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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brycewang-stanford Skill Idea Creator 3Generate 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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brycewang-stanford 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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brycewang-stanford Skill Novelty Check 4Verify 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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brycewang-stanford 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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brycewang-stanford Skill Research Refine 4Turn a vague research direction into a problem-anchored, elegant, frontier-aware, implementation-oriented method plan via iterative GPT-5.4 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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brycewang-stanford Skill Idea Creator 4Generate 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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brycewang-stanford Skill Novelty Check 5Verify 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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brycewang-stanford Skill Novelty Check 6Verify 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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brycewang-stanford Skill Grant Proposal 4Draft 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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brycewang-stanford Skill Research Refine 5Turn a vague research direction into a problem-anchored, elegant, frontier-aware, implementation-oriented method plan via iterative GPT-5.4 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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brycewang-stanford Skill Research Refine 6Turn 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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qte77-claude-code-utils Skill Researching Market 2Integrate Phase 0 and Phase 1A outputs into TAM/SAM/SOM sizing, buyer personas, and market entry signals. Run after `analyzing-source-project` and `researching-industry-landscape` (Phase 1B).
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auto-skiller Bundle Research Phase 2<purpose>
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qte77-claude-code-utils Skill Validating Product Market Fit 2Score product-market fit from Phase 1B market analysis; produce PMF score, evidence matrix, and risk register. Run after `researching-market` (Phase 2).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Nmc Media Theory 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "media theory", "critical theory", "academic writing", "Foucault", "Habermas", "McLuhan", "Baudrillard", "Stuart Hall", "act as a media theory companion", "media theory mode", "theoretical framework", "literature review", "discourse analysis", "semiotics", "cultural studies", "political economy", or needs expertise in applying media and communication theory to academic writing and critical analysis. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (New Media & Communication department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Survey Builder 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "survey design", "questionnaire construction", "Likert scale", "question wording", "response bias", "survey tool", "Google Forms", "Qualtrics", "SurveyMonkey", "Typeform", "pilot testing", "survey distribution", "act as a survey builder", "survey builder mode", "survey instrument", "closed-ended questions", "open-ended questions", "rating scale", "semantic differential", "survey flow", "skip logic", "branching logic", "response rate", "survey fatigue", "questionnaire validation", "pre-test survey", "online survey", "survey analysis", "Cronbach's alpha", "factor analysis", "survey consent form", "demographic questions", or needs expertise in designing, building, distributing, and validating survey instruments. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Content Analyst 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "content analysis", "coding scheme", "media content analysis", "quantitative content analysis", "qualitative content analysis", "discourse analysis", "framing analysis", "media representation", "intercoder reliability", "Krippendorff's alpha", "Cohen's kappa", "coding manual", "code book", "content coding", "act as a content analyst", "content analyst mode", "thematic coding", "manifest content", "latent content", "unit of analysis", "coding categories", "media framing", "representation studies", "textual analysis", "narrative coding", "frequency analysis", "Semetko frames", "Entman framing", "Fairclough discourse", "Mayring", "coding sheet", or needs expertise in systematic content analysis methodology and media coding frameworks. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Proposal Writer 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "research proposal", "grant application", "funding proposal", "grant writing", "research justification", "proposal writing", "act as a proposal writer", "proposal writer mode", "ethics application", "IRB application", "ethics committee", "research budget", "budget planning", "research timeline", "Gantt chart", "proposal defense", "dissertation proposal", "thesis proposal", "research design", "methodology section", "literature gap", "significance of the study", "research objectives", "hypothesis formulation", "funding agency", "project narrative", "specific aims", or needs expertise in writing research proposals, grant applications, and ethics submissions. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Pra Consumer Insight 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "consumer insights", "audience research", "buyer personas", "customer journey mapping", "survey design", "focus group guide", "target audience analysis", "psychographics", "consumer behavior", "audience segmentation", "act as a consumer researcher", "consumer insight mode", "empathy mapping", "research debrief", "qualitative research", "quantitative research", "ethnography", "depth interviews", "laddering technique", "means-end chain", "consumer motivations", or needs expertise in understanding audiences through research methodologies and insight development. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Public Relations & Advertising department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Citation Manager 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "citation styles", "APA format", "MLA format", "Chicago style", "Harvard referencing", "IEEE citation", "Vancouver style", "reference list", "bibliography", "in-text citations", "cite my sources", "act as a citation manager", "citation manager mode", "Zotero", "Mendeley", "EndNote", "reference management", "avoiding plagiarism", "paraphrasing", "citation ethics", "how to cite", "format my references", "DOI", "parenthetical citation", "footnote citation", "annotated bibliography", "citation generator", or needs expertise in academic citation formatting, reference management, and plagiarism avoidance. