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.
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchfine-tuning-with-trl
Fine-tune LLMs using reinforcement learning with TRL - SFT for instruction tuning, DPO for preference alignment, PPO/GRPO for reward optimization, and reward model training. Use when need…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindalphagenome-single-variant-analysis
Analyzes genetic variant effects on gene expression (RNA-seq), chromatin accessibility (DNASE), histone marks (ChIP), and transcription factors using the AlphaGenome API. Use when the user…
deanpeters
Product Manager Skills
deanpetersbattle-card-builder
Research and draft a competitive battle card from public evidence — every claim labeled and sourced. Use when a rep needs a field-action card, not a research report.
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindchembl-database
Query the ChEMBL database for bioactive molecules, drug targets, bioactivity data, approved drugs, and chemical structures. Use when the user asks about compounds, targets, IC50/Ki values…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindclinvar-database
Use when needing clinical significance, pathogenicity classifications (e.g., Pathogenic, Benign, VUS), clinical evidence rationales, or finding "hard positive" benchmark controls for human…
deanpeters
Product Manager Skills
deanpeterscompany-research
Create a company research brief with executive quotes, product strategy, and org context. Use when preparing for interviews, competitive analysis, partnerships, or market-entry work.
zhaoxuya520competition-bundle-sourcemap-recovery
Internal downstream skill for ctf-sandbox-orchestrator. CTF-sandbox workflow for source maps, build manifests, chunk registries, emitted bundles, obfuscated loader flow, and frontend…
deanpeters
Product Manager Skills
deanpeterscompetitive-research-snapshot
Research a competitive landscape with cited snapshots, a comparison matrix, and so-what implications. Use when a product decision needs competitive grounding, not a market report.
tradermontyedge-pipeline-orchestrator
Orchestrate the full edge research pipeline from candidate detection through strategy design, review, revision, and export. Use when coordinating multi-stage edge research workflows…
teng-lin
Notebooklm Py
teng-linnotebooklm
Install, authenticate, troubleshoot, and operate Gemini Notebook through the notebooklm-py CLI or typed async Python API. Use for notebook and source management, grounded chat and research…
MengTox-bookmark-quote-posts
Check a user's latest X/Twitter bookmarks and turn recent saved posts into source-backed quote-post drafts calibrated against the user's latest 100 authored posts. Use when asked to review…
tw93learn
Runs a six-phase research workflow from source bundle to publish-ready output. Use when researching an unfamiliar domain or compiling materials into one reference. Not for quick lookups or…
AgriciDanielblog-audio
Paid Gemini TTS audio for a finished blog post: summary, full read-aloud, or two-speaker dialogue, with an MP3 and an HTML5 embed. Asks for explicit consent before the first paid call. Runs…
AgriciDanielblog-google
Credentialed Google API calls for a blog: PageSpeed Insights, CrUX history, Search Console performance and URL Inspection, GA4 organic traffic, Cloud NLP entities, YouTube video search…
AgriciDanielblog-notebooklm
Query a user's Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) for source-grounded answers through a logged-in browser session on their Google account. Uses the account's usage limits and writes…
browserbase
Skills
browserbasecompany-research
Company discovery and deep research skill. Researches a company's product and ICP, discovers target companies to sell to using Browserbase Search API, deeply researches each using a…
browserbase
Skills
browserbasecompetitor-analysis
Competitor research and intelligence skill. Takes a user's company (with optional seed competitor URLs), auto-discovers additional competitors via Browserbase Search API, deeply researches…
muratcankoylancomprehensive-research-agent
Ensure thorough validation, error recovery, and transparent reasoning in research tasks with multiple tool calls
Hugging Face
Skills
Hugging Facehuggingface-papers
Look up and read Hugging Face paper pages in markdown, and use the papers API for structured metadata such as authors, linked models/datasets/spaces, Github repo and project page. Use when…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhuproduct-feed-optimizer
Use when the user asks to "optimize my Shopping feed", "fix product disapprovals", "improve product titles/attributes", or "build feed-driven PMax asset groups"; audits and rewrites the…
daymadebilibili-source
Fetches real, citable Bilibili (B站) video data — stats, metadata, tags, and full danmaku text — via login-free API calls, never hand-typed or estimated. Use when citing view/like/favorite…
daymadecompetitors-analysis
Clones and audits competitor repositories into evidence-based intelligence with file:line citations. Use to track competitors, add a competitor repo, review competitor code, compare…
daymadedeep-research
Creates reusable, source-traced research reports and coordinates provider/mode lanes with original exports. Use for 深度研究, 调研报告, literature reviews, market or company research, and…
himself65
Finance Skills
himself65opencli-reader
Generic read-only fallback for sources opencli supports but no dedicated skill covers: finance sites (Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Reuters, Barchart, Eastmoney, Xueqiu, Sinafinance)…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhuaudience-segment-builder
Use when the user asks to "build audience segments from my customer list", "make value-based / lookalike seed lists", "set up exclusion / suppression segments", or "map audiences to funnel…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhucampaign-architect
Use when the user asks to "plan my paid account structure", "pick Search vs PMax", "lay out ad groups / asset groups", or "audit paid-vs-organic cannibalization"; designs campaign-type…
career-ops-hq
Career Ops
career-ops-hqcareer-ops-plugin-apify
How to scan a job source through an Apify actor as a keyed provider.
ljagiello
Ctf Skills
ljagielloctf-osint
Provides open source intelligence techniques for CTF challenges. Use when gathering information from public sources, social media, geolocation, DNS records, username enumeration, reverse…
ReScienceLab
Opc Skills
ReScienceLabrequesthunt
Generate user demand research reports from real user feedback. Scrape and analyze feature requests, complaints, and questions from Reddit, X, GitHub, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Amazon. Use when…
OpenSenseNovasn-deep-research
用于用户请求深度研究、系统性研究、竞品分析、方案对比、趋势分析或事实核查时。**遇到以下任一情况就主动使用本 skill，不要自行搜几条就回答**：①用户出现触发词：深度研究 / 深度调研 / 深入研究 / 全面研究 / 系统研究 / 调研 / 调查 / 尽调 / 行业研究 / 市场研究 / 竞品分析 / 政策研究 / 技术研究 / 趋势研究 / 事实核查 / 写一份研究报告…
OpenSenseNovasn-search-academic
用于学术调研、论文精读、相关工作梳理、百科知识查询和引用链追溯。
appeekyaso-audit
When the user wants a full ASO health audit, review their App Store listing quality, or diagnose why their app isn't ranking. Also use when the user mentions "ASO audit", "ASO score", "why…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94competitor-research
When the user wants to find competitors for a product or website, assess substitutes, or analyze competition for content, search visibility, backlinks or positioning. Also use when the user…
davidondrej
Skills
davidondrejdeepapi
Use DeepAPI for all web search, deep research, and web scraping (websites, LinkedIn, GitHub, X/Twitter, YouTube, Instagram) instead of built-in search, research, fetch, or browser tools…
appeekycompetitor-analysis
When the user wants to analyze competitors' App Store strategy, find keyword gaps, or understand competitive positioning. Also use when the user mentions "competitor analysis", "competitive…
appeekykeyword-research
When the user wants to discover, evaluate, or prioritize App Store keywords. Also use when the user mentions "keyword research", "find keywords", "search volume", "keyword difficulty"…
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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