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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valency-oss Skill NetworkUse when the user asks about a researcher's collaborators, co-authors, research network, wants to map who works with whom, or wants to see how a researcher's focus has diverged from their collaborators. Triggers on questions like 'who does X collaborate with', 'show me X's network', 'find connections between researchers', or 'how has X's work drifted from their coauthors'. Also invokable as /valency:network <author_name>.
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valency-oss Skill ProfileUse when the user asks about a researcher's work, publications, research areas, collaborators, or academic profile. Triggers on questions like 'who is X', 'what does X work on', 'show me X's papers', or 'tell me about X' in a research context. Also invokable as /valency:profile <author_name>.
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valency-oss Skill LandscapeUse when the user asks for an overview of a research field, wants to understand a domain's key players, or asks 'what's happening in X' or 'give me a landscape of X'. Triggers on requests for field summaries, top authors in an area, or subdomain breakdowns. Also invokable as /valency:landscape <topic_or_category>.
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valency-oss Skill Reading ListUse when the user asks what a researcher should be reading, wants a curated bibliography for a researcher's interests, asks 'what should X read', 'find me adjacent work to X's research', or wants to know what literature surrounds an author's body of work. Triggers on reading-list, bibliography, or 'what should I read next' style requests anchored on a specific researcher. Also invokable as /valency:reading-list <author_name>.
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4n9le-bot Skill Lune Literature ReviewDoing a literature review with Lune
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xiaohei-info Bundle Web Reading RouterRoute URL reading requests across Hermes tools and platform-specific skills. Use when a user shares a URL or asks to read, summarize, extract, inspect, or diagnose content from a webpage, article, post, document link, or similar web resource, especially when a simple fetch may fail or the best tool path is unclear.
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molokoloco Skill PerplexitySearch the web and do research using Perplexity AI. Use this skill whenever the user wants to search the web, look up current information, do research, or find facts online. Supports filtering by domain, country, and language, as well as multi-query batch search. For in-depth research reports use deep-search with a preset. Triggers on: "search the web", "look up", "find info on", "research", "what is X", "latest news on X", "search for X", or any request needing up-to-date information from the internet.
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atharva-188 Skill Lead ResearchIdentifies and qualifies high-quality leads by analyzing your product or service, searching for target companies and contacts, and providing actionable outreach strategies. Use when building a prospect list, preparing for outbound sales, researching a target account before a call, or building an ICP (Ideal Customer Profile).
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atharva-188 Skill Content Research WriterAssists in writing high-quality long-form content by conducting research, finding citations, strengthening hooks, and providing section-by-section feedback. Use when writing blog posts, newsletters, articles, reports, or LinkedIn content that needs to be accurate, well-sourced, and engaging.
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jinze-lee Bundle Literature Synthesis Guide---
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lumoswyy Bundle R AnalystR statistical analysis for publication-ready sociology research. Guides you through phased workflows for DiD, IV, matching, panel methods, and more. Use when doing quantitative analysis in R for academic papers.
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sarthakgoel31 Bundle BrainSecond brain knowledge base. Ingest raw materials, compile wiki, query knowledge, lint, or discover cross-domain connections. Usage: /brain <command>. Commands: ingest, compile, query, lint, connect, status, add. Trigger phrases: 'add to my brain', 'what does my brain say about', 'brain ingest', 'brain compile', 'connect the dots', 'knowledge base'.
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lumoswyy Bundle Econ WriteExpert economics paper writing assistant synthesizing advice from 50+ top guides by Cochrane, McCloskey, Shapiro, Head, Bellemare, Goldin, Glaeser, Kremer, and other leading economists. USE THIS SKILL whenever the user writes, edits, reviews, rewrites, or structures any economics paper, thesis, job market paper, abstract, introduction, conclusion, results section, literature review, or referee response. Also handles LaTeX formatting, presentations, and paper audits. Covers all paper types (applied, theory, structural, mixed) and all sections.
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lumoswyy Bundle Stata AnalystStata statistical analysis for publication-ready sociology research. Guides you through phased workflows for DiD, IV, matching, panel methods, and more. Use when doing quantitative analysis in Stata for academic papers.
