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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vril-labs Skill Sector Overview 2Sector Overview
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vril-labs Skill Earnings Preview 2Earnings Preview
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vril-labs Skill Catalyst Calendar 2Catalyst Calendar
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vril-labs Bundle Account Research 2Research a company using Common Room data. Triggers on 'research [company]', 'tell me about [domain]', 'pull up signals for [account]', 'what's going on with [company]', or any account-level question.
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irahardianto Skill Adr 2Architecture Decision Record skill for documenting significant architectural decisions with context, options, and consequences. Use during the Research phase when choosing between approaches, or whenever the user asks to document an architectural decision.
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irahardianto Skill Research Methodology 2Structured research protocol: investigate technologies, patterns, APIs before implementation. Multi-tool search, research logs, training data fallback honesty.
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netvar1337 Skill Eac Ban Stack 2EAC/EasyAntiCheat ban-stack research: HWID serials, server-side trust, usermode telemetry, kernel driver signals, FN-class ban discussions.
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netvar1337 Skill Ida Re Triage 2Use when triaging an authorized binary/driver/firmware/dump/IDB for RE or vuln research.
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netvar1337 Skill Ac Bypass Source Index 2Index skill for anti-cheat bypass research sources: UC topic map, local injector/HV corpora, Kevlar/AiDA/Valthrun, how to turn threads into lab checklists.
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spillwavesolutions Skill Gsd Research Phase 2Research how to implement a phase (standalone - usually use $gsd-plan-phase instead)
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practice019 Bundle Zoominfo 2Use only when a focused Sales workflow has selected a present and connected ZoomInfo connector, or the user explicitly asks for ZoomInfo company search, contact search, enrichment, intent, similarity, recommendations, or research. Do not use when another enrichment source is selected.
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practice019 Bundle Windows Ad 2Use for authorized Active Directory and Windows identity attacks including Kerberos, AD CS, BloodHound paths, NTLM relay, and domain privilege escalation research.
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quantumquirkxyz Skill Math Literature Track 2Track mathematics literature across arXiv, MathSciNet, zbMATH, journal alerts, and citation graphs to keep a researcher current without drowning in papers.
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quantumquirkxyz Skill Math Paper Collaboration 2Manage mathematical paper collaboration — Overleaf / GitHub / arXiv integration, citation tracking, version control, reproducible computation links, and co-author coordination.
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quantumquirkxyz Skill Physics Career Postdoc 2Navigate physics career transitions — postdoc applications, faculty applications, letters of recommendation, research statements, teaching statements, grant applications (NSF CAREER, DOE, ERC, Simons), and negotiation.
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quantumquirkxyz Skill Physics Writing Revtex 2Write physics papers using RevTeX / APS / IOP / AIP formatting, with figure conventions, citation styles, and submission package preparation.
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quantumquirkxyz Skill Scientific Hypothesis 2Formulate testable scientific hypotheses — null/alternative, variables, controls, falsifiability — with explicit variables and statistical plan.
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u9401066-rootcause-mcp Skill Pubmed Quick Search 2Quick literature search using unified_search. Triggers: 搜尋, 找論文, search papers, find articles, PubMed, 文獻搜尋, 快速搜尋
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bahayonghang Bundle Idea Bib Review 2Draft an evidence-grounded literature review or related-work section from both a user-provided idea, argument, reasoning outline, 思路, 框架, or 论证主线 and one or more supplied BibTeX .bib files. Use when the job is to write 文献综述, 综述, or 相关工作 while preserving citation keys, auditing claim evidence, and optionally finding approval-gated supplement candidates for evidence gaps. Route single-paper reading, generic multi-paper synthesis without a BibTeX corpus, topic-only research, BibTeX cleanup, and prose-only polishing elsewhere.
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bahayonghang Bundle Humanizer Paper 2Register-aware academic language polisher for English journal articles and Chinese doctoral dissertations: removes AI-writing tells while keeping academic norms. Use whenever the user wants to polish, 降AI味, 润色, or norm-check an academic draft, paper section, abstract, or 学位论文 paragraph. Polishes the author's own drafts only — not for laundering generated text past Turnitin or 知网 AIGC detection.
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bahayonghang Bundle Paper Workbench 2Researcher-profile-driven paper intake and literature workbench for academic workflows. Use whenever the user wants to skim, deep-read, card, compare, synthesize, map research gaps, or build a literature review from papers, arXiv/AlphaXiv links, DOIs, PDFs, or existing workbench artifacts. Trigger even when the user only says “精读这篇”, “整合这几篇”, “找研究空白”, or “搭综述框架”.
