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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zsxink Skill Handbook Metaphor Research隐喻母体·类比库研究(handbook-metaphor-research)
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bmad-code-org Bundle Market And Industry ResearchMarket & Industry Research Protocol
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miles990-skillpkg Skill Research 2任務開始前的需求分析與資料收集,整合文件查詢與經驗檢索
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paleo Skill AlcatchupCatch up with the current AlignFirst task: load its history, then continue with the user's instructions or summarize it.
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code-yeongyu Bundle Init Deep 5(builtin) Initialize hierarchical AGENTS.md knowledge base
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wondermove-inc Bundle Research웹 리서치. 기술 문서, 베스트 프랙티스, 최신 트렌드를 조사합니다.
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digital-stoic-org Skill TldrConcise recap of the previous response. Use when user wants a quick summary of what just happened. Triggers include "tldr", "recap", "summarize last response", "what just happened".
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kortix-ai Skill Draft OutreachResearch first, then draft. This skill never sends generic outreach - it always researches the prospect first to personalize the message. Works standalone with web search, super...
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pramoddutta Skill Salary Negotiation PrepResearch market rates, build negotiation strategy, and create counter-offer scripts
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benjaminshoemaker Skill Discover 2Exploratory conversation before /product-spec. Asks one question at a time, runs background research for open-source/off-the-shelf alternatives, and writes DISCOVERY_NOTES.md. Use when the user has an idea but hasn't scoped it yet.
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talont-org Skill Chart CourseInteractive strategic compass builder. Guides the user through mapping all possible project directions with progressive codebase analysis, web research, and architectural diagrams at every step. Produces a machine-readable compass document for downstream alignment tracking.
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ncreighton Skill Podcast Guest Pitch Intelligence Personalization EngineResearch podcast audiences and generate hyper-personalized guest pitches with acceptance scoring. Use when the user needs to pitch podcasts, find relevant shows, or automate guest appearance outreach with data-driven personalization.
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biotender-max Skill De SummarySummarise pre-computed differential expression results with ranked gene lists, biological themes, and publication-ready interpretation.
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appkittie Skill Competitor AnalysisWhen the user wants to analyze competitors, compare apps, or understand the competitive landscape. Also use when the user mentions "competitor analysis", "compare apps", "competitive landscape", "who are my competitors", "benchmark my app", or "what are similar apps doing". For keyword-focused research, see keyword-research. For revenue benchmarking, see revenue-analysis.
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jewgah Skill ChoicesSummarize the open decisions/choices from the current conversation into a simple, copy-paste WhatsApp message for the team to weigh in on. Use when work is blocked on product/scope decisions a human must make.
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abramovmarketing88-byte Bundle Audience AnalysisАнализирует целевую аудиторию по сегментам: JTBD, критерии выбора, барьеры, язык, воронка до денег, доказательства выводов. Use when the user asks for анализ ЦА, сегменты аудитории, JTBD, customer research, портрет покупателя, Voice of Customer, или audience-analysis. Not for полный клиентский пакет (client-market-plan), только конкурентов (competitor-analysis), только продукт (product-analysis), лендинги (selling-landing), или сравнение моделей без ЦА (multi-ai-compare).
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yoyothesheep Bundle Aeo Topic ResearchResearch AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) opportunities by discovering what questions AI engines are actually answering in your niche, which domains and pages they're citing, and what content formats are winning citations.
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yoyothesheep Bundle Distribute OutreachBacklink and citation outreach for a newly published post. Finds Substack writers, journalists, and bloggers likely to reference the post's key claim, generates personalized pitches, and maintains a running outreach contacts file. Use after a post is published and socially distributed.
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rdleclerc Bundle UberassessDo not auto-trigger from task similarity. Use only when explicitly asked to assess or deeply research a source, plan artifact, idea seed, open research question, or implementation question for possible adoption, or routed by ubergoal: X/Twitter posts, bookmarked links, articles, GitHub repos, arXiv/papers, videos, Hermes/bookmark signals, internal artifacts, draft plans, planning packets, scraps of ideas, alternatives research, and codebase/docs/forum/GitHub reconnaissance. Produces a source-grounded recommendation packet, not implementation.
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songyw2003 Bundle Idea SparkGenerate ONE reviewer-defensible, implementable research idea with a concrete method and falsification plan from a stated research direction. Use when the user asks for a research idea, novelty analysis, bottleneck diagnosis, or paper-shape suggestion. Skip code review, debugging, and unconstrained brainstorming without research context.
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songyw2003 Bundle Scoop CheckCheck whether a proposed research novelty (given a problem statement and claimed idea/novelty) overlaps with existing published work. TRIGGER when the user asks to verify research novelty, check if an idea is new, compare a proposed contribution to prior art, do a literature/prior-art search for a specific claim, or assess whether a paper idea has been scooped. DO NOT TRIGGER for general literature reviews unrelated to a specific novelty claim, or for writing related-work sections of an already-validated idea.
