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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drmoisan Skill Research Issue 3Investigate the best implementation approach for a feature or bug by analyzing the codebase and external references, then writing structured findings to the resolved research path under docs/features/<feature>/research/ (feature-associated) or docs/research/ (one-off).
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drmoisan Skill Feature Promotion Lifecycle 5Deterministic promotion workflow from potential feature/bug entry to issue, branch, active feature folder, and downstream spec/research handoffs. Prefer MCP server (drm-copilot) tool invocations when the MCP server is reachable; use underlying scripts only as fallback.
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drmoisan Skill Research Issue 4Investigate the best implementation approach for a feature or bug by analyzing the codebase and external references, then writing structured findings to the applicable tracked research folder.
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markus41 Skill Deep Research 2Comprehensive research on a topic using multiple sources and approaches. Spawns parallel research threads.
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the-utopia-studio Bundle Evidence Ladder 2Weights a pile of "validation" by what people DID, not what they said. Takes interview quotes, sign-ups, LOIs, pilots, payments and places each on one ladder — money moved 1.0, behaviour observed 0.7, artefact shown 0.5, verbal commitment 0.3, opinion 0.1 — then returns a weighted evidence table, the weight of the load-bearing claim, and for every low signal the cheapest probe that raises it a rung. Fires on "how strong is this signal", "score the interview", "did they actually validate", "weight this evidence", "is this real validation". NOT a build gate on a problem (use problem-quality-scorecard), NOT a picker for which test to run next (use probe-matrix), NOT a transcript summary (use summarize-interview). This is the reference skill the rest of the module cites for the ladder.
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markus41 Skill Research Protocol 2Deep research before task execution using 4-source protocol: codebase→Perplexity→Context7→Firecrawl
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boshi-xixixi Bundle Commit Message Storyteller 2Analyzes git diffs or staged changes and generates narrative commit messages that explain WHY a change was made, not just what changed — following Conventional Commits format. Use when asked to "write a commit message", "generate a commit", "describe my changes", "what should I commit this as", "commit this", "summarize my diff", or "help me commit". Works with git diff output, staged files, or plain descriptions of changes.
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aaaaqwq Bundle Legal Cog 2Legal demands two things: frontier-level reasoning and precision document generation. CellCog delivers both. #1 on DeepResearch Bench (Feb 2026) for the intelligence that legal work requires, paired with state-of-the-art document generation for contracts, NDAs, terms of service, privacy policies, compliance reviews, and legal research. AI contract generator, legal document drafting, NDA creator, terms of service, privacy policy, compliance, legal AI.
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aaaaqwq Bundle Ct Monitor 2Research crypto news, public market data, and monitored accounts with CT Monitor. Use for attributed briefings, watchlists, narrative review, and paper-only signal analysis.
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aaaaqwq Bundle Investment Research 2Investment Research(投研分析)
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aaaaqwq Bundle Create Viral Content 2> ⚠️ **BEFORE USING THIS SKILL:** Review all files in the `resources/` directory. These contain AI tell catalogs, platform templates, refinement protocols, and 40-source research basis required for proper skill execution.
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aaaaqwq Bundle Synthetic Market Research 2Synthetic Market Research
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carlvellotti Skill Web Research 2Web research using Tavily and Firecrawl. Searches the web, reads pages, crawls sites, and synthesizes findings. Use when: (1) user says "web research", "research this", "look into", "find out about", "what's the latest on", "/web-research", (2) user needs information from the web to inform a decision, strategy, or content, (3) user provides a URL and wants it read/analyzed, (4) user wants competitive intel, market research, or topic deep-dives. NOT for: X/Twitter research, Reddit research, scraping for data pipelines, or browser automation unrelated to research.
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carlvellotti Bundle Start 1 4 7Module 1.4: Agents. Teaches parallel delegated agents for processing PM research and meeting notes.
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carlvellotti Bundle Start 2 3 7Module 2.3: Product Strategy. Teaches strategic choices, competitive research, devil’s advocate, and executive strategy artifacts.
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gaelic-ghost Bundle Prepare Isolated Analysis Lab 2Prepare a verified disposable Linux or macOS analysis lab from an approved isolation decision. Use before active research to control host integration, networking, baseline, monitoring, evidence export, reset, and teardown.
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griddynamics Bundle Research 3To run systematic deep research via meta-prompting — grounded references, incremental tracking, self-validation.
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griddynamics Bundle QA Knowledge 2To run QA engineering — requirements/gap analysis, scenario & spec design, test implementation, failure triage — over the QA knowledge base.
