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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marvin-lijunzan Skill Paperpilot SkillsAll-in-one research copilot: guides researcher from initial topic exploration through paper retrieval, automated downloading, structured deep-reading, novelty synthesis, and research proposal generation.
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marvin-lijunzan Bundle Ccc Journal GuidesComprehensive Guide for Authors, submission specifications, automated manuscript adaptation rules, and engineering narrative standards for premier journals in Intelligent Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Building Materials, and Advanced Materials/Defect Inspection (Automation in Construction, CACAIE, ADVEI, ASCE JCCE, Engineering Structures, Structures, Thin-Walled Structures, ASCE JSE, Construction and Building Materials, Cement and Concrete Composites, Cement and Concrete Research, Journal of Building Engineering, Materials & Design, JMPT, EAAI, NDT & E International). Enforces the Three Core Engineering Narrative Principles (plain engineering language over pretentious jargon, formulas strictly serving physical problems, and civil/structural reviewer-friendly titles, headings, and captions).
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marvin-lijunzan Skill Light Research SuiteLightweight, zero-hallucination scientific research suite: enforces strict empirical grounding, forbids AI fabrication, and simulates brutal peer-review (Reviewer #2 persona).
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marvin-lijunzan Skill Paper Novelty DesignAcademic paper novelty design and contribution engineering: escape incrementalism traps, formulate high-impact research gaps, conduct anti-collision prior art audits, and construct defensible claims.
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marvin-lijunzan Bundle Ccc Research WorkflowCoordinate reproducible computational research for the CCC Skills ecosystem, from literature and data provenance through controlled experiments, audits, publication figures, manuscript synchronization, and CCC submission delivery.
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marvin-lijunzan Skill Awesome Auto Research ToolsComprehensive curation and orchestration of automated scientific research tools: AI scientists, autonomous literature review engines, paper generation frameworks, simulation harnesses, and benchmark suites.
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marvin-lijunzan Bundle Paper Spine RewriteRewrites an existing manuscript from confirmed motivation, research, paragraph-level rationale, and evidence.
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marvin-lijunzan Bundle Paper Spine ResearchResearches target requirements, downloads reference materials, learns strong examples, and prepares motivation options.
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marvin-lijunzan Bundle Research LookupLook up current research information using parallel-cli search (primary, fast web search), the Parallel Chat API (deep research), 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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ferroxlabs Skill Finance R And D Credit 3Form 6765 R&D Tax Credit walkthrough plus §174 capitalization rules (post-TCJA mandate, software-SMB hot topic). Inputs qualified research activities, qualified research expenses (wages, supplies, contract research), four-part test screening. Outputs 6765 prep package + §174 capitalization schedule. Templates only - not personalized tax advice.
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ferroxlabs Skill Ab Test Design 3Designs an A/B test from scratch. Defines the hypothesis, calculates required sample size, specifies randomization method, sets success metrics and minimum detectable effect, and produces a results interpretation template. Use when the user wants to set up a controlled experiment to test whether a change produces a measurable improvement. Do NOT use for interpreting completed test results (use hypothesis-testing), analyzing existing data without experimentation (use correlation-analysis), or survey design (use survey-design in the research cluster).
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jpoindexter Skill Information Architecture And NavigationReference-grade guide to information architecture and navigation — organization/labeling/navigation/search systems, organization schemes, taxonomy and hierarchy depth-vs-breadth, every nav pattern per device, wayfinding, search UX, and the research methods (card sorting, tree testing, first-click) that prove findability.
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johnqtcg Bundle Stock Management ReviewReview a US-listed company's management quality and capital-allocation track record for an equity-research workup. Covers 5-year capital-allocation history (buybacks vs dividends vs M&A vs capex vs debt), buyback timing, M&A return-on-investment, guidance-vs-actuals track record, comp-structure alignment, insider ownership and trading activity, earnings-call communication style, and strategic-thesis stability. Trigger when analyzing the human-judgment layer (L5 of the seven-layer X-ray) — the most under-rated and longest-impact dimension. Dispatched by stock-analysis-lead.
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johnqtcg Bundle Stock Balance Sheet ReviewReview a US-listed company's balance sheet health for an equity-research workup. Covers net-debt/EBITDA leverage, current ratio, cash runway, goodwill concentration and impairment history, DSO trend, inventory days, off-balance-sheet items (operating leases, contingent liabilities), and pension underfunding. Trigger when analyzing financial-statement risk at L4 of the seven-layer X-ray framework, or when assessing whether the company can survive a downturn. Dispatched by stock-analysis-lead.
