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.
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.
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…
alirezarezvani
Claude Skills
alirezarezvanics-ux-researcher
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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…
Hugging Face
Skills
Hugging Facehf-cli
Hugging Face Hub CLI (`hf`) for downloading, uploading, and managing models, datasets, spaces, buckets, repos, papers, jobs, and more on the Hugging Face Hub. Use when: handling…
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…
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…
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…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94keyword-research
Coordinates keyword research from a seed or existing keyword data through discovery, intent clustering, opportunity assessment and page mapping.
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94github
When the user wants to use GitHub for SEO, parasite SEO, GEO, open source marketing, README optimization, or curated Awesome lists. Also use when the user mentions "GitHub," "GitHub SEO,"…
ScrapeCreators
Social Media Research Skills
ScrapeCreatorsoutlier-post-finder
Use when the user wants to find posts, videos, reels, shorts, tweets, or social content that overperformed versus a creator, brand, or competitor baseline. Finds outliers, explains why they…
ScrapeCreators
Social Media Research Skills
ScrapeCreatorsscrapecreators-api
Scrape and extract public data from 27+ social media platforms using the ScrapeCreators REST API. Covers TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter/X, Reddit, Threads, Bluesky…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningacademic-language-sentence-frame-generator
Generate tiered sentence frames for academic tasks that scaffold language production across proficiency levels. Use when EAL students need structured language support for classroom…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningai-hallucination-fact-check-protocol
Design a fact-checking protocol for AI-generated text, extending SIFT with AI-specific adaptations for hallucination detection. Use when students need to verify AI claims and citations.
lawve-ai
Awesome Legal Skills
lawve-aicitable
Citable builds an interactive cite-checking table for US court filings (briefs, memoranda, petitions, declarations, etc.). Every citation links to its pinpoint location in the record…
lawve-ai
Awesome Legal Skills
lawve-aiclient-instruction-schedule
Build a client instruction schedule — a plain-English, Scott Schedule-style Word table that gathers a struggling client's evidence and instructions issue by issue, with a one-page covering…
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…
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…
Paramchoudhary
ResumeSkills
Paramchoudharyacademic-cv-builder
Format CVs for academic positions with publications, grants, and teaching
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…
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…
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…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipocharxiv-preflight
Run a submission-readiness preflight on a manuscript before arXiv upload. Use when the user is preparing an arXiv submission, asks to check a paper before uploading, mentions hallucinated…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochconference-abstract-writer
Condenses a full study into conference-submission abstract format. Use when adapting a manuscript abstract or study summary to meet a specific conference's word limit, structured format…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochdecision-curve-analysis
Use when evaluating the clinical utility of a binary prediction model from a single clinical CSV file by fitting a logistic decision-curve model, plotting decision and clinical-impact…
nowork-studio
Notfair Plugin
nowork-studiokeyword-research
Discover, analyze, and prioritize keywords for SEO and GEO content strategies from a seed keyword or niche. Identifies high-value opportunities based on search volume, competition, intent…
nowork-studio
Notfair Plugin
nowork-studiolocal-seo
Local SEO and Google Business Profile audit: diagnose why a business isn't ranking in the local pack / map results and produce a fix plan. Covers GBP completeness, NAP (name/address/phone)…
yusufkaraaslanskill-builder
Automatically detect source types and build AI skills using Skill Seekers. Use when the user wants to create skills from documentation, repos, PDFs, videos, or other knowledge sources.
nexscope-aidropshipping-product-research
Product research for dropshipping businesses. Identify profitable products with reliable suppliers, healthy margins, and manageable competition. Evaluates shipping times, return risk, and…
growthenginenowoslawski
Coldoutboundskills
growthenginenowoslawskiauto-research-public
Autonomous cold email campaign launcher. Takes one target company domain, scrapes their website, generates an ICP with Claude, pulls matching leads via Prospeo, enriches emails + company…
kwakseongjaeomd-cjk-type-shader
One effect, done well: 먹 번짐 — a large Korean, Japanese or Chinese display headline that reads as sumi ink printed on hanji. The heading stays real, selectable DOM text in ink color from the…
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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