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.
nexscope-aicompetitor-price-analysis
Competitor pricing strategy analysis and market positioning. Price mapping, pricing gaps identification, elasticity signals evaluation, and strategic pricing optimization. Use when the user…
davidondrej
Skills
davidondrejdeep-research
Run deep research through DeepAPI and save a report with sources. Use when asked for deep research, DeepAPI research, or Perplexity deep research.
nexscope-aiecommerce-competitor-analysis
Cross-platform ecommerce competitor analysis and strategic intelligence. Multi-channel presence evaluation, strategy assessment, positioning analysis, and competitive benchmarking. Use when…
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainesradar
When you want to monitor known sources on a schedule and feed the good stuff into your second brain. Configure sources once (YouTube, RSS/newsletters, subreddits, Hacker News, Bluesky…
posit-dev
Skills
posit-devrelease-post
Create professional package release blog posts following Tidyverse or Shiny blog conventions. Use when the user needs to: (1) Write a release announcement blog post for an R or Python…
MoizIbnYousaf
AI Agent Skills
MoizIbnYousafverification-agent
Verify claims, quotations, citations and references against live primary sources, and produce a reproducible audit record instead of an assertion. Use when asked to: check whether a…
dzhngxiaohei-illustrations
Generate Ian-style Xiaohei illustrations for articles, posts, blogs, Notion documents, workflows, methods, processes, structures, states, metaphors, and opinions. Use when the user asks for…
Paramchoudhary
ResumeSkills
Paramchoudharyacademic-cv-builder
Format CVs for academic positions with publications, grants, and teaching
LeoYeAI
Agent Master Skills
LeoYeAIacademic-research-hub
Use this skill when users need to search academic papers, download research documents, extract citations, or gather scholarly information. Triggers include: requests to "find papers on"…
dzhngauto-research
Run fast, progressive experiments to map tunable parameters and their effects. Use when optimizing code, prompts, configurations, or other artifacts against a goal or benchmark, or when a…
ScrapeCreators
Social Media Research Skills
ScrapeCreatorscomment-mining
Use when the user wants to mine comments and replies for audience reactions, customer language, questions, objections, complaints, product ideas, buying intent, sentiment, or…
RefoundAI
Lenny Skills
RefoundAIcompetitive-strategy
Help users identify sources of durable competitive power, evaluate market threats, and design products that are uniquely differentiated rather than just better versions of existing tools.
OpenClaudia
Openclaudia Skills
OpenClaudiacompetitor-analysis
Conduct full competitor strategy breakdowns across SEO, ads, social, email, pricing, and positioning. Use when the user asks to analyze competitors, benchmark against rivals, understand…
foryourhealth111-pixelcontent-research-writer
Assists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on each section. Transforms your…
OpenClaudia
Openclaudia Skills
OpenClaudiadomain-research
Research domain WHOIS data and check marketplace listings. Use when the user says "domain lookup", "check domain", "WHOIS", "domain availability", "buy domain", "domain research", "who owns…
Pluviobyte
Rnskill
Pluviobyteeditorial-collage-motion
将参考图或简要描述解码为可编辑的半色调纸张拼贴规范，默认使用 Codex 内置 image_gen 生成品牌一致的静帧和透明图层，再用本地 FFmpeg 或 HyperFrames 制作“从空背景逐件组装”的确定性动态视频。用户提到半色调拼贴、纸张拼贴、剪纸拼贴、编辑式拼贴、杂志拼贴、复古印刷拼贴、拼贴动效、拼贴动画、剪纸动画、纸片组装、…
plugin87prototype
Move an idea up the fidelity ladder (content-first → wireframe → low-fi → high-fi → code) with a validation plan at each level, plus user-journey mapping and usability-testing scripts. Use…
muxuuu
Serenity Skill
muxuuuserenity-skill
Research technology and advanced-manufacturing investments using Serenity-inspired supply-chain bottleneck analysis. Use for theme scans, company thesis challenges, candidate comparisons…
iflytekzero-slop
Inspect or rewrite prose that sounds formulaic while preserving source facts, voice, and format. Use for de-slopping, humanizing, prose audits, or a final writing-quality gate. Do not use…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivueacademic-aio
Use when a medical AI paper should be found and cited by AI search engines and RAG tools. Optimizes the title, abstract, summary box (Key Points, Research in Context), keywords, preprint…
Microsoft
Power Platform Skills
Microsoftadd-data-source
Guide the user to add a data source, connection, or API connector to a Canvas App via Power Apps Studio, then verify and continue. USE WHEN the user asks to add a data source, add a…
AlphaGBM
Skills
AlphaGBMalphagbm-options-research
Compare option candidates and score components, with funding, expiry and assignment risks. Use when the user asks to options strategies with AlphaGBM. Use the bundled Python runner; never…
AlphaGBM
Skills
AlphaGBMalphagbm-research-reader
Find published research and institutional views with sources, dates and related assets. Use when the user asks to research reports with AlphaGBM. Use the bundled Python runner; never…
nexscope-aiamazon-niche-finder
Profitable niche discovery for Amazon sellers. Identifies underserved markets with high demand but low competition. Analyzes market gaps, emerging segments, and untapped opportunities…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivueanalyze-stats
Use when data needs statistical analysis. Runs reproducible Python/R code for Table 1, diagnostic accuracy, agreement, regression, survival, propensity score, survey-weighted and…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivueauthor-strategy
Use when analyzing a researcher's publication record from PubMed. Fetches an author's papers, classifies study types and author position, charts the patterns and writes a strategy report…
lawve-ai
Awesome Legal Skills
lawve-aicps-rca-central-african-republic-jeanne-sulzer
Méthodologie « verification-first » pour la Cour Pénale Spéciale de Centrafrique (cour hybride, siège à Bangui). Toute citation est vérifiée (JusticeInfo, FIDH, HRW, legal-tools.org ; les…
posit-dev
Skills
posit-devcreate-release-checklist
Create a release checklist and GitHub issue for an R package. Use when the user asks to "create a release checklist" or "start a release" for an R package.
bitwize-music-studio
Claude AI Music Skills
bitwize-music-studiodocument-hunter
Searches and retrieves documents from free public sources using automated browser navigation. Use when research needs primary source documents like court filings, government reports, or…
posit-dev
Skills
posit-devmaintainer-decline
Guide for drafting issue closure and decline responses as an open-source package maintainer. Use when helping compose a reply that says "no" to a feature request, closes an issue as…
danjdewhurstresearch
This skill should be used when the user asks to "research", "fact-check", "check the history", "is this accurate", "research notes", "sources", "historical accuracy", "technical accuracy"…
databricks
Databricks Agent Skills
databricksspark-python-data-source
Build custom Python data sources for Apache Spark using the PySpark DataSource API — batch and streaming readers/writers for external systems. Use this skill whenever someone wants to…
mohitagw15856academic-cv
Build or tailor an academic CV for faculty, postdoc, research or fellowship applications: publications, grants, teaching, supervision and service in the order the field expects, with…
dongshuyanacademic-humanizer
Draft, audit, or minimally revise English- or Chinese-language academic prose to reduce formulaic, vacuous, mechanically repetitive, or process-leaking language while preserving claims…
Microsoft
Power Platform Skills
Microsoftadd-datasource
Adds a data source or connector to a Power Apps code app. Asks what the user wants to accomplish and routes to the appropriate specialized skill.
AlphaGBM
Skills
AlphaGBMalphagbm-dca-plan
Build a contribution schedule and calculate a supplied price-path cost basis without predicting returns. Use when the user asks to dollar-cost averaging with AlphaGBM. Use the bundled…
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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