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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octagonai Skill Octagon Analyst MasterRoute broad company, sector, valuation, filings, transcript, and market data questions into the right Octagon workflow. Use when the user wants full-scope investment research or when multiple Octagon skills may be needed.
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voidful Bundle Idea Generation學術研究的 Idea 產生技能——從發散到收斂,系統化地產出高品質研究構想。當使用者想腦力激盪研究方向、找新 research idea、或問「我接下來可以做什麼研究」時,一定要使用此技能。觸發詞包括:brainstorm、想 idea、研究方向、下一步做什麼、有什麼可以研究的、找 gap、research proposal。適用於任何階段的學術研究構想生成。
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voidful Bundle Professor Fit Analyzeranalyze a professor from google scholar, publication lists, personal websites, lab pages, and field-specific bibliographic databases (e.g., DBLP, PubMed, SSRN, PhilPapers, MathSciNet, arXiv, Scopus) to evaluate research strength, mentoring quality, collaboration network, lab resources, research taxonomy, future directions, applicant fit, outreach emails, and interview strategy. designed for students at all levels — PhD applicants, master's students, and undergraduate researchers (capstone/thesis/independent study) — across all academic disciplines. use when the user wants to assess whether a professor or lab is worth applying to, compare advisors, prepare a cold email, find a thesis or capstone advisor, infer future research openings, or build a structured dossier from public academic evidence.
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diegosouzapw Bundle Add Platform Research Majiayu000**Reference files**: `.deepwork/jobs/add_platform/job.yml`, `.deepwork/jobs/add_platform/steps/research.md`
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javiertarazon Bundle Planning With FilesImplements Manus-style file-based planning for complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requirin...
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madslorentzen Bundle Medrxiv SearchMake sure to use this skill whenever the user asks about medical preprints, clinical research papers, epidemiology studies, public health research, or any biomedical literature that may be available as a preprint — even if they don't mention medRxiv explicitly. Also invoke this skill when the user wants to find the latest research on a medical topic before journal publication, look up a specific paper by DOI, or browse available research categories. Trigger phrases include: medrxiv, medical preprint, clinical preprint, preprint server, clinical research, epidemiology study, public health paper, infectious disease research, oncology preprint, cardiology study, neurology research, COVID research, vaccine efficacy study, clinical trial results, biomedical literature, latest medical research, unpublished medical study, preprint doi lookup, find medical paper, search medrxiv, medical research database, health research paper, preprint search, medrxiv search, find clinical study, research on disease, find papers abo
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madslorentzen Bundle Pubmed DatabaseMake sure to use this skill whenever the user asks about biomedical or life sciences literature, medical research, clinical trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, drug studies, or any topic that might be in PubMed or MEDLINE — even if they don't mention PubMed explicitly. Also invoke for questions about specific PMIDs, DOIs, journal articles, abstracts, or citation lookups. Trigger phrases include: pubmed, medline, ncbi, biomedical research, medical literature, clinical trial, systematic review, meta-analysis, randomized controlled trial, RCT, MeSH terms, PMID, biomedical journal, life sciences paper, find article by author, find study on, search medical literature, evidence-based medicine, drug efficacy study, cancer research papers, diabetes research, cardiovascular study, neurology research, infectious disease literature, genomics paper, CRISPR study, COVID-19 research, vaccine efficacy study, find papers on, what does the literature say about, research on treatment of, studies on, cite this paper, loo
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limited-grisaille833 Skill Java CommitGenerates a Conventional Commits message for staged Java changes. Use when user asks to "write a commit message", "help me commit", "what should my commit say", "summarize my changes", "draft a commit", or "create commit message".
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yunyancuo Bundle Paper WritingResearch paper writing assistant that enforces Arpit Gupta's editorial principles, voice profile, and writing workflow. MANDATORY TRIGGERS: Use this skill whenever the user mentions writing a paper, drafting a section, revising a section, editing a paper, reviewing a draft, rewriting an introduction, writing an evaluation, polishing prose, compressing text, or any task involving .tex files, Overleaf, conference submissions, or paper deadlines. Also trigger when the user mentions any paper by name (NetBurst, NetForge, BQT+, TurboTest, etc.) in a writing context. This skill should activate for ANY research writing task — sections, abstracts, rebuttals, camera-ready edits, cover letters, or response to reviewers.
