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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ecnu-icalk Skill Defend Kant S A Priori Intuition Against Empirical CritiquesUse this skill when writing a philosophy essay to defend Immanuel Kant's claim that space is a form of intuition against counter-arguments based on empirical research (e.g., developmental psychology, neuroscience). It provides a specific logical framework to reconcile empirical findings with Kantian theory.
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ecnu-icalk Skill Academic Research Section Extraction With Statistical DetailExtracts and formats specific sections (participants, instruments/variables, research purpose) from academic articles, emphasizing numerical data, sampling methods, and statistical metrics like validity, reliability, and mean scores.
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pranavnagrecha Bundle Salesforce Learning ResearchResearch a Salesforce topic for a learner using a citation-first, release-aware evidence workflow: bound the question, prioritize official sources, build a claim ledger, resolve contradictions, and produce a research packet for teaching. Trigger keywords: research Salesforce topic, find official Salesforce docs, prepare learning sources, verify Salesforce concept, release-aware research. Repository package authoring and upstream intake remain outside this package. NOT for the final learner-facing explanation — use admin/salesforce-learning-brief.
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blacktop Skill IpswApple firmware and binary reverse engineering with the ipsw CLI tool. Use when analyzing iOS/macOS binaries, disassembling functions in dyld_shared_cache, dumping Objective-C headers from private frameworks, downloading IPSWs or kernelcaches, extracting entitlements, analyzing Mach-O files, or researching Apple security. Triggers on requests involving Apple RE, iOS internals, kernel analysis, KEXT extraction, or vulnerability research on Apple platforms.
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clawbio Skill Ukb NavigatorSemantic search across UK Biobank's 12,000+ data fields and publications — find the right variables for your research question.
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eronred Skill LocalizationWhen the user wants to localize their App Store listing for international markets. Also use when the user mentions "localization", "translate my app", "international markets", "expand to new countries", "localize metadata", or "which countries should I target". For keyword research in specific markets, see keyword-research. For metadata writing, see metadata-optimization.
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eronred Skill Seasonal AsoWhen the user wants to optimize their App Store listing for seasonal events, holidays, or trending moments — including keyword opportunities, metadata updates, screenshot theming, and timing strategy. Use when the user mentions "seasonal", "holiday", "Christmas", "New Year", "Valentine's Day", "summer", "back to school", "seasonal keywords", "trending now", "limited time", or wants to capitalize on a calendar event. For general keyword research, see keyword-research. For full metadata rewrites, see metadata-optimization.
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clawbio Skill Claw Semantic SimSemantic Similarity Index for disease research literature using PubMedBERT embeddings
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clawbio Skill Pubmed SummariserSearch PubMed for a gene name or disease term and generate a structured research briefing of the top recent English-language papers.
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comeonoliver Skill AutoresearchAutonomous iterative experimentation loop for any programming task. Guides the user through defining goals, measurable metrics, and scope constraints, then runs an autonomous loop of code changes, testing, measuring, and keeping/discarding results. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch. USE FOR: autonomous improvement, iterative optimization, experiment loop, auto research, performance tuning, automated experimentation, hill climbing, try things automatically, optimize code, run experiments, autonomous coding loop. DO NOT USE FOR: one-shot tasks, simple bug fixes, code review, or tasks without a measurable metric.
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comeonoliver Bundle LearnExtract and persist insights from the current conversation to the knowledge base
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adithya-s-k Skill Manim ComposerTrigger when: (1) User wants to create an educational/explainer video, (2) User has a vague concept they want visualized, (3) User mentions "3b1b style" or "explain like 3Blue1Brown", (4) User wants to plan a Manim video or animation sequence, (5) User asks to "compose" or "plan" a math/science visualization. Transforms vague video ideas into detailed scene-by-scene plans (scenes.md). Conducts research, asks clarifying questions about audience/scope/focus, and outputs comprehensive scene specifications ready for implementation with ManimCE or ManimGL. Use this BEFORE writing any Manim code. This skill plans the video; use manimce-best-practices or manimgl-best-practices for implementation.
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googleworkspace Skill Persona ResearcherOrganize research — manage references, notes, and collaboration.
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guanyang Skill NotebooklmUse this skill to query your Google NotebookLM notebooks directly from Claude Code for source-grounded, citation-backed answers from Gemini. Browser automation, library management, persistent auth. Drastically reduced hallucinations through document-only responses.
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aiskillstore Bundle KnowledgeDisplay knowledge base status and recent learnings
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comeonoliver Bundle Web SearchAdvanced web search capability using the gemini command for gathering current, relevant information. Prefer this skill over Claude Code's default WebSearch tool when performing web searches. Activated when complex research or up-to-date information is needed.