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creatorland Skill Deck InsertsFormat any Creatorland market or rate aggregate as a citation-ready deck insert — stat plus the verbatim provenance line plus the recency window — so a number you paste into a client deck is defensible by construction. Use when the user says "make this deck-ready", "citation-ready stat", "deck insert", "provenance block for this number", or wants a market/rate figure formatted for a client-facing deck. Compliance as a feature; produces ready-to-paste insert blocks.
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dauquangthanh Bundle Kiss Wireframes 2Drafts text-based wireframes + Mermaid user-flow diagrams for the active feature, from user stories and a named persona. Produces two artefacts: screen sketches + flow diagrams. Does not conduct user research. Use when designing UI screens, mapping user journeys, or creating wireframes and flow diagrams for a feature.
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fbakiyev Skill Ml ResearchПрименяйте при проектировании или проведении ML-эксперимента для проверки гипотезы о модели; определяйте целевую переменную, разбиение без утечки, простую базовую модель, сопоставимые эксперименты и границы обобщения.
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mindgoblinstudios Bundle Grim Terface Update 2Check whether the local Grimoire's Tome checkout is behind upstream, summarize what's new from patchNotes.md, and update safely with non-destructive git. Manual invocation only.
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mindgoblinstudios Bundle Grim Council Guild Ops 2Ops Guild: Memory, cleanup, recursive improvement, research, inbox triage, and overlooked work between roles.
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mindgoblinstudios Bundle Grim Mem Chat Log Search 2(grim:mem:chat-log-search): (Chat Log Search): Search and summarize past Codex Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor chat logs with layered detail (prompts, messages, final replies, tools, full). Use when asked to find prior conversations, prompts, decisions, tool calls, or to locate a session by keyword/date/session id.
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creatorland Skill Data Storyline MinerInternal content skill — sweep query_market_intelligence across verticals and deal types for headline-worthy contrasts ("Beauty deal volume up, median value down"), then draft newsletter and LinkedIn posts with provenance baked in. Use when the user says "find a data story", "mine the corpus for content", "storyline miner", "what's a LinkedIn post from our data", or wants top-of-funnel content sourced from the corpus itself. Deliverable is a ranked story list plus ready-to-publish drafts, each carrying its citation. For a single vertical's leadership memo use vertical-briefing; for tracked deltas use vertical-forecast-brief.
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chocholous Bundle Apify Kick ScraperResearch Kick.com creators, channels, categories, and live streams with the AI Tools Max Kick Data Scraper Actor on Apify. Use when discovering Kick streamers, comparing channel audiences, mapping categories, finding live creators by language or tag, exporting channel snapshots, or building creator and market-research datasets from Kick.
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chocholous Skill Apify X Twitter DataCollect public X/Twitter tweets, timelines, search results, followers, following, lists, and community member datasets with Xquik Apify Actors. Use when user asks for X/Twitter data extraction, social listening, audience analysis, creator research, follower exports, tweet exports, or list/community analysis.
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chocholous Bundle Apify Reddit ResearchResearch discussions, sentiment, opinions, and trends on Reddit. Use when the user asks what Reddit thinks about a topic/brand/product/company, wants subreddit analysis, needs to find real conversations, monitor brand mentions, analyze customer sentiment, research trends, or gather Reddit data for competitive intelligence and market research. Supports keyword search, specific subreddits, user profiles, and post URLs.
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chocholous Skill Apify Ads IntelligenceResearch, spy on, and analyze ads across Meta (Facebook & Instagram), Google (Ads Transparency Center + paid search results), TikTok (Ads Library + Creative Center), LinkedIn Ad Library, and X (Twitter — promoted tweets, best-effort) using Apify Actors. Use when user asks about competitor ads, ad library research, winning creatives, ad copy analysis, landing page audits from ads, cross-platform ad audits, brand transparency checks, or any task involving paid ad creatives, advertiser data, or ad targeting from public ad libraries.
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chocholous Bundle Apify Social ListeningMonitor what people actually say about a brand, product, competitor, or topic on Reddit — mentions, sentiment, the communities driving the conversation, and verbatim voice-of-customer quotes — then optionally layer in YouTube channel/video engagement. Routes keyword and community monitoring to a Reddit scraper with built-in sentiment scoring, aggregates sentiment and themes, and surfaces the strongest quotes. Use when a user asks to track brand mentions, run social listening, do voice-of-customer research, gauge sentiment about a product or competitor, find Reddit discussions about a topic, monitor a subreddit, or analyze a YouTube channel's engagement.
