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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brianevanmiller Skill Create PlanCreate detailed implementation plans through interactive research and iteration
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brianevanmiller Skill Research CodebaseDocument codebase as-is with thoughts directory for historical context
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trotsky1997 Bundle DeepresearchComprehensive DeepResearch methodology for conducting rigorous, traceable research projects with quality gates, structured analysis, and decision-ready deliverables. Use when (1) Conducting deep research projects requiring evidence-based analysis, (2) Managing research progress with quality gates and artifacts, (3) Producing research reports with traceable sources and structured reasoning, (4) Applying OSINT verification techniques, (5) Using structured analytic techniques (ACH, Key Assumptions Check, Red Team), (6) Expressing uncertainty and confidence in research findings, (7) Ensuring research deliverables meet intelligence tradecraft standards (ICD 203/206/208)
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ricko12vpl Bundle Quantitative FinanceExpert guidance for algorithmic trading and quantitative research. Use when developing trading strategies, backtesting, building trading systems, or conducting quantitative analysis.
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hanyuyuan6 Bundle Remote Gpu Trainer 2AutoDL/vast.ai/RunPod/Lambda/Paperspace远程GPU启动、调试、监控、续训、并行、停止及卡住/OOM/NaN/全零指标排查;可验证状态/selection-best checkpoint/拉回结果。释放实例销毁机器及数据盘,不等同关机。长期镜像/恢复→mirror-research-artifacts。
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gurdasnijor Bundle UX Researcher DesignerUX research and design toolkit for Senior UX Designer/Researcher including data-driven persona generation, journey mapping, usability testing frameworks, and research synthesis. Use for user research, persona creation, journey mapping, and design validation.
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talmolab Skill Investigation 3Scaffolds a template for a small investigation for empirical experimentation. Use when the user asks for an investigation, experiment or research to support making design decisions, assess performance or try out a new idea that requires data or an MVP.
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octagonai Skill Prediction Markets Analysis 4Analyze Kalshi prediction markets with Octagon research, cached/fresh reports, event history, and comparison tools.
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yogsoth-ai Skill Web Research 4Deep web research — fetches full page content for analysis. Snippets alone are PROHIBITED for conclusions.
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dair-ai Bundle Wiki Builder 2Start, structure, grow, query, and maintain reusable research wikis. Use when the user wants to create a new wiki, add sources to an existing wiki, compile source material into wiki pages, customize wiki structure or flavor, generate research maps, update indexes, or maintain knowledge bases for papers, topics, projects, products, people, organizations, or ongoing research areas.
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agentbody Bundle People Data 2Research professional profiles and public business contact data through LinkedIn and YouTube. Use when a user asks to identify, enrich, or find people, creators, or business contacts.
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getsentry Bundle Triage Issue 2Triage GitHub issues with codebase research and actionable recommendations
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nowledge-co Skill Search Memory 10Search the user's personal knowledge base when past insights would improve the response. Trigger proactively for continuity, recurring bugs, design rationale, and remembered workflows.
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dyoshikawa Skill Create Issue 4Create a GitHub issue with a detailed description, purpose, and appropriate labels
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irahardianto Skill Adr 4Architecture Decision Record skill for documenting significant architectural decisions with context, options, and consequences. Use during the Research phase when choosing between approaches, or whenever the user asks to document an architectural decision.
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jtenniswood Bundle Updates 3Summarize user-facing project updates from the last 7 days, ordered by importance and written as one-sentence "Feature: description" entries. Use when the user says "/updates", asks what changed recently, or wants a concise list of recent features, device support, fixes that users will notice, or other product value.
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tyrchen Skill Research 6Vendor reference repos as git submodules under ./vendors and produce deep research memos under ./docs/research covering architecture, design, key data structures, and load-bearing algorithms. Use whenever the user asks to research, study prior art, spike an assumption, compare upstream repos, or learn from pasted GitHub URLs before design or implementation.