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locusyuri Bundle Scoop CheckCheck whether a proposed research novelty (given a problem statement and claimed idea/novelty) overlaps with existing published work. TRIGGER when the user asks to verify research novelty, check if an idea is new, compare a proposed contribution to prior art, do a literature/prior-art search for a specific claim, or assess whether a paper idea has been scooped. DO NOT TRIGGER for general literature reviews unrelated to a specific novelty claim, or for writing related-work sections of an already-validated idea.
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povvo Bundle SleuthUse when conducting structured investigative research, OSINT analysis, due diligence, or intelligence-grade inquiry. Activate for tracing beneficial ownership, mapping entity networks, authenticating digital evidence, sanctions screening, resolving fragmented identity records, constructing chronological timelines, or producing ICD 203-compliant analytical briefings. Also activate when the user references case decision logs, investigation strategy, source grading, entity registers, evidence preservation, network analysis, content verification, genealogical research, cultural context assessments, or analytical briefings.
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harshsinghmp Bundle Research BriefProduces a fast, multi-source, cited brief on any topic, person, or company, then files it to Google Drive or Notion. Claude should use this skill whenever the user says "research X", "brief me on Y", "build a research brief", "what's the latest on Z", "background on this company / person", "give me the state of play on...", or wants a quick sourced rundown they can act on. Every material claim is cited, verified fact is kept separate from rumour, and nothing unverified is stated as fact. Read-and-file only, the user confirms before it is saved.
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yuuqq 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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chanw-research Skill DeepxivSearch and progressively read open-access academic papers through DeepXiv. Use when the user wants layered paper access, section-level reading, trending papers, or DeepXiv-backed literature retrieval.
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chanw-research Skill Exa SearchAI-powered web search via Exa with content extraction. Use when user says "exa search", "web search with content", "find similar pages", or needs broad web results beyond academic databases (arXiv, Semantic Scholar).
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chanw-research Skill Idea CreatorGenerate and rank research ideas given a broad direction. Use when user says "找idea", "brainstorm ideas", "generate research ideas", "what can we work on", or wants to explore a research area for publishable directions.
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chanw-research Skill Grant ProposalDraft a structured grant proposal from research ideas and literature. Supports KAKENHI (Japan), NSF (US), NSFC (China, including 面上/青年/优青/杰青/海外优青/重点), ERC (EU), DFG (Germany), SNSF (Switzerland), ARC (Australia), NWO (Netherlands), and generic formats. Use when user says "write grant", "grant proposal", "申請書", "write KAKENHI", "科研費", "基金申请", "写基金", "NSF proposal", or wants to turn research ideas into a funding application.
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chanw-research Skill Research LitSearch 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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chanw-research Skill Novelty CheckVerify research idea novelty against recent literature. Use when user says "查新", "novelty check", "有没有人做过", "check novelty", or wants to verify a research idea is novel before implementing.
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chanw-research Skill Prior Art SearchSearch patent databases and academic literature for prior art relevant to an invention. Use when user says "现有技术检索", "prior art search", "专利检索", "check patents", or wants to find relevant prior art.
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chanw-research Skill Semantic ScholarSearch published venue papers (IEEE, ACM, Springer, etc.) via Semantic Scholar API. Complements /arxiv (preprints) with citation counts, venue metadata, and TLDR. Use when user says "search semantic scholar", "find IEEE papers", "find journal papers", "venue papers", "citation search", or wants published literature beyond arXiv preprints.
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chanw-research Skill Academic ResearcherUse when conducting literature reviews, summarizing papers, comparing methodologies, identifying research gaps, or supporting scholarly writing across disciplines.
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comeonoliver Skill Offensive Keylogger ArchSKILL: Novel research
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comeonoliver Bundle Research SynthesizerSynthesizes provided sources neutrally; separates quotes from paraphrase and avoids ungrounded claims.
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comeonoliver Bundle Binary Re Tool SetupUse when reverse engineering tools are missing, not working, or need configuration. Installation guides for radare2 (r2), Ghidra, GDB, QEMU, Frida, binutils, and cross-compilation toolchains. Keywords - "install radare2", "setup ghidra", "r2 not found", "qemu missing", "tool not installed", "configure gdb", "cross-compiler"
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2233admin Skill Tiktok Search VideosTikTok keyword search video scraper: input search keyword → output paginated video list with full metadata (author, engagement stats, music, video meta). Use when user mentions TikTok search scraping, search TikTok by keyword, TikTok search results, extract TikTok search data, scrape TikTok videos by keyword, TikTok keyword videos, TikTok keyword search, TikTok search results collection, find TikTok videos by topic, tiktok search scraper, tiktok keyword scraper. Also applies to market research on TikTok content for specific topics, competitor content monitoring, or discovering videos and creators around a keyword.
