a build, a draft, a deployment, anything with a deliverable. Before you begin, create a task. During the work, mark it in_progress and write WORKING ON to daily memory. When done, complete it with a result summary and log a task_completed event. If you are blocked, set the task to blocked with the reason. If a human needs to do something first, assign it to them. Without a task, your work is invisible to the dashboard and the user.
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grandamenium Skill Autoresearch 3The analyst has assigned you a research cycle, or you have identified a metric you want to improve through systematic experimentation. You will form a hypothesis, make a targeted change, measure the outcome against a baseline, and decide whether to keep or discard the change. You repeat this loop until the metric improves or you exhaust viable hypotheses. This is not ad-hoc research — it is structured scientific iteration with a defined metric, a hypothesis, and a measurable result.
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grandamenium Skill Knowledge Base 2You are about to research a topic, answer a factual question about the org, or look up context about a person, project, or tool. Before searching the web or asking the user, query the knowledge base first — the answer may already exist from a previous research session. After you complete any substantial research, ingest your findings so future agents do not repeat the same work. The KB is the org's shared memory across all agents.
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grandamenium Skill Autoresearch 4The analyst has assigned you a research cycle, or you have identified a metric you want to improve through systematic experimentation. You will form a hypothesis, make a targeted change, measure the outcome against a baseline, and decide whether to keep or discard the change. You repeat this loop until the metric improves or you exhaust viable hypotheses. This is not ad-hoc research — it is structured scientific iteration with a defined metric, a hypothesis, and a measurable result.
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jetbrains Bundle Notion Meeting IntelligencePrepare meeting materials with Notion context and Codex research; use when gathering context, drafting agendas/pre-reads, and tailoring materials to attendees.
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zaxbyhub Skill Swarm CI Monitor 2Claude Code adapter for end-to-end CI monitoring of an already-reviewed PR in opencode-swarm. Use when the user wants the swarm to monitor a reviewed-and-approved PR's CI, research every failure exhaustively, fix end-to-end, iterate until green (max 5 cycles), then merge. Composes ci-fix-monitor for fix recipes. This is the first skill in the repo that executes a merge — invoke it deliberately.
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crazymsn Bundle QutipQuantum physics simulation library for open quantum systems. Use when studying master equations, Lindblad dynamics, decoherence, quantum optics, or cavity QED. Best for physics research, open system dynamics, and educational simulations. NOT for circuit-based quantum computing—use qiskit, cirq, or pennylane for quantum algorithms and hardware execution.
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crazymsn Bundle LamindbThis skill should be used when working with LaminDB, an open-source data framework for biology that makes data queryable, traceable, reproducible, and FAIR. Use when managing biological datasets (scRNA-seq, spatial, flow cytometry, etc.), tracking computational workflows, curating and validating data with biological ontologies, building data lakehouses, or ensuring data lineage and reproducibility in biological research. Covers data management, annotation, ontologies (genes, cell types, diseases, tissues), schema validation, integrations with workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake) and MLOps platforms (W&B, MLflow), and deployment strategies.
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crazymsn Bundle NetworkxComprehensive toolkit for creating, analyzing, and visualizing complex networks and graphs in Python. Use when working with network/graph data structures, analyzing relationships between entities, computing graph algorithms (shortest paths, centrality, clustering), detecting communities, generating synthetic networks, or visualizing network topologies. Applicable to social networks, biological networks, transportation systems, citation networks, and any domain involving pairwise relationships.
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crazymsn Bundle Neurokit2Comprehensive biosignal processing toolkit for analyzing physiological data including ECG, EEG, EDA, RSP, PPG, EMG, and EOG signals. Use this skill when processing cardiovascular signals, brain activity, electrodermal responses, respiratory patterns, muscle activity, or eye movements. Applicable for heart rate variability analysis, event-related potentials, complexity measures, autonomic nervous system assessment, psychophysiology research, and multi-modal physiological signal integration.
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crazymsn Bundle Scholar EvaluationSystematically evaluate scholarly work using the ScholarEval framework, providing structured assessment across research quality dimensions including problem formulation, methodology, analysis, and writing with quantitative scoring and actionable feedback.
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crazymsn 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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crazymsn 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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braxtonrose4 Bundle ArxivSearch and retrieve academic papers from arXiv using their free REST API. No API key needed. Search by keyword, author, category, or ID. Combine with web_extract or the ocr-and-documents skill to read full paper content.
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braxtonrose4 Bundle PolymarketQuery Polymarket prediction market data — search markets, get prices, orderbooks, and price history. Read-only via public REST APIs, no API key needed.
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braxtonrose4 Skill BlogwatcherMonitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the blogwatcher-cli tool. Add blogs, scan for new articles, track read status, and filter by category.
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ghosteken Bundle Comprehensive Review Pr EnhanceGenerate structured PR descriptions from diffs, add review checklists, risk assessments, and test coverage summaries. Use when the user says "write a PR description", "improve this PR", "summarize my changes", "PR review", "pull request", or asks to document a diff for reviewers.
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yunseo-kim Bundle Summarize CLISummarize or extract text and transcripts from URLs, podcasts, and local files. Supports YouTube transcript extraction, multiple AI providers, and configurable output length.
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yuping322 Bundle Equity Research Orchestrator 2Equity Research Orchestrator
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 argentos-youtube-content, deep-research, live-research. 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.