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Interview Analyst 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "interview methodology", "semi-structured interview", "interview guide", "interview questions", "probing techniques", "interview transcription", "interview analysis", "narrative analysis", "phenomenological analysis", "IPA", "interpretive phenomenological analysis", "focus group", "focus group facilitation", "participant recruitment", "informed consent", "qualitative interviewing", "act as an interview analyst", "interview analyst mode", "interview coding", "thematic analysis of interviews", "member checking", "theoretical saturation", "purposive sampling", "snowball sampling", "interview protocol", "research interviews", "Braun and Clarke", "grounded theory coding", "framework analysis", "Labov narrative", or needs expertise in qualitative interview design, facilitation, and systematic analysis. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Qualitative Coder 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "qualitative coding", "thematic analysis", "grounded theory", "open coding", "axial coding", "selective coding", "codebook development", "NVivo", "ATLAS.ti", "Dedoose", "MAXQDA", "inter-coder reliability", "memo writing", "qualitative data analysis", "coding qualitative data", "act as a qualitative coder", "qualitative coder mode", "thematic coding", "Braun and Clarke", "inductive coding", "deductive coding", "code hierarchy", "theme development", "qualitative research analysis", "interview analysis", "focus group analysis", "content analysis", "narrative analysis", "phenomenological coding", "category development", "code frequency", "coding framework", or needs expertise in systematic qualitative data analysis and codebook construction. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Research Designer 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "research design", "methodology selection", "qualitative research", "quantitative research", "mixed methods", "research question", "hypothesis formulation", "variable operationalization", "sampling strategy", "act as a research designer", "research designer mode", "research methodology", "validity", "reliability", "internal validity", "external validity", "experimental design", "quasi-experimental", "case study design", "grounded theory", "phenomenology", "ethnography", "survey research design", "correlational study", "dependent variable", "independent variable", "confounding variable", "control group", "random sampling", "stratified sampling", "purposive sampling", "sample size calculation", or needs expertise in designing rigorous research studies and selecting appropriate methodologies. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Rma Literature Reviewer 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "literature review", "systematic review", "source evaluation", "annotated bibliography", "literature mapping", "research gap", "database searching", "Google Scholar", "JSTOR", "Scopus", "Web of Science", "act as a literature reviewer", "literature reviewer mode", "finding sources", "academic sources", "peer-reviewed articles", "citation management", "reference list", "literature search strategy", "inclusion criteria", "exclusion criteria", "PRISMA", "thematic analysis of literature", "source credibility", "research synthesis", "scoping review", "narrative review", "meta-analysis planning", "literature matrix", or needs expertise in finding, evaluating, organizing, and synthesizing academic literature. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
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alterlab-ieu Skill Alterlab Cdm Documentary Research 2This skill should be used when the user asks about "documentary", "documentary research", "interview questions", "documentary treatment", "archival research", "documentary ethics", "act as a documentary researcher", "documentary mode", "non-fiction film", "documentary proposal", "documentary subject research", "oral history", "verite", "observational documentary", or needs expertise in documentary research methodology, interview preparation, treatment writing, and ethical frameworks for non-fiction filmmaking. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Cinema & Digital Media department).
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ahang1598 Bundle Research 3对目标话题进行初步调研,生成调研outline。用于学术调研、benchmark调研、技术选型等场景。
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ahang1598 Skill Research Add Items 3向现有调研outline补充items(调研对象)。
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ahang1598 Skill Research Add Fields 3向现有调研outline补充字段定义。
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ahang1598 Bundle Research 4Conduct preliminary research on a topic and generate research outline. For academic research, benchmark research, technology selection, etc.
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ahang1598 Skill Research Add Items 4Add items (research objects) to existing research outline.
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ahang1598 Skill Research Add Fields 4Add field definitions to existing research outline.
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ahang1598 Bundle Deep Research 2Complete research workflow system for codebase analysis, deep external research, and comprehensive technical wiki generation
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concertonotes Bundle Hubspot 2Use when working with HubSpot CRM records to search, summarize, create, update, associate, or analyze objects and properties.
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zhaog100 Bundle Summarize 2Summarize URLs or files with the summarize CLI (web, PDFs, images, audio, YouTube).
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rjmurillo Bundle AI Agents Research Methodology 2How a hunch becomes an accepted result in this repo. Covers the evidence bar, hypothesis-predicts-numbers discipline, and the idea lifecycle from contradiction log through probe, eval baseline, ADR debate, calibrated gate, and post-ship monitoring. Use when you say `how do I prove this idea`, `run the idea lifecycle`, `what is the evidence bar`. Do NOT use for the open research programs (use ai-agents-research-frontier) or probe recipe depth (use ai-agents-empirical-probe-toolkit).
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activer007 Bundle Swapper Integration 2Integrate new DEX aggregators, swappers, or bridge protocols (like Bebop, Portals, Jupiter, 0x, 1inch, etc.) into ShapeShift Web. Activates when user wants to add, integrate, or implement support for a new swapper. Guides through research, implementation, and testing following established patterns.
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 idea-creator, research-lit, novelty-check. 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.