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.
cookiy-aiuser-research-cookiy
End-to-end user research assistant — qualitative and quantitative. Use this skill whenever the user mentions user research, user interviews, discussion guides, interview guides, research…
Microsoftadd-knowledge
Add a knowledge source (public website or SharePoint) to a Copilot Studio agent. Use when the user asks to add a knowledge source, documentation URL, website, or SharePoint site for the…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitoraffiliate-check
Live affiliate program data from openaffiliate.dev. Search programs, compare commissions, check cookie days, find top performers. Use when researching affiliate programs, comparing options…
irinabuht12-osscitation-source-gap-finder
Find the exact pages AI assistants cite when answering questions in your category, and identify which ones you can get into. Claude clusters the cited sources, scores each by attainability…
questflowaidengxiaofeng-cycle-industry
Use when evaluating stocks through Deng Xiaofeng's cycle-and-industry lens: deep industry research, cycle position awareness, supply-demand dynamics, and buying leaders at cycle bottoms.
lingzhi227
Agent Research Skills
lingzhi227excalidraw-skill
Programmatic canvas toolkit for creating, editing, and refining Excalidraw diagrams via MCP tools with real-time canvas sync. Use when an agent needs to (1) draw or lay out diagrams on a…
ArtemXTech
Personal Os Skills
ArtemXTechnotebooklm-import
Import NotebookLM notebooks into your Obsidian vault as linked knowledge graphs. Sources become wikilink-able files, Q&A answers get citations resolved to [[wikilinks]] with passage-level…
zsygggpaper-analyzer
将学术论文转化为深度HTML长文。6轮强制工作流、代码仓库搜索、公式渲染、Mermaid图表。 3种写作风格，输出可直接分享的精美HTML页面。
Gabberflast
Academic Pptx Skill
Gabberflastacademic-pptx
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create or improve a presentation for an academic context — conference papers, seminar talks, thesis defenses, grant briefings, lab meetings…
cookjohncnki-export
Export paper from CNKI and push to Zotero, or save as RIS file. Use when user wants to save a paper to Zotero or export citation data.
Prat011content-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…
questflowaidelphi-thematic-crypto
Use when evaluating crypto sectors through a Delphi-style thematic research lens: sector maps, tokenomics, narrative timing, and research-driven crypto allocation.
Prat011lead-research-assistant
Identifies high-quality leads for your product or service by analyzing your business, searching for target companies, and providing actionable contact strategies. Perfect for sales…
Prat011notion-research-documentation
Searches across your Notion workspace, synthesizes findings from multiple pages, and creates comprehensive research documentation saved as new Notion pages. Turns scattered information into…
zsygggpaper-comic
论文方法图解——用视觉图解彻底讲清楚一篇论文到底做了什么、怎么做的。 自动分析论文核心方法，先推荐封面/概述图/机制细节图的生成方案，必须由用户确认范围、张数、语言、风格后再生成。 支持温暖笔记风和论文框架图风。
bevibing
Tutor Skills
bevibingtutor-setup
Transforms knowledge sources into an Obsidian StudyVault. Two modes: (1) Document Mode — PDF/text/web sources → study notes with practice questions. (2) Codebase Mode — source code project…
explorium-ai
GTM Skills
explorium-aiaccount-research
Account research skill for Claude Code and Codex: generate a high-signal company intelligence brief including firmographics, technographics, funding history, hiring signals, business…
Microckarxiv-search
Search arXiv preprint repository for papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, and related fields
explorium-ai
GTM Skills
explorium-aicontact-research
Contact research skill for Claude Code and Codex: given a list of people, match and enrich each one with Vibe Prospecting — verified work email, LinkedIn, direct phone, current role, work…
Spielewoyap-researcher
Report the compatibility redirect to `ap-worker`; this retired role cannot perform new work.
cookjohncnki-paper-detail
Extract full paper details from a CNKI paper page including title, authors, affiliations, abstract, keywords, fund, classification. Use when the user needs detailed information about a…
explorium-ai
GTM Skills
explorium-aicompetitor-research
Competitive intelligence skill for Claude Code and Codex: build a fact-led competitive brief or side-by-side battlecard on one or more rival companies using real-time firmographics…
lingxling
Awesome Skills Cn
lingxlingcontent-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…
lingxling
Awesome Skills Cn
lingxlinglead-research-assistant
Identifies high-quality leads for your product or service by analyzing your business, searching for target companies, and providing actionable contact strategies. Perfect for sales…
Lupynowmath-modeling-paper
数学建模竞赛论文写作全流程指导。覆盖国赛(CUMCM)和美赛(MCM/ICM)，从论文结构规划、各章节撰写、模型检验、参考文献规范到最终格式检查。与math-modeling-solver形成"解题→写作"配对——可接收solver输出的论文草稿片段直接展开写作。当用户提及数学建模论文写作、建模比赛、国赛/美赛/电工杯/亚太杯/深圳杯/华…
zamesin
Next Move Theory Canon And Skills
zamesinnmt-craft-value-proposition
Generate the strongest possible Value Proposition for a chosen segment using Ivan Zamesin's AJTBD / Next Move Theory methodology (distinct from generic Christensen JTBD). Input — a…
zamesin
Next Move Theory Canon And Skills
zamesinnmt-market-research
Run market research for a product or feature idea using Ivan Zamesin's AJTBD / Next Move Theory methodology (distinct from generic Christensen JTBD). Output — an A4 one-pager with a GO /…
zamesin
Next Move Theory Canon And Skills
zamesinnmt-product-requirements
Turn a chosen segment + Core Jobs into a build-ready PRD (full functionality + edge cases) using Ivan Zamesin's AJTBD / Next Move Theory methodology. Consumes upstream work (segments from…
alirezarezvani
Claude Code Skill Factory
alirezarezvaniprompt-factory
World-class prompt powerhouse that generates production-ready mega-prompts for any role, industry, and task through intelligent 7-question flow, 69 comprehensive presets across 15…
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers Skills
Jesse VincentTracing Knowledge Lineages
Understand how ideas evolved over time to find old solutions for new problems and avoid repeating past failures
gulucaptain
Best Paper Writing Skill
gulucaptainbestpaper-writing
Draft or rewrite the title, Abstract, Introduction, Method and Experiments of an ML/CV paper in the style of CVPR/ICCV/NeurIPS best papers, distilled from 60 award papers, and plan and draw…
cookjohncnki-search
Search CNKI (中国知网) for papers by keyword. Use when the user wants to find academic papers on a topic.
199-biotechnologies
Claude Deep Research Skill
199-biotechnologiesdeep-research
Use when the user needs multi-source research with citation tracking, evidence persistence, and structured report generation. Triggers on "deep research", "comprehensive analysis"…
sno-aifirst-principles-review
MANUAL-ONLY: challenge a product idea, design, PRD, or architecture from first principles. Use only when the user names this skill. Research first, then write a local review and PRD handoff.
JuneYaooo
Teacher To Skills
JuneYaoooteacher-to-skills
Distill a teacher into a coaching Skill. Turn their courses, books, video, audio, PDFs, slides, transcripts, OCR, notes, and long-form materials into source-grounded learning Skills that…
alirezarezvani
Claude Code Skill Factory
alirezarezvanicontent-trend-researcher
Advanced content and topic research skill that analyzes trends across Google Analytics, Google Trends, Substack, Medium, Reddit, LinkedIn, X, blogs, podcasts, and YouTube to generate…
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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