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henriquescastilho Bundle Research Lookup 2Look up current research information using the Parallel Chat API (primary) or Perplexity sonar-pro-search (academic paper searches). Automatically routes queries to the best backend. Use for finding papers, gathering research data, and verifying scientific information.
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henriquescastilho Bundle Venue Templates 2Access comprehensive LaTeX templates, formatting requirements, and submission guidelines for major scientific publication venues (Nature, Science, PLOS, IEEE, ACM), academic conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, CHI), research posters, and grant proposals (NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA). This skill should be used when preparing manuscripts for journal submission, conference papers, research posters, or grant proposals and need venue-specific formatting requirements and templates.
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henriquescastilho Bundle Scientific Writing 2Core skill for the deep research and writing tool. Write scientific manuscripts in full paragraphs (never bullet points). Use two-stage process: (1) create section outlines with key points using research-lookup, (2) convert to flowing prose. IMRAD structure, citations (APA/AMA/Vancouver), figures/tables, reporting guidelines (CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA), for research papers and journal submissions.
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henriquescastilho Bundle Citation Management 2Comprehensive citation management for academic research. Search Google Scholar and PubMed for papers, extract accurate metadata, validate citations, and generate properly formatted BibTeX entries. This skill should be used when you need to find papers, verify citation information, convert DOIs to BibTeX, or ensure reference accuracy in scientific writing.
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henriquescastilho Bundle Market Research Reports 2Generate comprehensive market research reports (50+ pages) in the style of top consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Gartner). Features professional LaTeX formatting, extensive visual generation with scientific-schematics and generate-image, deep integration with research-lookup for data gathering, and multi-framework strategic analysis including Porter's Five Forces, PESTLE, SWOT, TAM/SAM/SOM, and BCG Matrix.
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agentik-os Skill Research Repository 2Build and maintain a research repository that makes findings findable, reusable, and cumulative across the organization.
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agentik-os Skill Summarize Interview 2Summarize a user interview transcript into structured insights with key themes, quotes, and action items. Use after conducting user interviews to extract and share findings efficiently.
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eturkes Bundle Qutip 2Quantum 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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eturkes Bundle Networkx 2Create, analyze, and visualize complex networks and graphs in Python with NetworkX. Use when working with network/graph data structures, computing graph algorithms (shortest paths, centrality, clustering), detecting communities, generating synthetic networks (random, scale-free, small-world), reading/writing graph file formats, or drawing network topologies. Common applications include social, biological, transportation, and citation networks.
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eturkes Bundle Neurokit2 2Comprehensive 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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eturkes Bundle Exa Search 2Web toolkit powered by Exa, tuned for scientific and technical content. Use this skill when the user needs to search the web or fetch/extract URL content. Covers: web search (semantic lookups, research, current info — with optional research-paper category and academic domain filtering) and URL extraction (fetching pages, articles, academic PDFs in batch). Use this skill for web-related tasks when the user wants high-quality search or scholarly filtering via category=research paper. Triggers on requests to search, look up, fetch a page, or extract an article.
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eturkes Bundle Infographics 2Create professional infographics using Nano Banana Pro AI with smart iterative refinement. Uses Gemini 3 Pro for quality review. Integrates research-lookup and web search for accurate data. Supports 10 infographic types, 8 industry styles, and colorblind-safe palettes.
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eturkes Bundle Open Notebook 2Self-hosted, open-source alternative to Google NotebookLM for AI-powered research and document analysis. Use when organizing research materials into notebooks, ingesting diverse content sources (PDFs, videos, audio, web pages, Office documents), generating AI-powered notes and summaries, creating multi-speaker podcasts from research, chatting with documents using context-aware AI, searching across materials with full-text and vector search, or running custom content transformations. Supports 16+ AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Groq, and Mistral with complete data privacy through self-hosting.
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griddynamics Skill Research Flow 3Workflow for deep project research with grounded references, parallel exploration, etc.
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griddynamics Skill Research Flow 4Workflow for deep project research with grounded references, parallel exploration, etc.
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gaelic-ghost Bundle Macos Development Vm Workflow 2Prepare and reset clean macOS development guests on Apple silicon. Use for restore-image compatibility, VM identity, installation, resources, OS-version testing, signing, privacy, and disposable macOS research guests.
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agentik-os Skill Empathy Map 2Build a 4-quadrant empathy map (Says, Thinks, Does, Feels) to synthesize user research into actionable insights. Use when you need to quickly capture and share user understanding across the team.
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agentik-os Skill User Persona 2Create refined user personas from research data with demographics, goals, frustrations, and behavioral patterns. Use when synthesizing user research into actionable persona profiles for design decisions.
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 research-issue, feature-promotion-lifecycle, research-issue. 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.