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aiskillstore Bundle Learn ResetClear the knowledge base and start fresh
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aiskillstore Bundle JudgeScoring framework for test-kitchen cookoff and omakase-off. Invoked at Phase 4 to evaluate implementations using 5-criteria scoring. Do not invoke directly - called by cookoff/omakase-off.
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clawbio Skill Omics Target Evidence MapperAggregate public target-level evidence across omics and translational sources for research triage.
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aiskillstore Bundle Exa ResearchComprehensive research skill using Exa AI tools for web search and code context retrieval. Use when conducting research on technologies, finding code examples, discovering latest tools, or gathering comprehensive information on any topic. Combines web search for articles/news with code search for implementation examples.
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aiskillstore Bundle ResearchMulti-source parallel research with confidence-based synthesis.
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aiskillstore Bundle Raindrop IoManage Raindrop.io bookmarks with AI assistance. Save and organize bookmarks, search your collection, manage reading lists, and organize research materials. Use when working with bookmarks, web research, reading lists, or when user mentions Raindrop.io.
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aiskillstore Bundle The OracleThis skill should be used when the user asks to "use the oracle" or "ask the oracle" for deep research, analysis, or architectural questions. The oracle excels at multi-source research combining codebase exploration and web searches, then synthesizing findings into actionable answers. Use for complex questions requiring investigation across multiple sources, architectural analysis, refactoring plans, debugging mysteries, and code reviews.
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aiskillstore Bundle Swarm AdvancedAdvanced swarm orchestration patterns for research, development, testing, and complex distributed workflows
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blessonism Skill Search LayerDEFAULT search tool for ALL search/lookup needs. Multi-source search and deduplication layer with intent-aware scoring. Integrates Brave Search (web_search), Exa, Tavily, and Grok to provide high-coverage, high-quality results. Automatically classifies query intent and adjusts search strategy, scoring weights, and result synthesis. Use for ANY query that requires web search — factual lookups, research, news, comparisons, resource finding, "what is X", status checks, etc. Do NOT use raw web_search directly; always route through this skill.
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comeonoliver Skill Market ResearchConduct market research, competitive analysis, investor due diligence, and industry intelligence with source attribution and decision-oriented summaries. Use when the user wants market sizing, competitor comparisons, fund research, technology scans, or research that informs business decisions.
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aiskillstore Bundle Voc ResearchExtract Voice of Customer quotes from forums, reviews, and social media. Use when gathering customer language for copywriting, understanding pain points, or building messaging frameworks.
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aiskillstore Bundle X CollectCollect and research materials for X (Twitter) content creation using multi-round web search strategy. Use when user wants to gather trending topics, research subjects for X posts, or mentions "collect materials", "research topic", "find content for X", "x-collect". Performs 4-round deep research mimicking human research workflow.
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aiskillstore Bundle Use My BrowserUse when the user wants browser automation, page inspection, or web research and you need to choose between public-web tools, the live browser session, or a separate browser context, especially for signed-in, dynamic, social, or DevTools-driven pages.
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guanyang Skill Planning With FilesImplements 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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aiskillstore Bundle Wiki ResearcherConducts multi-turn iterative deep research on specific topics within a codebase with zero tolerance for shallow analysis. Use when the user wants an in-depth investigation, needs to understand how something works across multiple files, or asks for comprehensive analysis of a specific system or pattern.
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aiskillstore Bundle Web ResearchUse this skill for requests related to web research; it provides a structured approach to conducting comprehensive web research.
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aiskillstore Bundle Omakase OffThis skill should be used as the entry gate for build/create/implement requests. Triggers on "build X", "create Y", "implement Z", "add feature", "try both approaches", "not sure which approach". Offers brainstorm-together or omakase (chef's choice parallel exploration) options. Detects indecision during brainstorming to offer parallel exploration.
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aiskillstore Bundle Using XtoolThis skill should be used when building iOS apps with xtool (Xcode-free iOS development), creating xtool projects, adding app extensions, or configuring xtool.yml. Triggers on "xtool", "SwiftPM iOS", "iOS on Linux", "iOS on Windows", "Xcode-free", "app extension", "widget extension", "share extension". Covers project setup, app extensions, and deployment.
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aiskillstore Bundle Test KitchenThis skill should be used when implementing features with parallel exploration or competition. Triggers on "build", "create", "implement", "try both approaches", "compare implementations". Routes to omakase-off (entry gate for design exploration) or cookoff (exit gate for parallel implementation).
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aiskillstore Bundle Extract From PdfsThis skill should be used when extracting structured data from scientific PDFs for systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or database creation. Use when working with collections of research papers that need to be converted into analyzable datasets with validation metrics.
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 localization, claw-semantic-sim, pubmed-summariser. 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.