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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tools-only Bundle Extract Expertise 2Extracts expertise from domain experts and transforms it into working Claude skills. Guides through structured conversations to capture mental models, workflows, principles, and best practices.
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tools-only Bundle Style Harmonizer 2De-slot and harmonize paper voice across `sections/*.md` without changing meaning or citation keys. **Trigger**: style harmonizer, de-template stems, remove slot phrases, discourse stems, 写作风格统一, 去槽位句式, 去生成器味. **Use when**: `writer-selfloop` is PASS but `output/WRITER_SELFLOOP_TODO.md` flags Style Smells (e.g., repeated count-based openers), or the draft reads like many sections share the same rhythm. **Skip if**: you need new evidence/citations (route to C3/C4), or you are pre-C2 (NO PROSE). **Network**: none. **Guardrail**: do not invent facts; do not add/remove/move citation keys; do not move citations across subsections; keep claim->evidence anchoring intact.
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tools-only Bundle Sapsii Score 2Calculate SAPS-II (Simplified Acute Physiology Score II) for ICU patients. Use for mortality prediction, severity assessment, or international ICU benchmarking.
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tools-only Bundle 1186 Hellaswag 90d20258HellaSwag benchmark for evaluating commonsense reasoning through adversarially filtered sentence completion.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 17Implements Manus-style file-based planning for complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requiring >5 tool calls. Now with automatic session recovery after /clear.
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tools-only Bundle 1187 Truthfulqa 918b98c6TruthfulQA benchmark for evaluating truthfulness and resistance to common misconceptions across 38 categories.
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tools-only Bundle Scientific Schematics 2Create publication-quality scientific diagrams using Nano Banana Pro AI with smart iterative refinement. Uses Gemini 3 Pro for quality review. Only regenerates if quality is below threshold for your document type. Specialized in neural network architectures, system diagrams, flowcharts, biological pathways, and complex scientific visualizations.
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tools-only Bundle Browsing Bluesky 2Browse Bluesky content via API and firehose - search posts, fetch user activity, sample trending topics, read feeds and lists, analyze and categorize accounts. Supports authenticated access for personalized feeds. Use for Bluesky research, user monitoring, trend analysis, feed reading, firehose sampling, account categorization.
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tools-only Bundle Citation Management 2Comprehensive citation management for academic research. Search Google Scholar and PubMed for papers, extract accurate metadata, validate citations, and generate properly formatted BibTeX entries. This skill should be used when you need to find papers, verify citation information, convert DOIs to BibTeX, or ensure reference accuracy in scientific writing.
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tools-only Bundle Research Grants 2Write competitive research proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and Taiwan NSTC. Agency-specific formatting, review criteria, budget preparation, broader impacts, significance statements, innovation narratives, and compliance with submission requirements.
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tools-only Bundle Peer Review 3Structured manuscript/grant review with checklist-based evaluation. Use when writing formal peer reviews with specific criteria methodology assessment, statistical validity, reporting standards compliance (CONSORT/STROBE), and constructive feedback. Best for actual review writing, manuscript revision. For evaluating claims/evidence quality use scientific-critical-thinking; for quantitative scoring frameworks use scholar-evaluation.
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tools-only Bundle Knowledge Explorer 4Manage the research/ knowledge base (KB) of tool and library research entries. Use when browsing KB topics, adding new research entries, updating existing entries with dated revisions, fetching GitHub repo metadata into a draft KB entry, or migrating old-format entries to skill-spec frontmatter. Triggers on tasks like "what do we have on X", "add this to the KB", "update the KB entry for Y", "fetch github info for owner/repo", or "migrate old entries".
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tools-only Bundle Brainstorm Solutions 2Generate multiple viable solution options after research is complete, before converging on a single approach. Use when you need to explore the solution space, ask clarifying questions, and produce 3-5 distinct options to consider.
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tools-only Bundle 2619 Beamer Guide 9084c4b9LaTeX Beamer Guide for Scientific Presentations
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tools-only Bundle UX Designer 6You are a senior UX Engineer with 8+ years of experience in user-centered design, specializing in creating intuitive, accessible, and engaging digital experiences. You have deep expertise in user research, interaction design, and design systems, with a strong understanding of technical implementation constraints.
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tools-only Bundle Openbb Research 2AI-powered investment research using OpenBB - comprehensive analysis, thesis generation, risk assessment, actionable insights
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tools-only Bundle 2603 Bibtex Formatting 72d38876BibTeX Formatting Guide
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tools-only Bundle 2538 Schema Adherence B3be9f62Schema Adherence Under Pressure
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tools-only Bundle 2614 Darpa Guidelines 547536adDARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grant Writing Guidelines
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tools-only Bundle Scientific Writing 2Core skill for the deep research and writing tool. Write scientific manuscripts in full paragraphs (never bullet points). Use two-stage process: (1) create section outlines with key points using research-lookup, (2) convert to flowing prose. IMRAD structure, citations (APA/AMA/Vancouver), figures/tables, reporting guidelines (CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA), for research papers and journal submissions.
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tools-only Bundle 2615 Doe Guidelines C27d71dcDOE (Department of Energy) Grant Writing Guidelines
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tools-only Bundle 2616 Nih Guidelines 7cdbc861NIH (National Institutes of Health) Grant Writing Guidelines
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tools-only Bundle 2617 Nsf Guidelines 10523438NSF (National Science Foundation) Grant Writing Guidelines
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tools-only Bundle 2608 Evidence Synthesis 8b70f676Evidence Synthesis and Guideline Integration Guide
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 19Implements Manus-style file-based planning for complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requiring >5 tool calls.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 20Implements Manus-style file-based planning to organize and track progress on complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when asked to plan out, break down, or organize a multi-step project, research task, or any work requiring >5 tool calls. Supports automatic session recovery after /clear.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 21Implements Manus-style file-based planning for complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requiring >5 tool calls. Now with automatic session recovery after /clear.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 22Implements Manus-style file-based planning for complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requiring >5 tool calls. Now with automatic session recovery after /clear.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 23Implements Manus-style file-based planning for complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requiring >5 tool calls. Now with automatic session recovery after /clear.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 24Implements Manus-style file-based planning to organize and track progress on complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when asked to plan out, break down, or organize a multi-step project, research task, or any work requiring >5 tool calls. Supports automatic session recovery after /clear.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 25Implements Manus-style file-based planning to organize and track progress on complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when asked to plan out, break down, or organize a multi-step project, research task, or any work requiring >5 tool calls. Supports automatic session recovery after /clear.
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tools-only Bundle 2618 Nstc Guidelines 0e71e945Taiwan NSTC (National Science and Technology Council) Proposal Guidelines
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tools-only Bundle Librarian 2Organize and maintain the knowledge base. Promotes durable knowledge from daily files into structured locations, trims MEMORY.md, deduplicates, and keeps the filing system clean and current.
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tools-only Bundle Run Research 2This skill should be used when the user asks to "research a topic", "run-research", "last30", "what's happening with X", "what are people saying about X", "find the best X", "X prompts", "latest on X", "X news", "what are people recommending for X", "research X for me", or wants to know what's trending, discussed, or debated about any subject in recent weeks.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 26Implements Manus-style file-based planning to organize and track progress on complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when asked to plan out, break down, or organize a multi-step project, research task, or any work requiring >5 tool calls. Supports automatic session recovery after /clear.
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tools-only Bundle Planning With Files 27Implements Manus-style file-based planning for complex tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. Use when starting complex multi-step tasks, research projects, or any task requiring >5 tool calls. Now with automatic session recovery after /clear.
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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 extract-expertise, style-harmonizer, sapsii-score. 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.