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bahayonghang Bundle Gh Pr Release 4Operate GitHub pull requests and releases with gh CLI: create/draft PRs, publish confirmed reviews, merge safely, reply/resolve threads, apply selected feedback, fix PR checks, prepare release PRs with version bumps/changelogs, tag merged commits, publish GitHub Releases with verified assets, and diagnose release workflows / 创建或发布 PR、评审与安全合并、回复或解决线程、修复 PR CI、准备版本 PR、打 tag、发布含产物的 GitHub Release、诊断 release CI. Not for code-review analysis (code-auditor or code-quality-review), commits (git-commit), GitHub/release-workflow setup (gh-bootstrap), registry publishing (npm/cargo/pypi), release-readiness/full-spectrum audits (fuck-my-shit-mountain), or release-notes-only writing.
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huytieu Skill Auto Research 2Deep strategic research engine — decomposes questions into parallel research threads, spawns multiple agents, and synthesizes into actionable strategic analysis
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huytieu Skill Update Knowledge Base 2Maintain and update product knowledge base from releases, features, and project changes with optional wiki sync
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practice019 Bundle Sales Company Research 2Research companies, partners, and referral channels to shape draft outreach approaches, messages, or partner motions; exclude descriptive company profiling, list enrichment, and internal source finding.
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joshuashepherd Skill Video Researcher 2Research real-world statistics, insights, and compelling data about online courses, completion rates, learning effectiveness, and transformative education — then organize findings into suggested video components, script lines, and data visualizations for course explainer videos. Use before scripting or updating video content.
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alexei-led Bundle Researching Web 2Web research via platform web tools. Use for technical comparisons, current-state and release-behavior questions, recent facts, ecosystem news, best practices, standards, or questions needing grounded web evidence. NOT for exact API syntax, config keys, or code examples — use looking-up-docs for those. NOT for repo-specific questions — search local files first.
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alexei-led Bundle Brainstorming Ideas 2Brainstorm ideas and stress-test draft plans before coding. Use when brainstorming, exploring approaches, designing a feature/API/flow, grilling or debating a bounded plan, challenging assumptions, or resolving design-blocking terminology. NOT for implementation task breakdown. NOT for generic technology comparisons or best-practice research; use researching-web. NOT for docs updates; use documenting-code.
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menkesu Skill Workplace Navigation 2Handles difficult colleagues and resolves conflicts using frameworks from Anneka Gupta and workplace dynamics research. Use when dealing with blocking colleagues, toxic dynamics, or maintaining relationships under stress.
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jackspace Bundle Ensembl Database 2Query Ensembl genome database REST API for 250+ species. Gene lookups, sequence retrieval, variant analysis, comparative genomics, orthologs, VEP predictions, for genomic research.
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jahidulislamseo Skill Ahrefs Tool 2When the user wants backlink analysis, link gap analysis, competitor link profiles, referring domain data, or link building research. Trigger on "backlinks," "who links to," "link profile," "referring domains," "link gap," "Ahrefs," "link building research," or "why do they outrank me" (often a link authority issue).
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jahidulislamseo Skill Local Link Building 2When the user wants to build local backlinks, earn links from community organizations, or develop a local link building strategy. Also use when the user mentions "local links," "local backlinks," "community links," "sponsor links," "chamber of commerce link," or "local PR." For citation building, see local-citations. For content strategy, see local-content.
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jahidulislamseo Skill Local Content Strategy 2Build a complete local content strategy from keyword research output. Use this skill when the user has completed keyword research and needs to organize keywords into concept clusters, assign each cluster to the right content vehicle (location page, GBP service, blog post, FAQ, near-me GBP signal), select geogrid tracking keywords, confirm GBP category and service additions, and design the internal linking architecture. Also trigger when the user asks "what content should I build", "how do I organize these keywords", "what pages do I need", "what should I track on geogrids", or provides a keyword list and asks what to do with it. This skill bridges keyword research and content brief production — it is the strategy layer between research and execution.
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jahidulislamseo Skill Local Keyword Research 2When the user wants to research keywords for a local business, find local search opportunities, build a keyword map for location pages, or understand local search intent. Also use when the user mentions "local keywords," "keyword research," "service area keywords," "near me keywords," "local search volume," "keyword map," "city keywords," "geo-modified keywords," "implicit local intent," or "local keyword strategy." For content creation from keywords, see local-landing-pages. For competitor keyword analysis, see local-competitor-analysis.
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ligphidonk Skill Paper Finder 2Search existing paper notes by title, author, keyword, or research domain
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ligphidonk Skill Research News 2Daily paper recommendation workflow — search arXiv and Semantic Scholar, score and recommend papers
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 sector-overview, earnings-preview, catalyst-calendar. 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.