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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ericgandrade Bundle Us Program Research 2This skill should be used when the user needs structured research and ranking of US academic programs (PhD, Master
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ooooooooooooooooooop Bundle Research Lab 2使用独立 Research Core 把模型比较、软件评估或其他可证伪问题转化为可恢复、可复现、证据可追溯的研究。 用于用户要求研究、对照实验、基线比较、模型替代评估、消融、盲评、证据审计,或问题不能仅凭常识可靠下结论的场景。 不用于简单事实查询、无需实验的低风险判断,或用户只要求普通文案/解释的场景。
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closedloop-technologies Bundle Deep Research Gemini 2Run Google Gemini deep research and search-grounded Gemini research tasks with bounded scope and captured outputs. Use when research should rely on Gemini, Google Search grounding, or Google-hosted document context.
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closedloop-technologies Skill Deep Research API Calls 2Prepare and run bounded calls across deep research provider APIs with explicit cost limits, API-key sources, benchmark prompts, and output capture. Use when comparing providers, creating reproducible API commands, or normalizing raw provider outputs after a research run.
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closedloop-technologies Bundle Deep Research Langchain 2Run LangChain Open Deep Research or LangGraph-based iterative research workflows with configurable retrieval, reflection, and server-backed execution. Use when a benchmark or task needs inspectable graph orchestration rather than a single hosted research API.
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closedloop-technologies Bundle Deep Research Perplexity 2Run Perplexity Sonar and Sonar Deep Research for web-grounded answers with citations and bounded search context. Use when a research task needs current web synthesis through Perplexity or comparison against other provider APIs.
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closedloop-technologies Bundle Deep Research Custom Data 2Build and validate custom-corpus inputs for deep research from Google Docs, YouTube, local files, S3, arXiv, databases, Slack, email, tickets, and similar non-web sources. Use when preparing private or domain-specific source manifests, validating source safety, or turning custom data into cited research inputs.
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closedloop-technologies Bundle Deep Research Stanford Storm 2Run Stanford STORM for perspective-driven, article-style deep research reports with retriever-backed citations. Use when a task needs Wikipedia-like synthesis, outline-driven research, or comparison against heavier open-source research frameworks.
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thecraighewitt Skill Cold Email 2When the user wants to write cold outbound emails, craft prospecting email copy, build follow-up sequences, or fix emails that aren't getting replies. Also use when the user says 'write a cold email,' 'prospecting email,' 'outbound email copy,' 'follow-up email,' 'outreach email,' 'sales email,' 'cold outreach,' 'email sequence,' 'write me an email to a prospect,' 'my emails aren't getting replies,' or 'help me fix my cold email.' For multi-channel sequence design, see outbound-sequence. For LinkedIn messaging, see linkedin-outreach. For account research before writing, see lead-research.
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thecraighewitt Skill Lead Research 2When the user wants to research accounts, contacts, or build target lists. Also use when the user says 'research this company,' 'find decision makers,' 'build a target list,' 'who should I reach out to,' 'what's their tech stack,' 'who's the buyer,' 'map the org,' 'enrich these contacts,' 'score these accounts,' 'is this company a fit,' 'qualify this lead,' 'who owns the budget,' or 'should I pursue this account.' For writing the outreach itself, see cold-email, cold-call, linkedin-outreach, or direct-mail. For sequencing across channels, see outbound-sequence. For deeper persona work, see buyer-persona. For competitor-specific research, see competitive-intel.
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thecraighewitt Skill Linkedin Outreach 2When the user wants to write LinkedIn connection requests, InMails, DM sequences, build a social selling strategy, or use Sales Navigator for prospecting. Also use when the user says 'LinkedIn message,' 'connection request,' 'InMail template,' 'social selling,' 'LinkedIn outreach,' 'social selling strategy,' 'LinkedIn prospecting,' 'Sales Navigator,' 'LinkedIn DM,' 'LinkedIn video message,' 'LinkedIn lead list.' For email outreach, see cold-email. For multi-channel sequences, see outbound-sequence. For profile research, see lead-research.
