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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majiayu000 Bundle Curate 3Adds developer-authored annotations to the gauntlet knowledge base. Use when capturing tribal knowledge or rationale not visible in code.
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majiayu000 Bundle Osint 4Open source intelligence gathering. USE WHEN OSINT, due diligence, background check, research person, company intel, investigate. SkillSearch('osint') for docs.
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majiayu000 Bundle Summarize Epic 2Execute /summarize-epic <epic-url> slash command.
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majiayu000 Bundle Issue Plan 2Start working on GitHub issue with deep-dive workflow (research, innovate, plan phases)
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majiayu000 Bundle Process Builder 2Scaffold new babysitter process definitions following SDK patterns, proper structure, and best practices. Guides the 3-phase workflow from research to implementation.
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majiayu000 Bundle Research Voids 2Research voids (cognitive gaps, unchartable territories). Daily. Outputs research notes for voids articles.
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majiayu000 Bundle Perplexity Research 2Exhaustive multi-source research reports. Use for deep investigation.
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majiayu000 Bundle Polaris Catalog 2ALWAYS USE when configuring Polaris catalog, managing namespaces, or setting up credentials in floe-platform. Use IMMEDIATELY when integrating DuckDB via dbt-duckdb plugin, configuring PyIceberg REST catalog, or debugging access control issues. Provides research steps for REST API, OAuth2 authentication, and multi-engine coordination with DuckDB, dbt, and Dagster.
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majiayu000 Bundle Researching Features 2Use this whenever a user wants to add a new feature or explitly states to research a feature/API or building a plan for a new feature. It itnerviews the user for feature details (if not provided), research the best API/service for their needs, confirm choice, then gather all implementation notes for their request and save them as a .claude/plans file.
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majiayu000 Bundle Venue Templates 5Access comprehensive LaTeX templates, formatting requirements, and submission guidelines for major scientific publication venues (Nature, Science, PLOS, IEEE, ACM), academic conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, CHI), research posters, and grant proposals (NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA). This skill should be used when preparing manuscripts for journal submission, conference papers, research posters, or grant proposals and need venue-specific formatting requirements and templates.
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majiayu000 Bundle Disciplined Design 2Phase 2 of disciplined development. Creates implementation plans based on approved research. Specifies file changes, function signatures, test strategy, and step sequence. Requires human approval before implementation.
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majiayu000 Bundle Interview Analyst 2Pragmatic qualitative analysis for interview data in sociology research. Guides you through systematic coding, interpretation, and synthesis with quality checkpoints. Supports theory-informed (Track A) or data-first (Track B) approaches.
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majiayu000 Bundle Extract Algorithm 2Parse and document algorithm pseudocode from research papers. Use when preparing for implementation.
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majiayu000 Bundle Clinicaltrials Database 2Query ClinicalTrials.gov via API v2. Search trials by condition, drug, location, status, or phase. Retrieve trial details by NCT ID, export data, for clinical research and patient matching.
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majiayu000 Bundle Encode Repo Serena 2Systematically populate the Forgetful knowledge base using Serena's LSP-powered symbol analysis for accurate, comprehensive codebase understanding.
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majiayu000 Bundle Disciplined Research 2Phase 1 of disciplined development. Deep problem understanding before design. Maps existing systems, identifies constraints, surfaces risks, and produces a research document for human approval before proceeding.
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majiayu000 Bundle Pyiceberg Storage 2ALWAYS USE when working with Iceberg table storage, ACID transactions, or time-travel queries. Use IMMEDIATELY when creating/loading Iceberg tables, implementing schema evolution, querying historical snapshots, or debugging catalog operations. Provides research steps for PyIceberg SDK, catalog integration, and storage layer operations.
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majiayu000 Bundle Extract Test Failures 2Extract and summarize test failures from logs. Use to quickly understand what tests failed and why.
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majiayu000 Bundle Youtube Processor 2Process YouTube videos into summarized Obsidian notes. Use when given a YouTube URL to summarize, extract insights, or turn videos into notes. Triggers on "summarize this video", "process this YouTube", "what's this video about", or any YouTube URL shared for processing.
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majiayu000 Bundle Lamindb 3This skill should be used when working with LaminDB, an open-source data framework for biology that makes data queryable, traceable, reproducible, and FAIR. Use when managing biological datasets (scRNA-seq, spatial, flow cytometry, etc.), tracking computational workflows, curating and validating data with biological ontologies, building data lakehouses, or ensuring data lineage and reproducibility in biological research. Covers data management, annotation, ontologies (genes, cell types, diseases, tissues), schema validation, integrations with workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake) and MLOps platforms (W&B, MLflow), and deployment strategies.
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majiayu000 Bundle Policyengine Design 2PolicyEngine visual identity - colors, fonts, logos, and branding for web apps, calculators, charts, and research
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majiayu000 Bundle Blog Post 5Complete workflow for creating blog posts - from research to publication-ready draft. Handles research generation, draft creation, and style review. Use with "/blog-post <topic>" or "/blog-post --from-research <path>".
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majiayu000 Bundle Ln 220 Story Coordinator 6CREATE/REPLAN Stories for Epic (5-10 Stories). Delegates ln-001-standards-researcher for standards research. Decompose-First Pattern. Auto-discovers team/Epic.
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majiayu000 Bundle Ln 230 Story Prioritizer 4RICE-scores Stories with market research and generates prioritization table. Use when Stories need business priority ranking for sprint planning.
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majiayu000 Bundle 1 Determine Techstack 2Determine the type of project and summarize the tech stack. Your summary should include:
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majiayu000 Bundle Dev Swarm Market Research 2Conduct comprehensive market research and competitive analysis to validate the problem and understand the market landscape. Use when user asks to conduct market research, validate market, analyze competitors, or start Stage 1 after init-ideas.
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majiayu000 Bundle Astropy 2Astropy is the core Python package for astronomy, providing essential functionality for astronomical research and data analysis.
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majiayu000 Bundle Discover 4Read product and technical docs, then summarize requirements and gaps.
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majiayu000 Bundle Analyze 7Deep analysis workflow for codebases, architectures, systems, products, markets, or research topics. Use when the user asks to analyze, investigate, assess, evaluate, compare, or research something in a structured way.
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majiayu000 Bundle Pr Research 2Research an upstream repo.
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majiayu000 Bundle Ln 220 Story Coordinator 7CREATE/REPLAN Stories for Epic (5-10 Stories). Delegates ln-001-standards-researcher for standards research. Decompose-First Pattern. Auto-discovers team/Epic.
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majiayu000 Bundle Bluebook 3This skill should be used when the user asks to “cite a case”, “format a citation”, “check Bluebook format”, “cite a statute”, “use id. or supra”, “format footnotes”, “cite a law review article”, or needs Bluebook 21st Edition citation guidance. Covers cases, statutes, secondary sources, signals, and short forms.
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majiayu000 Bundle Bias Check 3Use before any research activity or significant decision. Reviews cognitive biases relevant to the current stage.
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majiayu000 Bundle Plan Two 2[Planning] Research & create an implementation plan with 2 approaches
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majiayu000 Bundle Pr Summary 7Summarize current pull request with diff, comments, and changed files. Use when reviewing PRs or before merging.
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majiayu000 Bundle Lit Synthesizer 2Senior scientific author for literature review synthesis with authority to restructure, rewrite, and add analysis across outline creation, introduction framing, and final synthesis
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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 curate, OSINT, summarize-epic. 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.