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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gabrielmoreira Skill Web Research 2A skill for conducting comprehensive web research on any topic, synthesizing information from multiple sources into well-organized summaries.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Paper Lookup 2Search 10 academic paper databases via REST APIs for research papers, preprints, and scholarly articles. Covers PubMed, PMC (full text), bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, CORE, Unpaywall. Use when searching for papers, citations, DOI/PMID lookups, abstracts, full text, open access, preprints, citation graphs, author search, or any scholarly literature query. Triggers on mentions of any supported database or requests like "find papers on X" or "look up this DOI".
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gabrielmoreira Skill Mendelian Randomisation> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills)
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gabrielmoreira Skill Bioinfo Analysis Plan> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills)
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gabrielmoreira Skill Hypothesis Generation 2Structured scientific hypothesis formulation from observations; use when you have experimental observations or preliminary data and need testable hypotheses with predictions, mechanisms, and validation experiments.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Scholar Evaluation 2Apply the ScholarEval framework to systematically evaluate scholarly and research work. This skill provides structured evaluation methodology based on peer-reviewed research assessment criteria, enabling comprehensive analysis of academic papers, research proposals, literature reviews, and scholarly writing across multiple quality dimensions.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Exploratory Data Analysis 2Perform comprehensive exploratory data analysis on scientific data files across 200+ file formats. This skill should be used when analyzing any scientific data file to understand its structure, content, quality, and characteristics. Automatically detects file type and generate...
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gabrielmoreira Skill Grant Writing 2Translate research vision into funded reality.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Format References Zotero> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills)
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gabrielmoreira Skill Perimenopause Navigator 2Summarise what Perimenopause Navigator does in one line. Use when asked to [trigger phrases the user would say]. Produces [the concrete artifact].
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gabrielmoreira Bundle Context Engineering 3Dynamic context injection, mode switching (dev/review/research), selective loading, and strategic compaction for token optimization.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Paper Plan 2Generate a structured paper outline from review conclusions and experiment results. Use when user says "写大纲", "paper outline", "plan the paper", "论文规划", or wants to create a paper plan before writing.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Paper Plan 3Generate a structured paper outline from review conclusions and experiment results. Use when user says "写大纲", "paper outline", "plan the paper", "论文规划", or wants to create a paper plan before writing.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Format References Endnote> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills)
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gabrielmoreira Skill Paper Write 2Draft LaTeX paper section by section from an outline. Use when user says "写论文", "write paper", "draft LaTeX", "开始写", or wants to generate LaTeX content from a paper plan.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Paper Write 3Draft LaTeX paper section by section from an outline. Use when user says "写论文", "write paper", "draft LaTeX", "开始写", or wants to generate LaTeX content from a paper plan.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Paper Figure 2Generate publication-quality figures and tables from experiment results. Use when user says "画图", "作图", "generate figures", "paper figures", or needs plots for a paper.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Idea Creator 2Generate 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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gabrielmoreira Skill Paper Figure 3Generate publication-quality figures and tables from experiment results. Use when user says "画图", "作图", "generate figures", "paper figures", or needs plots for a paper.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Grant Proposal 3Draft 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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gabrielmoreira Skill Novelty Check 2Verify 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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gabrielmoreira Skill Novelty Check 3Verify 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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gabrielmoreira Skill Research Refine 2Turn a vague research direction into a problem-anchored, elegant, frontier-aware, implementation-oriented method plan via iterative Claude review. Use when the user says "refine my approach", "帮我细化方案", "decompose this problem", "打磨idea", "refine research plan", "细化研究方案", or wants a concrete research method that stays simple, focused, and top-venue ready instead of a vague or overbuilt idea.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Research Refine 3Turn a vague research direction into a problem-anchored, elegant, frontier-aware, implementation-oriented method plan via iterative Gemini review. Use when the user says "refine my approach", "帮我细化方案", "decompose this problem", "打磨idea", "refine research plan", "细化研究方案", or wants a concrete research method that stays simple, focused, and top-venue ready instead of a vague or overbuilt idea.
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gabrielmoreira Skill Rt Submission ReadinessSubmission-Readiness Self-Check (rt-submission-readiness)
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gabrielmoreira Skill Govern Research DesignResearch Design (govern-research-design)
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gabrielmoreira Skill Literature Review 4Systematic literature search, synthesis, gap identification, and narrative construction for academic research
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gabrielmoreira Skill Citation Management 3APA 7th formatting, citation integration, reference validation, and bibliography generation
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gabrielmoreira Skill Etp MethodsMethods & Research Design (etp-methods)
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gabrielmoreira Skill Web Research 3Use when extracting article text from news URLs or downloading video or audio with metadata
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gabrielmoreira Skill Accounts Of Chemical ResearchAccounts of Chemical Research (accounts-of-chemical-research)
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gabrielmoreira Skill Journal Of Geophysical Research AtmospheresJournal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (journal-of-geophysical-research-atmospheres)
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tools-only Bundle 877 Multi Skill 20d6e541Aggregated Search Skill
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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 web-research, paper-lookup, mendelian-randomisation. 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.