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thecraighewitt Skill Outbound Sequence 2When the user wants to design a multi-channel outbound sequence or cadence. Also use when the user says 'build me a sequence,' 'create a cadence,' 'how many touches,' 'what's the right sequence,' 'multi-channel outreach plan,' 'design my outbound,' 'how should I follow up,' 'SDR playbook,' 'outbound motion,' 'sales sequence,' 'follow-up strategy,' 'prospecting cadence,' or 'drip sequence.' For individual channel content, see cold-email, cold-call, linkedin-outreach, or direct-mail. For research before sequencing, see lead-research.
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frumu-ai Bundle News Digest 2Gather and summarize topic-specific news.
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frumu-ai Bundle Email Digest 2Summarize important unread emails each morning.
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frumu-ai Skill Legal Research Analyst 2---
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frumu-ai Skill Web Research Refresh 2---
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frumu-ai Skill Research Synthesis Analyst 2---
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avav25 Bundle Analyze 2Deep analysis workflow for codebases, architectures, systems, products, markets, or research topics. Use when the user asks to analyze, investigate, assess, evaluate, compare, or research something in a structured way.
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jimmc414 Bundle Research Grants 2Write competitive research proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, and DARPA. Agency-specific formatting, review criteria, budget preparation, broader impacts, significance statements, innovation narratives, and compliance with submission requirements.
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jimmc414 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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jimmc414 Bundle Scientific Writing 2Write 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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jimmc414 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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aws-samples Skill Research Mitigations 2Parse input files to extract existing mitigations, build initial asset inventory, and collect assessment gaps. Produces research-mitigations.json consumed by the research merge step.
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codealive-ai Bundle Repo Activity Summary 2Summarize a repository's recent engineering activity from git history — technologies, work types, churn hotspots, contributor patterns, and velocity. Use when asking "what has this repo been working on", "is this project active", "who contributes what", "where are the hotspots", or before onboarding onto an unfamiliar codebase.
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kesslerio Skill Summarize 2Summarize or transcribe URLs, YouTube/videos, podcasts, articles, transcripts, PDFs, and local files.
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yongjianwan Skill Knowledge Management 2Write and maintain knowledge base articles from resolved support issues. Use when a ticket has been resolved and the solution should be documented, when updating existing KB articles, or when creating how-to guides, troubleshooting docs, or FAQ entries.
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matiascomercio Skill Spec 2Core specification workflow engine. Supports CREATE, GATHER/RESEARCH, CONSOLIDATE, SUCCESS_CRITERIA, CONFIRM_SC, PLAN, IMPLEMENT, REVIEW, FIX, TEST, DOCUMENT, SENTINEL, SELF_VALIDATION, and compatibility stages.
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matiascomercio Skill Mux Ospec 3Orchestrates the spec workflow via MUX delegation, combining parallel research-to-deliverable orchestration with spec stage-based execution. Triggers on keywords: mux ospec, ospec
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atman-33 Skill Kb Init 2Initialize PARA Knowledge Base in your Obsidian vault. Creates index files, log, and adds KB rules to AGENTS.md. Run this first before using other kb- skills.
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atman-33 Skill Kb Lint 2Health check for the PARA Knowledge Base. Detects orphan documents, broken links, index drift, tag issues, and stale content. Run periodically or as part of weekly review.
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atman-33 Skill Kb Index 2Update Knowledge Base indexes. Smart mode detects changes and updates only what's needed. Full rebuild available with --full flag. Use after adding/moving documents or when indexes feel stale.
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atman-33 Skill Kb Query 2Query the PARA Knowledge Base to find information, synthesize answers from multiple documents, and optionally save insights. Use when asking questions about vault content or needing cross-document analysis.
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atman-33 Skill Kb Ingest 2Ingest documents into the PARA Knowledge Base. Classifies, moves, links, and indexes new documents from Inbox or a specified path. Use when new documents need processing into the vault.
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c0x12c Skill Market Research 2Run market research, competitive analysis, investor due diligence, and industry scans. Use when the user wants market sizing, competitor comparisons, fund research, or tech scans.
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kuntal-r-d Skill Pr Summarizer 2Summarizes GitHub pull requests into a changelog-friendly bullet list. Use when the user asks to summarize a PR, generate release notes, or describe diffs.
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brycewang-stanford Skill Research Grants 2Write competitive research proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, and DARPA. Agency-specific formatting, review criteria, budget preparation, broader impacts, significance statements, innovation narratives, and compliance with submission requirements.
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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 us-program-research, research-lab, deep-research-gemini. 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.