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2233admin Skill Tiktok Profile VideosTikTok user profile video scraper: input a TikTok username → output the user's profile info plus paginated video list with full metadata (engagement stats, music, video meta). Use when user mentions TikTok profile scraping, scrape TikTok user videos, get TikTok creator videos, extract TikTok profile data, TikTok user posts, TikTok account video collection, collect TikTok profile page videos, TikTok creator video list, TikTok creator data, TikTok profile scraper, tiktok user scraper, tiktok creator scraper. Also applies to influencer research, competitor analysis, content archiving for a specific TikTok creator, or extracting all posts from a TikTok account.
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2233admin Bundle Web Research AssistantAI-powered web research assistant that leverages BrowserAct API to supplement restricted web access by searching the internet for additional information. Designed for OpenClaw and Claude Code.
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2233admin Bundle Google Maps Contact ExtractExtracts business contact details from Google Maps search results and place detail pages, then visits each business website to collect emails, phone numbers, and social media profiles (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Discord). Use when user mentions Google Maps contact extraction, maps email scraper, business lead generation from Google Maps, find emails from maps, scrape Google Maps businesses, maps business contacts, get phone from Google Maps, social media from maps listing, competitor research from maps, local business contact list, maps data export, google maps scraper, extract contacts from google maps, find business email google, gmaps leads, maps email finder, or wants to replicate Google Maps business data extraction.
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serejaris Bundle Ref Style Converter参考文献格式转换工具,可在APA、MLA、IEEE、Harvard四种主流学术格式间相互转换,支持批量处理和格式错误检查。当用户需要转换参考文献格式、检查引用是否正确,或提到citation、bibliography、APA/MLA/IEEE/Harvard格式、批量格式化引用等关键词时触发。
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serejaris Bundle Content Research WriterAssists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on each section. Transforms your writing process from solo effort to collaborative partnership.
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allgpt-co Skill Gsd SynthesizeSynthesize research findings into actionable insights
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allgpt-co Skill Gsd Research ProjectResearch project domain and requirements
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2233admin Bundle Amazon Alexa QAAmazon Alexa for Shopping Q&A automation: submits questions to Amazon's Alexa/Rufus AI shopping assistant and collects response text; supports optional keyword search context (navigate to search results page before asking for category-specific answers). Use when user mentions Amazon Alexa, Rufus, Amazon shopping assistant, Amazon AI chat, ask Amazon, Amazon Q&A, automate Alexa questions, Rufus chatbot, Amazon assistant automation, collect Alexa responses, bulk question submission to Amazon, keyword search context, category research. Also applies to extracting Amazon product recommendations from conversational AI, automating repeated queries to Amazon's AI shopping feature, collecting Alexa shopping responses at scale, or market research within a specific product category.
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2233admin Bundle Goofish Search ListScrapes second-hand item search results from Goofish (闲鱼/xianyu, goofish.com) — China's largest second-hand marketplace. Input: keyword, optional sort/filter params. Output: list of items with id, title, price, image, location, want-count per page (30 items/page). Use when user mentions goofish, 闲鱼, xianyu, 二手交易, second-hand marketplace China, 二手商品搜索, search used goods, scrape goofish listings, xianyu search results, collect second-hand prices, monitor used item prices, 闲鱼关键词搜索, 闲鱼数据采集, 批量抓取闲鱼, goofish scraper, goofish data, xianyu data extraction, 二手商品价格监控, used iPhone prices, 二手手机价格. Also applies to: price research on Chinese second-hand market, competitor product monitoring via used goods listings, inventory analysis.
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2233admin Bundle Ecommerce Seller InfoExtract seller or merchant profile data from marketplace platform seller pages. Returns seller name, rating, review count, positive feedback percentage, joined date, and return policy. Works on Amazon seller pages, eBay seller pages, and any e-commerce site with seller profiles. Use when: seller information, merchant profile, seller rating, marketplace seller data, seller details, vendor profile, store information, seller feedback, merchant rating, seller review count, get seller info, ebay seller page, amazon seller profile, marketplace vendor analysis, seller research.
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 octagon-analyst-master, idea-generation, professor-fit-analyzer. 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.