Best Claude skills for research
Research skills make your agent search wider and cite better: multi-source deep research, academic paper pipelines, literature reviews and trend scans across Reddit, X, YouTube and Hacker News. The best ones keep a source list and separate facts from interpretation.
632 research skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
- 1#1
Matt Pocock
Research
Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or…
Pack321k33MScore 89 - 2#2
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Haines
Customer Research
When the user wants to run or synthesize customer research, or asks what customer quotes, reviews, or feedback really mean, what is safe to conclude, and what to ask next: interviews…
Pack60k6.3MScore 88 - 3#3
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Prospecting
When the user wants to find and qualify prospects for outbound, or asks who to target first, which signal to prioritize, or where to spot buyers with the problem: buying signals…
Pack60k6.3MScore 88 - 4#4
Addy Osmani
Source Driven Development
Grounds every implementation decision in official documentation. Use when you want to verify an approach against the official docs before implementing it, or when you want authoritative…
Pack115k1.8MScore 85 - 5#5
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
K-Dense
Alphagenome
Looks up precomputed AlphaGenome Atlas effects for any GRCh38 single-nucleotide variant (AVI score with Phred and 18 SHAP feature attributions, plus raw and quantile scores for RNA-seq…
Pack57k328kScore 84 - 6#6
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
Analytical Method Validation
Plans, executes, and documents validation, verification, and transfer of analytical procedures under the governing framework - ICH Q2(R2) and Q14, USP //, ICH M10 bioanalytical, CLSI EP, or…
Pack57k328kScore 84 - 7#7
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
Arbor
Applies Arbor Hypothesis Tree Refinement to research artifacts with repeatable evaluators, including model training, agent harnesses, data synthesis and benchmark optimization. Uses…
Pack57k328kScore 84 - 8#8
Yuan1z0825
Nature Downloader
Use when a user needs lawful academic full text, CNKI institutional access, English OA retrieval, publisher API access, institutional browser fallback, or supporting information downloads.
Pack53k301kScore 84 - 9#9
Nature Paper Card
Build a structured deep-reading Paper Card for one scientific paper, analysing methods, experiment-to-claim evidence, limitations, and research ideas. Use for 论文精读卡、方法拆解、证据链分析; not…
Pack53k301kScore 84 - 10#10
Shubhamsaboo
Advisor Orchestrator Worker
Use when a task is too large for one model pass, needs parallel research or generation across many subtasks (like researching a dozen competitors at once), or the user asks to orchestrate…
Pack144k83kScore 83
What makes a great research skill.
Citations for every claim, with links you can check.
Multiple sources per question and a way to resolve conflicts.
A final synthesis step, not a pile of search results.
All 632 research skills.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochlimitation-and-risk-writer
Acknowledges limitations in sample, design, measurement, and validation in a professional way that improves credibility without undermining the whole paper. Use when writing the limitations…
ScrapeCreators
Social Media Research Skills
ScrapeCreatorsproduct-demand-research
Use when the user wants to validate a product idea, find pain points, mine demand signals, discover objections, or gather voice-of-customer language from Reddit, social posts, video…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochskill-auditor
A comprehensive auditor for any agent skill — including Manus, OpenClaw/ClawHub, Claude, LobeHub, or custom SKILL.md-based skills. Use this skill whenever a user wants to evaluate, audit…
ScrapeCreators
Social Media Research Skills
ScrapeCreatorssocial-listening-brief
Use when the user wants a social listening report about what people are saying about a brand, person, product, topic, category, or niche across public social platforms. Produces cited…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochtarget-journal-matcher
Matches your study to appropriate journals based on topic, design, and evidence strength. Use when deciding where to submit a manuscript, comparing journal options by impact factor vs scope…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivueadd-journal
Use when a target journal has no profile yet. Reads the journal's author guidelines and writes a detailed /write-paper profile plus a compact /find-journal profile, public or user-local…
OpenClaudia
Openclaudia Skills
OpenClaudiaai-citations-report
Generate an AI Citations Report (GEO) for a domain — which AI-search prompts cite the site across Google AI Overview and ChatGPT, plus organic-traffic context and per-article citation…
AlphaGBM
Skills
AlphaGBMalphagbm-options-score
Options Score via the published AlphaGBM interface. Use for this focused function, not as a promise that every website API accepts API keys.