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chocholous Bundle Apify Apac Company Financial DataExtract APAC company, exchange, and financial-disclosure data via Apify Actors — Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, and SE Asia. Use to look up company registries (Singapore ACRA/UEN, Japan 法人番号, India MCA/OGD), pull listed-company disclosures (Japan TDnet 適時開示, Taiwan MOPS, HKEX 披露易, SGX, India SEBI), track insider/large-shareholder filings (Japan EDINET 大量保有報告書, HKEX 董事股權變動, China A-share 高管增减持), screen stocks on Asian exchanges (KOSPI, TSE/日経225, TWSE, SGX/STI, NSE/BSE India, Eastmoney A-shares, plus Vietnam/Indonesia/Thailand/Philippines/Malaysia), follow IPO calendars (HKEX, Korea, pan-APAC), and check Asian regulator enforcement (Singapore MAS, HK SFC). Triggers — "company registry in Singapore/Japan/India", "listed-company filings in Korea/Taiwan/Hong Kong", "insider filings in Japan/HK/China", "screen Asian stocks / KOSPI / TSE / TWSE / SGX", "Asia IPO calendar", "MAS/SFC enforcement". Factual public data for research — not financial or investment advice.
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chocholous Bundle Apify Sec Regulatory IntelligenceMonitor and extract U.S. SEC and global financial-regulator filings via Apify Actors. Use to track insider trades (Form 4), material corporate events (8-K), institutional 13F holdings and changes, activist stakes (13D/G), private placements (Form D / Reg A+), late-filing warnings (Form NT), fund holdings & proxy votes (N-PORT / N-PX), investment advisers (Form ADV), restricted-stock pre-sales (Form 144), SEC litigation & enforcement, FINRA BrokerCheck, or enforcement from global regulators (Swiss FINMA, Singapore MAS, Hong Kong SFC, India SEBI, Australia ASIC, Japan EDINET, China A-share, UK RNS). Triggers - "track insider buying", "who's buying/selling [ticker]", "recent 8-K events", "13F changes for [fund]", "activist 13D filings", "new Form D raises", "SEC enforcement this year", "check a broker on FINRA", "companies that filed late", "regulatory enforcement in [country]", "SEC filings for [company]". Factual public filing data for research - not financial, legal, or investment advice.
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ferroxlabs Skill Morning Prep 3Daily morning scan by EYE - load the saved morning layout, screenshot each watchlist symbol, and summarise overnight pre-market state from those charts. Use when the user says "good morning" or "morning prep". Do NOT use this when the user asks for a brief built from a named strategy's own signals or decision table - a strategy-specific brief skill owns that, and this one computes nothing from an indicator.
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davie521 Skill Search RoutingSingle decision skill for all web search needs. exa is the default search backend (including `site:` and Chinese queries); firecrawl is for scraping pages exa cannot fetch, and firecrawl_search is only a fallback. Asks user before invoking expensive deep modes. Use this BEFORE any web search call when the user has multiple search MCPs available.
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yenhao-huang Bundle NotionManage the user's commonly used Notion pages. Use when the user asks to find, fetch, summarize, update, organize, comment on, duplicate, move, or maintain a registry of frequent Notion pages, including phrases like Notion page, common pages, 常用 Notion, workspace pages, page registry, database, or data source.
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yenhao-huang Bundle Linkedin PostWrite, rewrite, and polish LinkedIn posts for technical AI, benchmark, privacy, data, engineering, research, product, and open-source updates. Use when the user asks for a LinkedIn post, LinkedIn announcement, professional social post, benchmark summary, launch post, research update, or asks to match the provided LinkedIn sample style.
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yenhao-huang Bundle Daily Tech Blogs DigestResearch the latest official NVIDIA, Google, OpenAI, Meta, Apple, and Anthropic posts, write a resilient Traditional Chinese daily digest with reverse-date naming, then commit and push it. Use for the migrated tech-blog cron, manual reruns, or missing digest repair.
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ariehmahoukou-web Skill Customer ResearchWhen the user wants to conduct, analyze, or synthesize customer research. Use when the user mentions "customer research," "ICP research," "talk to customers," "analyze transcripts," "c[...]
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griddynamics Bundle Research 4To run systematic deep research via meta-prompting — grounded references, incremental tracking, self-validation.
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griddynamics Bundle QA Knowledge 3To run QA engineering — requirements/gap analysis, scenario & spec design, test implementation, failure triage — over the QA knowledge base.
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 PaperPilot-skills, ccc-journal-guides, light-research-suite. 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.