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chucksrq Bundle Deep ResearchMulti-lens research engine — one question, 9 angles, synthesized analysis. Uses ~/research-skill-graph/ as the knowledge base. Load this skill when given a research question and use it to produce deep, structured analysis. Invoke by saying "do deep research on [question]".
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sofia8844 Bundle Diseno Redes EmpresarialesAnalyze real enterprise network design requirements and generate technically grounded, explainable recommendations using deterministic rules plus a bundled knowledge base. Use when Codex must act as an expert network engineer for corporate multi-floor sites, small offices, industrial environments, high-density Wi-Fi, IoT/OT networks, critical voice/video traffic, redundancy, VLAN segmentation, load balancing, budget constraints, vendor compatibility, or network infrastructure sizing.
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liranhason Skill AskRead-only Q&A mode — answers questions about the codebase, architecture, or any topic without modifying files. Use for research and exploration before making changes.
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boonyaritpornuan Bundle Exam TutorAdvanced exam preparation assistant for educational and professional certifications. Use when the user needs to summarize study materials, generate practice quizzes (multiple choice/QA), or create structured learning paths from documents like PDFs and TXT files.
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ludofleury Bundle La Week SignalUse when you need recurring Los Angeles week signal for COPS scenario design, weekly openings, roll call setup, side-lane inspiration, or city-pressure research. Resolve a date anchor, pull cyclical LA city patterns for that week or season, and translate them into believable police consequences.
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ludofleury Bundle Cops Previously LinesUse when turning COPS continuity material into clear 'what happened previously' lines. Summarize the latest relevant scenario state, major consequences, and small details with outsized impact without overloading the recap.
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human-pages-ai Bundle Humanpages 2Search and hire real humans for tasks — photography, delivery, research, and more
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xixiskynet Bundle Mx Finance Search基于东方财富数据库,支持自然语言搜索全网最新公告、研报、财经新闻、交易所动态及官方政策等,覆盖全球市场标的,可用于热点捕捉、舆情监控、研报速览、公告精读及投资决策等场景。Natural language search for financial information, covering authoritative sources including news, announcements, research reports, and policies. Supporting global market assets, it is applicable to event tracking, market sentiment monitoring, announcement analysis, and investment decision-making, helping users obtain authoritative financial information and capture timely market signals.
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tongzhouliu-sys Bundle Openclaw OptionsOpenClaw Wheel Sell Put Options Strategy Knowledge Base (Portfolio Margin Edition). Covers 20-ticker opening parameters, PM account risk control rules, Pre-screen Gate logic, signal formats, trade verification workflow. Trigger keywords: Wheel strategy, Sell Put, options signals, OpenClaw, IVR, Delta matrix, Pre-screen Gate, VIX position matrix, Bull Put Spread, Covered Call, Greeks, Portfolio Margin, TIMS, Excess Liquidity, maintenance requirement, position adjustment recommendations, holdings analysis, trade plan verification, scan opportunities, or any options trading mentioning tickers on the watchlist. **Key triggers**: When user uploads `LLM_YYYYMMDD_HHMM.txt` or says "select tickers to sell puts" / "analyze scan data", first read `references/schema.md` to parse fields (compatible v4.1 / v3.1.X / v2.X); for ticker-level decisions, read `references/tickers.md` (routing index), then load by `m.scope`: `tickers-20pool.md` or `tickers-preferred.md`, and apply `tickers-playbook.md` when outputting signals; f
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tongzhouliu-sys Bundle Us Trust AdvisorUS Trust Architecture and Cross-Border Asset Allocation Expert Knowledge Base. Activate this skill immediately when user asks about: trust establishment, trust architecture design, irrevocable/revocable trusts, trustee/protector/settlor roles, wills/trust agreements, sub-trusts/Private Trust Companies (PTC), family offices (SFO/MFO), cross-border asset protection, estate tax planning (Estate Tax), CRS evasion compliance, FATCA, offshore trust jurisdictions (Cook Islands, South Dakota, Cayman, BVI), European foundations, passport planning/investment immigration, geopolitical asset defense, trust KYC compliance, trust fee structures, Asset Protection Trusts (APT)/ILIT/Dynasty Trusts. Even if user doesn't explicitly say "trust", activate immediately for cross-border wealth transfer, high-net-worth asset protection, identity planning, or CRS penetration risk involving offshore structures.
