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.
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227novelty-assessment
Assess research idea novelty through systematic literature search. Multi-round search-evaluate loops with harsh critic persona. Binary novel/not-novel decision with justification. Use…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227paper-compilation
Compile LaTeX papers to PDF with automatic error detection, chktex style checking, and citation/reference validation. Runs the full pdflatex + bibtex pipeline. Use when the user wants to…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227paper-to-code
Convert an ML research paper into a complete, runnable code repository. 3-stage pipeline from Paper2Code — Planning (UML + dependency graph) → Analysis (per-file logic) → Coding…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227related-work-writing
Write Related Work sections that compare and contrast prior work with your approach. Organize by theme, cite broadly, and explain how your work differs. Use when writing or improving the…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227research-planning
Design research plans and paper architectures. Given a research topic or idea, generate structured plans with methodology outlines, paper structure, dependency-ordered task lists, UML…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227survey-generation
Generate complete academic survey papers using multi-LLM parallel outline generation, RAG-based subsection writing, citation validation, and local coherence enhancement. Based on AutoSurvey…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227symbolic-equation
Discover scientific equations from data using LLM-guided evolutionary search (LLM-SR). Multi-island algorithm with softmax-based cluster sampling, island reset, and LLM-proposed equation…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227algorithm-design
Design algorithms with LaTeX pseudocode and UML diagrams. Generate algorithmic environments, Mermaid class/sequence diagrams, and ensure consistency between pseudocode and implementation…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227code-debugging
Debug experiment code with structured error analysis. Categorize errors, apply targeted fixes with retry logic, and use reflection to prevent recurring issues. Use when experiment code…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227math-reasoning
Formal mathematical reasoning for research papers — derive equations, write proofs, formalize problem settings, select statistical tests, and generate LaTeX math notation. Use when the user…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227paper-revision
Revise papers based on reviewer feedback. Map reviewer concerns to specific sections, apply targeted edits, run additional experiments if needed, and verify improvements. Use after…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227paper-writing-section
Write a specific section of an academic paper (Abstract, Introduction, Background, Related Work, Methods, Experiments, Results, Discussion/Conclusion) with section-specific guidance and…
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227rebuttal-writing
Write point-by-point rebuttals to reviewer comments. Extract concerns from reviews, generate evidence-based responses, and format as a structured rebuttal document. Use after receiving peer…
cookjohncnki-parse-results
Parse current CNKI search results page into structured paper data (title, authors, journal, date, citations). Use after a search has been performed and you need to extract the results.
zamesin
Next Move Theory Canon And Skills
zamesinnmt-analyze-interviews
Take one or many customer-interview files and extract the AJTBD structure — segments by Core Jobs and success criteria, personas, Consideration Set, existing Solutions and Problems, value…
zamesin
Next Move Theory Canon And Skills
zamesinnmt-chat
Talk to a senior product advisor who thinks in Ivan Zamesin's Next Move Theory / Advanced Jobs To Be Done methodology (distinct from generic Christensen JTBD). A conversational, multi-turn…
cookjohncnki-download
Download a paper PDF/CAJ from CNKI. Requires user to be logged in. Use when user wants to download a specific paper.
cookjohngs-search
Search Google Scholar for academic papers by keywords. Returns results with title, authors, journal, year, citation count, and full-text links. Use when the user wants to search Google…
cookjohngs-cited-by
Find papers that cite a given Google Scholar paper. Tracks citation chains using data-cid (cluster ID). Use when user wants to see who cited a specific paper.
cookjohngs-navigate-pages
Navigate Google Scholar search result pages. Use when user wants to see more results or go to a specific page.
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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