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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koinod Skill Deep Research 2Deep Research
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signalpilot-labs Skill Dbt Knowledgebase 3Populate the knowledge base from dbt project research. Proposes entries across all 6 categories at org, project, and connection scopes.
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liam-gemini Bundle My EngineeringRun the user's adaptive end-to-end software delivery workflow and compose the installed mattpocock skills. Use when the user explicitly asks for their engineering workflow, asks which engineering skill or delivery path to use, or invokes $my-engineering for feature, bug, architecture, review, planning, implementation, or research work.
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dokhacgiakhoa Skill Strategic Research 3🧠 Strategic Research & Wisdom Engine
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brycewang-stanford Skill Interview Me 3Interactive interview to formalize a research idea into a structured specification with hypotheses and empirical strategy
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paperclipai Skill Summarize StatusSummarize status
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seabbs-skills Skill Paper SummarySummarise an academic paper from URL, DOI, or file path
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jwynia Skill Summarization 2Create effective summaries by matching summarization type to purpose, audience, and context. Use when asked to summarize, create TLDR, condense content, or create executive summaries. Keywords: summary, TLDR, condense, executive summary, abstract.
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aiskillstore Bundle Wonda CLIUsing the Wonda CLI to generate images, videos, music, and audio from the terminal — plus LinkedIn, Reddit, and X/Twitter research and automation
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archestra-ai Bundle Summarize TextSummarize a text file into a short digest.
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tsinghua-fib-lab Skill Easypaper Interactive Metadata BuildInteractively build EasyPaper metadata from a research-materials folder using Claude Code's file-investigation tools. Output is JSON consumable by the `easypaper-paper-from-metadata` skill.
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yonichechik Skill SumSummarize current branch work grouped by actual tasks (not by commits)
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greyhaven-ai-claude-code-config Bundle Onboarding CoordinationAutomate developer onboarding with personalized plans, Linear integration, knowledge base setup, and milestone tracking. Use when onboarding new developers, planning team expansion, or managing role transitions.
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jhostalek Bundle SotaProduce an up-to-date, state-of-the-art recommendation using domain expertise and brief web research. Use only when explicitly invoked.
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ao-cyber-systems Skill Discuss ObjectiveCapture implementation decisions for an objective before planning — lock in preferences so research and planning don't drift into assumptions. Use when the user wants to shape how an objective gets built before tasks are generated. Triggers on: "discuss objective", "shape the objective", "lock in preferences", "before planning I want to discuss", "implementation decisions"
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basher83 Skill Git StatusSummarize the current state of the git repository
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prorise-cool Bundle Proto PersonaCreate a proto-persona from current research, market signals, and team knowledge. Use when you need a working customer profile before deeper validation.
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uukuguy Skill Competitive Research竞争情报研究方法论,包括数据收集优先级、搜索策略、SWOT分析框架和输出规范
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tavily-ai Skill Tavily CLI 2Set up, authenticate, update, troubleshoot, or choose between Tavily CLI web commands. Use when the user asks about the Tavily CLI, installing Tavily skills, first-time setup, authentication, keyless limits, CLI updates, or which Tavily command to use. For an ordinary web task, use the specific search, extract, map, crawl, research, or dynamic-search skill instead.
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veschin Bundle Architect DevelopmentUse when ordering any work to workers in the architect-partner protocol: research, implementation, experiments, or benches; when writing a work order (постановка); when a worker delivered and the architect must accept or reject; or when a worker refuses and the refusal must be triaged. Encodes the zero-freedom worker contract: controlled autocomplete and template filling only.
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theonize Skill Historian 3Research historical and cultural background of Bible passages. Use when exploring authorship, original audience, dating, archaeology, geography, political-socio-economic context, social norms, or external historical sources related to Scripture.
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superior-trade Bundle Polymarket 2Use when the user wants to trade, research, or backtest Polymarket prediction markets through Superior Trade — finding markets by slug or event URL, placing a single immediate market order, writing NautilusTrader strategies, running filled-data backtests, funding pUSD, or deploying and monitoring a live Polymarket strategy.