nexscope-aiamazon-competitor-analysis
Full-spectrum Amazon competitor analysis. Compare listings, pricing, reviews, advertising strategy, and market positioning against direct competitors. Identify weaknesses to exploit and…
OpenClaudia
Openclaudia Skills
OpenClaudiabrand-dev
Fetch brand info (name, description, logos, industry) from brand.dev API and save logos locally. Use when the user asks to look up a brand, fetch a logo, get brand info, or add a company…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivuecontribute
Use when sending local changes back to the project (an added journal profile, a fixed checklist item, an adapted skill) or reporting a false positive or bug. Finds what changed, scans it…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivuecross-national
Use when comparing an exposure-outcome association across countries with parallel national surveys (KNHANES, NHANES, CHNS). Harmonizes variables, runs parallel weighted analyses and builds…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivuedefine-variables
Use when exposure, outcome, covariate or eligibility definitions and cutoffs need a citable basis before the protocol. Reads the data dictionary first, then maps each variable to a…
nexscope-aiecommerce-keyword-research
Cross-platform keyword research for e-commerce. Discover high-converting keywords across Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, Google Shopping, TikTok Shop, and Walmart. Analyzes search volume signals…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochfigure-legend-writer
Writes complete, publication-grade figure legends that can stand on their own. Use when writing or revising figure legends for any scientific figure — bar charts, line graphs, scatter…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivuegenerate-codebook
Use when a tabular dataset (CSV, Excel, Parquet, Stata, SAS) needs a data dictionary. Profiles every variable (type, levels, range, missingness) into codebook.md and codebook.json and flags…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivueintake-project
Use when starting or inheriting a radiology research project and need to know what it is. Classifies the project type, summarizes its current state, lists missing inputs, recommends next…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochposter-storyline-builder
Reorganizes a paper into a storyline suitable for scientific posters. Use when planning the section structure, title hierarchy, figure selection, and live-explanation flow for an academic…
brycewang-stanfordai-augmented-economist
Integrate AI tools into economic research, teaching, and policy analysis with attention to privacy and reproducibility.
AlphaGBM
Skills
AlphaGBMalphagbm-iv-rank
Volatility Snapshot via the published AlphaGBM interface. Use for this focused function, not as a promise that every website API accepts API keys.
AlphaGBM
Skills
AlphaGBMalphagbm-stock-analysis
Stock Analysis via the published AlphaGBM interface. Use for this focused function, not as a promise that every website API accepts API keys.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochauthor-response-builder
Turns reviewer comments into structured, professional point-by-point responses linked to manuscript revisions, clarifications, rebuttals, and additional analyses.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochbatch-effect-correction
Use when correcting batch effects in merged bulk expression matrices with sample-level batch metadata while preserving biological group structure and generating before-and-after QC plots…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochclaim-strength-calibrator
Calibrates manuscript claim strength so wording matches the actual evidence level, study design, and validation status.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochconsistency-checker-across-manuscript
Checks consistency across title, abstract, methods, results, figures, tables, and supplements to identify internal contradictions and version drift in biomedical manuscripts.
nexscope-aiebay-product-research
Research profitable products to sell on eBay. Analyze completed listings, sell-through rates, average selling prices, competition density, and seasonal demand patterns.
nexscope-aiebay-seller-tools
Essential tools and software for eBay sellers. Listing tools, repricing, analytics, inventory management, shipping, and research tools to scale your eBay business.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochgraphical-abstract-generator
Converts a biomedical study storyline into a graphical abstract and, when direct image capability is available, generates the graphical abstract directly; otherwise it falls back to…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochintroduction-logic-builder
Builds background-gap-objective logic for biomedical manuscript introductions with clear study positioning and disciplined narrative structure.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochintroduction-section-writer
Writes the full Introduction section of a biomedical manuscript based on an approved or sufficiently clear study logic, while preserving evidence boundaries and introduction discipline.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochlatex-manuscript-format-converter
Converts existing manuscript content into LaTeX format aligned with a target journal, conference, or template while preserving manuscript meaning and structural integrity.
iflyteklinkedin-post-formatter
Draft or reformat copy-paste-ready LinkedIn posts from user-provided ideas and source material. Use for professional posts, concise thought-leadership drafts, resource announcements…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochmedical-english-precision-editor
Improves medical English precision without changing the underlying facts, evidence boundaries, or intended scientific meaning.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochmethods-section-writer
Turns your protocol and analysis workflow into publication-ready Methods text. Use when writing or revising the Methods section of a biomedical manuscript, ensuring it complies with…
sanjay3290
AI Skills
sanjay3290notebooklm
Query and manage Google NotebookLM notebooks with persistent profile auth, source sync, batch/multi queries, and structured exports. Use when user asks to query NotebookLM, 'ask my…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochpaper-sprint-review
Scrum-inspired paper review, revision, and R&R workflow. Handles docx/tex/md/PDF in English or Chinese. Auto-detects manuscript stage, estimates sprint count, runs multi-lens review…
Research skills, explained.
Also searched as: deep research skill, academic research skills, last30days skill, research agent skill.
What are the best Claude skills for research?
Right now the top-ranked research skills on Alyn are Research (Matt Pocock), Customer Research (Corey Haines), Prospecting (Corey Haines). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
What is the last30days skill?
An agent skill by mvanhorn that researches any topic across Reddit, X, YouTube, Hacker News, Polymarket and the web, then synthesizes the results.
Can research skills write academic papers?
Academic packs cover research, writing, review and revision. You stay responsible for checking sources and originality.
How do I install a research skill?
Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.
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