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.
359 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…
321k33MScore 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…
60k6.3MScore 88 - 3#3
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…
115k1.8MScore 85 - 4#4
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…
57k328kScore 84 - 5#5
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…
57k328kScore 84 - 6#6
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…
57k328kScore 84 - 7#7
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…
144k83kScore 83 - 8#8
mvanhorn
Last30days Skill
mvanhorn
Last30days
Research what people actually say about any topic in the last 30 days. Pulls posts and engagement from Reddit, X, YouTube, TikTok, Hacker News, Polymarket, GitHub, and the web. Includes a…
67k61kScore 82 - 9#9
davila7
Agents Autogpt
Autonomous AI agent platform for building and deploying continuous agents. Use when creating visual workflow agents, deploying persistent autonomous agents, or building complex multi-step…
33k285kScore 80 - 10#10
Agents Crewai
Multi-agent orchestration framework for autonomous AI collaboration. Use when building teams of specialized agents working together on complex tasks, when you need role-based agent…
33k285kScore 80
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 359 research skills.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochconsensus-clustering-analysis
Use when identifying stable sample subtypes from bulk expression matrices with ConsensusClusterPlus, including PAC-based model selection and consensus matrix/CDF visualization. NOT for…
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.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochdecision-tree-analysis
Use when building a decision tree model in R and generating feature importance ranking outputs. Supports classification and regression, automatic task detection, parameter validation, model…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochdeg-screening-analysis
Use when screening differentially expressed genes from a bulk expression matrix between two user-specified groups, producing DEG tables, a volcano plot, and a clustered heatmap. Triggers…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochdifferential-expression-analysis
Use when analyzing bulk RNA-seq or microarray expression data to identify differentially expressed genes between two biological groups (case vs control), with volcano plots and heatmap…
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
aipochelastic-net-feature-selection
Use when selecting predictive genes or other molecular features from bulk expression matrices for binary case-vs-control classification with elastic net logistic regression, including…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochestimate-immune-score-analysis
Use this skill to compute ESTIMATE immune-related microenvironment scores from a bulk expression matrix, generate an ESTIMATE score heatmap, and optionally generate group-wise ESTIMATE…
nexscope-aietsy-competitor-analysis
Competitor research — pricing comparison, bestseller analysis, differentiation strategy
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochexternal-model-validation
Use when validating an existing prognostic risk signature on an external bulk expression cohort with survival outcomes, producing risk scores, Kaplan-Meier curves, risk distribution plots…
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.
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…
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…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochreference-integrity-checker
Checks whether manuscript references are accurately matched to claims, appropriately scoped, and not overextended, misquoted, or second-hand cited.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochreporting-guideline-compliance-checker
Checks biomedical manuscripts against reporting guidelines such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, and TRIPOD to identify missing or weak reporting elements before submission or revision.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochresults-section-structurer
Organizes biomedical figures, analyses, and result blocks into a clear Results section structure with disciplined narrative ordering and evidence-aware presentation.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochresults-section-writer
Writes the full Results section of a biomedical manuscript from a sufficiently clear result structure, figure inventory, or analysis summary while preserving evidence boundaries and result…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochrevision-strategy-planner
Builds prioritized manuscript revision plans for major or minor revisions by separating comments that require experiments, analyses, clarification, restructuring, or wording changes.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochslide-deck-for-lab-meeting
Structures research progress into focused and actionable slides for lab meetings or project reviews without inventing missing content.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochtable-narrative-writer
Converts biomedical table content into clear manuscript or presentation narrative by prioritizing meaningful patterns, contrasts, and interpretation boundaries rather than restating every…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochtitle-and-abstract-optimizer
Optimizes manuscript titles and abstracts for information density, factual accuracy, and submission fit in biomedical research writing.
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochcover-letter-drafter
Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission. Use when preparing a submission package, communicating the manuscript's contributions and journal fit to editors, or tailoring…
lawve-ai
Awesome Legal Skills
lawve-aijurisrank
Argentine Supreme Court citation network analysis using JurisRank — a peer-reviewed PageRank algorithm with temporal decay for measuring jurisprudential authority. Ranks precedents by…
Ryze-AI-Adgentkeyword-research
Keyword research from a seed topic — ideas, real Google volume/CPC, intent, difficulty, clustered into a plan. Use when asked to "find keywords", "keyword research for X", "what should I…
Ryze-AI-Adgentrank-tracking
Rank tracking without a tracker subscription — position movers between any two periods from real Search Console data. Use when asked "how are my rankings", "what moved this week/month"…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochlay-summary-for-cross-disciplinary-teams
Rewrites technical research content into a structured lay summary that cross-disciplinary teams can quickly understand and act on. Use when the user wants to explain research to colleagues…
Weizhenaresearch-add-fields
Add field definitions to existing research outline.
Weizhenaresearch-add-items
Add items (research objects) to existing research outline.
questflowaili-lu-value
Use when evaluating Li Lu-style value investments: circle of competence, long-term compounding, deep research, conservative downside, China/global quality businesses, and concentrated…
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…
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), Source Driven Development (Addy Osmani). 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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