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tavily-ai Bundle Migrate To Tavily 2Migrate an existing integration from a competing web-search/research API — Exa, Firecrawl, Perplexity, or Parallel — over to Tavily, preserving behavior while swapping calls, imports, environment variables, and error handling. Use this skill when the user has working code against a competitor's SDK and wants to switch providers, or says "migrate this to Tavily", "switch from Exa/Firecrawl/Perplexity/Parallel to Tavily", "replace this competitor API with Tavily", or "port this integration over". Do NOT use this for greenfield Tavily integrations with no existing competitor code — start with tavily-best-practices instead.
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tavily-ai Skill Vendor Risk Kyc Screening 2Screen vendors, merchants, suppliers, counterparties, companies, executives, and related entities for vendor risk, KYC, adverse media, sanctions, regulatory actions, litigation, recalls, supplier risk, cybersecurity incidents, and compliance concerns. Use when the user asks for vendor onboarding research, KYC screening, supplier due diligence, merchant case research, or a source-grounded risk brief.
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tavily-ai Skill Investment Research Briefs 2Create concise investment research briefs, company memos, sector snapshots, portfolio monitoring updates, earnings/news summaries, risk and catalyst briefs, and market thesis support. Use when the user asks for an investor-focused brief on a company, sector, public/private market, comparable set, or portfolio theme.
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tavily-ai Skill Academic Scientific Research 2Find, screen, and synthesize academic papers, scientific literature, technical reports, preprints, clinical or biomedical publications, and evidence around a research question. Use when the user asks to find papers, summarize literature, compare methods, identify seminal or recent work, extract claims from studies, or build a source-grounded academic/scientific evidence brief.
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olaservo Bundle Pr SummarySummarize changes in a pull request
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sociotechnica-org Bundle Design SkillTakes a skill's initial intent and evidence from research to create a refined design, including risks to eval. Use when handed a skill directory containing an initial design and research notes and asked to complete the skill's intent, triggers, workflow, failure hypotheses, and proof specs. Do not use to write SKILL.md.
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sociotechnica-org Bundle William Research A SkillResearches a skill's topic and writes research/notes.md before design.md or SKILL.md is drafted. Use when handed a bundle's topic (bundle.json name/oneLiner and any existing design.md content) and asked to research it and write research/notes.md.
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otonashiz Bundle JSON CanvasCreate and edit JSON Canvas files (.canvas) with nodes, edges, groups, and connections. Use when working with .canvas files, Obsidian Canvas, JSON Canvas, visual canvases, whiteboards, mind maps, flowcharts, concept maps, or research boards, including Chinese requests that mention 画布, 白板, 思维导图, 流程图, or Obsidian 画布.
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involvex Skill Content Research Writer 3Assists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on each section. Transforms your writing process from solo effort to collaborative partnership.
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spec-kitty Skill Spec Kitty Research 2Generate research documents for the current mission
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fabioc-aloha Bundle Airs Appropriate Reliance Research 2Domain knowledge for AI adoption measurement, psychometric instrument development, and appropriate reliance research
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kyrie66nb Bundle Paper Search 2Search academic papers via OpenAlex API for math modeling references. Invoke when user needs literature search, paper references, or when writing papers requires citations.
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suda777 Bundle Analyze Video ContentTranscribe and analyze local videos with timestamps, visible-text OCR, and speaker turns. Use when the user asks to read, understand, summarize, extract questions and answers from, or write from a downloaded video, podcast, interview, lecture, meeting, or screen recording. Use download-video-from-link first when only a public URL is available. Do not use for merely downloading a video or for bypassing private access, DRM, or authentication.
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suda777 Bundle Download Video From LinkDownload, verify, and organize public videos from shared URLs or copied share text. Use when the user asks Codex to download, save, archive, or prepare a public linked video from Douyin, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, WeChat Channels, YouTube, Weibo, Xigua, TikTok, X/Twitter, Instagram, Vimeo, or another website. Route known platforms to bundled downloaders; when they fail or the site is unsupported, research maintained public GitHub download methods and continue without logging in. Do not use to bypass paywalls, DRM, private access, or other authorization controls, or when the user only wants a summary without saving the video.
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yunchengliu Bundle Use SubagentsDecide when subagents materially improve a task, dispatch concise neutral assignments, preserve independent review, evaluate outputs, and synthesize evidence without outsourcing judgment. Use for independent review, design or algorithm critique, debugging hypotheses, research analysis, verification, or bounded parallel work.
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 handbook-metaphor-research, market-and-industry-research, research. 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.