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darshan-yadav Bundle Summarize TextUse when the user asks to summarise a chunk of prose into a short TL;DR plus a bullet list of the key points.
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zbh0528 Skill Scientific English OptimizerPolish and rewrite scientific English for research manuscripts, including abstracts, introductions, related work, methods, experiments, results, conclusions, captions, highlights, and cover-letter-style summaries. Use when the user asks to improve SCI/IEEE/journal/conference manuscript English, strengthen logical flow, calibrate claims, translate Chinese research text into academic English, condense verbose writing, or make scientific prose clearer, more rigorous, and less promotional.
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theaisingularity Skill Slack SupportSlack support bot — classifies incoming messages as FAQ/troubleshooting/escalation, answers from the knowledge base, and escalates complex cases to human agents
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theaisingularity Skill Research DigestWeekly research paper digest — searches arXiv and the web for papers matching your interests, synthesizes key findings, and sends results via Telegram
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eternalwavee Bundle Benchmark Research SkillClaude Code style skill for benchmark research. Use when the user asks to analyze one paper's benchmarks, datasets, metrics, experiment tables/figures, baselines, or related work; or asks to survey a direction and find usable benchmarks for evaluation. Helper scripts fetch paper context/assets and Claude Code performs the semantic extraction.
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bojak83318 Skill Windows 11 Ralph RetryUse this skill when recovering a VSRail Windows 11 VM that fails to boot the installer ISO correctly, especially when `win11-vsrail` shows `0xc000000d`, BCD-style boot errors, stale UEFI behavior, helper-ISO boot confusion, or a suspect Windows installer ISO. It enforces three ordered Ralph loops, uses a 10-minute action plus 5-minute research cadence, and stops after one hour unless the user resets the task.
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micpet7514088 Skill AutogapHigh-value project analyst + impl strategist. Any project type (code, docs, research, strategy, workflow, creative, ops, non-tech, hybrid). Inspect deep, infer top-value objective from signals, find top 3 gaps, propose 3 macro-steps user picks (none/one/two/all). After pick, plan + implement autonomously. Triggers: '/autogap', 'analizza i gap del progetto', 'cosa manca per raggiungere l'obiettivo', 'top 3 gap e macro-step', 'diagnosi strategica del progetto', 'strategic diagnosis', 'what's missing to reach the goal'.
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wangfe Skill Alphaear StockSearch A-Share and HK stock tickers by name or code and retrieve OHLCV historical price data
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wzh4464 Skill Organize InboxUse when user says "整理 inbox" or asks to organize, triage, or file notes from the 0-Inbox directory into the knowledge base.
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wzh4464 Skill Academic ResearcherAcademic research assistant for literature reviews, paper analysis, and scholarly writing. Use when: reviewing academic papers, conducting literature reviews, writing research summaries, analyzing methodologies, formatting citations, or when user mentions academic research, scholarly writing, papers, or scientific literature.
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jason-in-tech Skill Slack ResponseUnified Slack assistant. Monitor mode: poll every 10 minutes for messages pending your response across DMs, group chats, and channel @mentions, classify by intent, and draft replies. Thread mode: read a Slack thread or channel from a URL or name, summarize, and help draft a response. Can view Slack file attachments (images, screenshots) via browser automation. Use when the user says "check DMs", "check slack", "monitor slack", "pending messages", "slack inbox", pastes a Slack URL, asks "what's happening in #channel", "catch me up", or wants help replying to a Slack conversation.
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jason-in-tech Skill Meeting ResearchConsume existing meeting transcripts to prep for upcoming meetings, roll up action items across meetings, or answer specific factual questions. Use when the user says "what did X say about Y", "prep me for my meeting with Z", "还有啥 action 没推完", "上周 ... 聊啥了", or similar queries against the ~/Desktop/python_code/meeting_notes/ corpus. Chat-only output by default.
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 network, profile, landscape. 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.