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a-attia Bundle Literature SurveyBuild and maintain a verified literature-survey corpus for a research paper -- BibTeX entries, published-manuscript PDFs, text extractions for AI consumption, per-paper survey notes (~30-50 lines each), and a collection log tracking verification status and corrections. Use when starting a new paper that needs a substantial literature review, when adding new references to an existing paper, or when migrating an unverified bib file to a verified one.
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a-attia Bundle Research Paper WritingImprove academic paper writing quality for ML/CV/NLP-style papers with clear section structure, paragraph flow, and reviewer-facing presentation. Use when drafting or revising Abstract, Introduction, Related Work, Method, Experiments, or Conclusion; polishing figures/tables; checking claim-support alignment; or performing self-review before submission.
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a-attia Bundle Research Software EngineeringResearch Software Engineering
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chuk-development Skill Deep ResearchMulti-step research discipline — search, crawl primary sources, cross-check from a second angle, then answer. Use when a question needs current or contested facts, when the user claims something is new or just released, or when one search would only give a shallow answer.
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dcouple Bundle Create Plan 2Creates an implementation plan with thorough codebase and web research. Auto-reviews the plan after creation and iterates with user feedback. Use when planning a new feature or significant change.
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qwwiwi Skill Perplexity Research 2Web research via Perplexity Sonar API -- search, fact-check, analyze trends
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mshadmanrahman Skill Deep Context 2Cross-channel research on any topic. Searches Obsidian, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Gmail, and GitHub in parallel, then synthesizes a comprehensive briefing with timeline, status, stakeholders, and sources. Spans ALL connected systems including personal notes and email. Triggers on: "deep context", "tell me everything about", "research X", "what do we know about", "full context on", "brief me on", "context dump", "/deep-context".
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processmission Bundle Openeuler Research使用 openEuler 权威来源查询发行版、官方文档、社区信息、仓库与软件包,并调研内核、Embedded BSP、设备兼容性和功能支持情况。
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ben-lau1 Skill Creative Thinking For ResearchApplies cognitive science frameworks for creative thinking to CS and AI research ideation. Use when seeking genuinely novel research directions by leveraging combinatorial creativity, analogical reasoning, constraint manipulation, and other empirically grounded creative strategies.
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jjuke Bundle Git SyncPull, commit, and push repository changes to a configured remote using the repository's COMMIT_CONVENTION.md. Use when the user asks Codex to pull, add/stage, commit, and push changes; sync local work to a remote repository; or create a commit according to the local commit convention before pushing. Also use when the user asks to include specific changes or deletions in that workflow.
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jjuke Bundle Document SessionUse only when the user explicitly invokes $document-session to start, checkpoint, resume, inspect, hand off, or finalize evidence-grounded research work.
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r3ze959 Bundle Multi Paper Materials ReviewSynthesize multiple papers on one materials or battery system, comparing synthesis, test conditions, performance, mechanisms, contradictions, and research gaps. Use for a linked multi-paper review; for a single narrow theme, prefer multi-paper-aspect-review.
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angzeli Bundle Angze Peer ReviewerGrounded, configurable scientific manuscript peer review of Review, Perspective, Original Research, and Proposal drafts; simulate reviewer objections, submission stress testing, manuscript revision audits, and reviewer panel perspectives. Use when scientific critique of a manuscript is intended. Exclude general code review, grammar-only editing, ordinary summaries, restaurant or product reviews, general chat, research-idea brainstorming, and email or response-letter drafting without a review request.
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cdeistopened Bundle Meta Ads Creative 2Create high-converting Meta (Facebook/Instagram) ad creative using the 6 Elements framework, proven ad formats, and research-driven copywriting. Optimized for lo-fi, native-feeling ads that don't look like ads.
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 deep-research, dbt-knowledgebase, my-engineering. 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.