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.
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchsentencepiece
Language-independent tokenizer treating text as raw Unicode. Supports BPE and Unigram algorithms. Fast (50k sentences/sec), lightweight (6MB memory), deterministic vocabulary. Used by T5…
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchsimpo-training
Simple Preference Optimization for LLM alignment. Reference-free alternative to DPO with better performance (+6.4 points on AlpacaEval 2.0). No reference model needed, more efficient than…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMinducsc-conservation-and-tfbs
Fetch Evolutionary Conservation scores (phyloP, phastCons) and Transcription Factor Binding Sites (TFBS) from the UCSC Genome Browser. Use when analyzing whether genomic variants or regions…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMinduniprot-database
Access protein metadata, function, taxonomy, and sequences across UniProtKB, UniParc, and UniRef. Use when searching for proteins, mapping identifiers, or retrieving functional annotations…
wanshuiyin
Auto Claude Code Research In Sleep
wanshuiyinablation-planner
Use when main results pass result-to-claim (claim_supported=yes or partial) and ablation studies are needed for paper submission.
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchconstitutional-ai
Anthropic's method for training harmless AI through self-improvement. Two-phase approach - supervised learning with self-critique/revision, then RLAIF (RL from AI Feedback). Use for safety…
wanshuiyin
Auto Claude Code Research In Sleep
wanshuiyinfigure-description
Process user-provided patent figures and generate formal drawing descriptions. Use when user says "附图处理", "figure description", "附图说明", "drawings description", or wants to describe patent…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindfoldseek-structural-search
Performs 3D structural searches of proteins against various databases (PDB, AlphaFold, CATH, MGnify, etc.) using the Foldseek API. Use ONLY when the user provides a physical 3D coordinate…
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchllamaguard
Meta's 7-8B specialized moderation model for LLM input/output filtering. 6 safety categories - violence/hate, sexual content, weapons, substances, self-harm, criminal planning. 94-95%…
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchnemo-guardrails
NVIDIA's runtime safety framework for LLM applications. Features jailbreak detection, input/output validation, fact-checking, hallucination detection, PII filtering, toxicity detection…
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchprompt-guard
Meta's 86M prompt injection and jailbreak detector. Filters malicious prompts and third-party data for LLM apps. 99%+ TPR, <1% FPR. Fast (<2ms GPU). Multilingual (8 languages). Deploy with…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindprotein-sequence-msa
Performs multiple sequence alignment of proteins with EBI Clustal Omega. Use when you need to align multiple sequences to assess similarity, domain conservation, or key residue…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindpubchem-database
Query PubChem, search by name/CID/SMILES, retrieve properties, similarity/substructure searches, bioactivity, for cheminformatics. Use when a user asks about a specific chemical, drug, or…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindquickgo-database
Query the QuickGO and Evidence & Conclusion Ontology (ECO) REST API. Use this when you need to map genes to biological processes, molecular functions, or cellular components, find genes…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindunibind-database
Queries the UniBind database for experimentally validated transcription factor (TF) binding sites. Use when retrieving direct TF-DNA interaction datasets, downloading binding site…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindalphafold-database-fetch-and-analyze
Retrieve and analyze AlphaFold predicted structures for a protein. Use when the user provides a specific UniProt Accession ID and wants structural confidence metrics (pLDDT), domain…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindalphagenome-atlas-website-links
Constructs deep-links and URLs for the AlphaGenome Atlas website. Supports generating single-variant exploration links (1-based VCF-style coordinates), genomic locus views (1-based closed…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindalphagenome-variant-impact-score
Score, annotate, and analyze the functional impact of genetic variants using AlphaGenome Variant Impact (AVI) scores. Query variants in chr:pos:ref>alt format, annotate VCF/tabular…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindjaspar-database
Query the JASPAR database for Transcription Factor (TF) binding profiles. Use when retrieving Position Frequency Matrices (PFMs) or Position Weight Matrices (PWMs) for specific TFs…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindliterature-search-arxiv
Search for scientific papers, preprints, and publications on arXiv. Extract metadata, abstracts, and download full-text PDFs or HTML versions of papers. Use when the user asks to find…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindpymol
Visualize, analyze, and render protein and molecular structures using PyMOL. Use when the user wants to create images of protein structures, perform structural alignments or superposition…
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchllama-factory
Expert guidance for fine-tuning LLMs with LLaMA-Factory - WebUI no-code, 100+ models, 2/3/4/5/6/8-bit QLoRA, multimodal support
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Researchunsloth
Expert guidance for fast fine-tuning with Unsloth - 2-5x faster training, 50-80% less memory, LoRA/QLoRA optimization
wanshuiyin
Auto Claude Code Research In Sleep
wanshuiyinanalyze-results
Analyze ML experiment results, compute statistics, generate comparison tables and insights. Use when user says "analyze results", "compare", or needs to interpret experimental data.
AgriciDanielblog
Full-lifecycle blog engine with 31 sub-skills, 12 templates, 100-point scoring, and 5 agents. Routes requests to the right sub-skill: writing, rewriting, analysis, outlines, audits, schema…
AgriciDanielblog-cluster
Semantic topic cluster planning and automated execution engine for claude-blog. Performs SERP-based keyword research, groups keywords by search intent and SERP overlap, builds a…
AgriciDanielblog-discourse
Research what people are actually saying about a topic in the last 30 days across Reddit, X / Twitter, YouTube, Hacker News, dev.to, Medium, and other public discourse platforms. API-free…
AgriciDanielblog-translate
Translate existing blog posts into one or more target languages with SEO-optimized localization. Produces native-quality translations that preserve markdown structure, frontmatter, schema…
AgriciDanielblog-write
Write a new blog article from scratch for Google rankings and AI citations, then take it through the delivery gates. Generates the full article with template selection, answer-first…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindgnomad-database
Query the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Use when determining the rarity or allele frequency of specific genetic variants, retrieving gene constraint metrics (pLI, LOEUF) to assess…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindstring-database
Query the STRING database for protein-protein interactions (PPIs), functional enrichment, and homology. Use when the user asks about interactions between specific proteins, interaction…
AgriciDanielclaude-blog-brain
Scaffold and operate Claude Blog Brain, a source-cited Obsidian brain for blog content creation, optimization, and management dual-optimized for Google rankings (E-E-A-T, the 2026 core…
AgriciDanielblog-analyze
Score one blog post (or a folder of posts) on a 5-category 100-point scale covering content quality, SEO, E-E-A-T, technical elements, and AI citation readiness. Runs the deterministic…
AgriciDanielblog-audit
Full-site blog health assessment scanning all blog files for quality scores, orphan pages, topic cannibalization, stale content, and AI citation readiness. Runs canonical batch analysis…
AgriciDanielblog-cannibalization
Detect keyword cannibalization across blog posts by extracting primary keywords from titles and headings, clustering semantically similar targets, and flagging posts competing for the same…
AgriciDanielblog-decay
Compare two Google Search Console page exports (current vs previous period) to flag pages whose clicks or impressions fell by a chosen threshold, with a triage hint (refresh, query shift…
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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