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tavily-ai Skill Vendor Risk Kyc Screening 3Screen 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 3Create 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 3Find, 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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srid Skill Talk 4Enter talk mode — conversation and research, no repo changes
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ryanthedev Skill Clarify 3Decomposes user intent through structured brainstorming before acting on ambiguous or underspecified requests — classifies the ambiguity type, generates competing interpretations, and selects the clarifying question that removes the most uncertainty. Use when requirements are unclear, a request could have multiple valid interpretations, critical details or constraints are missing, or the request contains contradictions. Most requests need no clarification — invoke only when a concrete ambiguity would change the approach. Not for: mechanical or well-specified tasks (renames, typo fixes, version bumps, running tests or commands, any edit with an explicit file and target), details you can determine yourself from the codebase, or full research or planning workflows that own their own scoping.
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ferroxlabs Skill Morning Prep 4Daily morning scan — load saved morning layout, screenshot watchlist symbols, and summarize overnight pre-market state. Use when the user says "good morning", "morning prep", or asks for a pre-open briefing.
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dyoshikawa Skill Release Dry Run 4Summarize changes since the latest release and recommend a semantic-version bump without modifying files or publishing. Use when asked for a release dry run or version recommendation.
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dojogenesis Skill Compression Ritual 3Context Compression Ritual Skill
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dojogenesis Skill Research Modes 3Research Modes Skill
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dojogenesis Skill Context Ingestion 3Context Ingestion Workflow
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signalpilot-labs Skill Dbt Knowledgebase 4Populate the knowledge base from dbt project research. Proposes entries across all 6 categories at org, project, and connection scopes.
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gear-foundation Bundle Vara Skills 2Standard Gear/Vara Sails builder pack for AI agents. Use when building or extending a Sails app on Vara or Gear. NOT for Vara.eth, ethexe, non-Sails programs, or generic protocol research.
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duck4nh Skill Research Expert 2Specialized research expert for parallel information gathering. Use for focused research tasks with clear objectives and structured output requirements.
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matsuni-kk Bundle Chatgpt Parallel Research 3Browser Controller拡張機能を使ってChatGPT 5.2 Thinkingで3並列以上のウェブ検索・ブレスト・情報収集を実行する。難問にはHeavy thinking(heavy/extended)を使用。指定時のみChatGPT Proで深い考察・ファクトチェック。ファイル添付にも対応。「ウェブ検索」「横断検索」「並列検索」「ブレスト」「情報収集」「リサーチ」を依頼されたときに使用する。
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mcouthon Skill Deep Research 2Exhaustive investigation with citations and structured findings. Use when thorough coverage is needed, all sources must be cited, or research will inform critical decisions. Triggers on: 'use deep-research mode', 'deep research', 'exhaustive investigation', 'thorough research', 'cite all sources', 'comprehensive analysis', 'leave no stone unturned', 'research everything'. Read-only mode - investigates and documents but doesn't modify code.
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mcouthon Skill Consolidate Task 2Use when you need to consolidate a completed task into an architectural decision record and a proposed instruction delta for future agents, reducing clutter in .tasks/. Triggers on: 'use consolidate-task mode', 'consolidate-task', 'consolidate task', 'summarize task', 'retrospective', 'what did we learn', 'compound learnings'.
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zipperbagcoffee Bundle Investigating 2Create and run a Crabshell I investigation document from Codex. Use for evidence-heavy research that needs multiple source types, cross-review, and documented conclusions; not for quick questions.
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hidden-history Bundle Aim Best Practices Researcher 2Research current best practices for any technology, pattern, or coding standard. Use when asking about best practices, conventions, coding standards, recommended approaches, or how should I questions. Searches local knowledge first, then web for current sources (prioritizing the last ~6 months relative to today). Evaluates if findings warrant a reusable skill.
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thkt Bundle Issue 2構造化されたタイトルと本文を持つ GitHub Issue を生成する。会話に challenge / research の成果物があれば、本文の根拠として使う。/think の plan 下書きがあれば `## Plan` 節へ移す。issue 番号を渡すと、`## Plan` 節のない起票済み issue に plan を転記する。
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 create-plan, research-codebase, deepresearch. 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.