Research
Research tools and academic skills
3205 skills in this category
Subcategories
context7
Up-to-date library documentation retrieval using Context7 MCP tools. Process THINK → RESOLVE → FETCH → APPLY. Use when fetching library docs, resolving package names to IDs, getting implementation guides, exploring API references. Provides package resolution strategy, trust score evaluation, token scaling (3K-20K), topic selection patterns.
design-guide
Ensures modern, professional UI design across SwiftUI, Android, and web platforms. Use when building ANY user interface components including buttons, forms, cards, layouts, navigation, or complete screens. Enforces clean minimal design, neutral color palettes with one accent color, 8px grid spacing system, proper typography hierarchy, and clear interactive states. Always reference before creating or modifying UI elements.
recovering-from-bad-git-state
Techniques for diagnosing and recovering from corrupted git state, orphaned worktrees, and inconsistent branch references.
shipany-page-builder
Create new dynamic pages from a short spec (keywords, route/path, reference content).
git-reference-manager
Safely introduce external Git repositories as reference materials. Responsible for managing the `_reference` directory, ensuring external code is read-only and does not pollute the project's version control.
market-price-research
Research fair market prices for second-hand items in Melbourne, Australia by analyzing recent sold listings on eBay.com.au. Use when users ask about pricing, value, or "what's it worth" for used items.
qwen-pqn-research-coordinator
Qwen PQN Research Coordinator
ungit
Fetch code from GitHub repositories as LLM-friendly context. Use when needing to reference, analyze, or understand code from a GitHub repo/directory/file.
presentation-generator
Generate interactive HTML presentations with neobrutalism styling, ASCII art decorations, and Agency brand colors. Outputs HTML (interactive with navigation), PNG (individual slides via Playwright), and PDF. References brand-agency skill for colors and typography. Use when creating presentations, slide decks, pitch materials, or visual summaries.
use-the-best-tool
Detect available CLI tools, select optimal tool for tasks, research alternatives when tools underperform. Use when choosing between CLI tools, tool seems slow or limited, need to search/view/process files, checking available tooling.
article-extractor
Extracts and organizes MQL5 articles and documentation. Use when researching MQL5 features, MetaTrader API documentation, Python MT5 integration, or algorithmic trading resources.
agileflow-commit-messages
Formats git commit messages following Conventional Commits and respects user's attribution preferences from CLAUDE.md
thermite-design
Thermite game design process skill. Use when: running design sessions, generating design artifacts, updating decision logs, working on the thermite project, simulating creative team discussions, or when user mentions 'thermite', 'design session', 'creative team', 'retreat', or references the Bomberman/Tarkov extraction game concept. Provides structured artifact generation, decision tracking, and multi-persona design simulation.
textual-builder
Build Text User Interface (TUI) applications using the Textual Python framework (v0.86.0+). Use when creating terminal-based applications, prototyping card games or interactive CLIs, or when the user mentions Textual, TUI, or terminal UI. Includes comprehensive reference documentation, card game starter template, and styling guides.
nixos
Resolve NixOS issues using research and sequential thinking
ios26-liquid-glass
iOS 26 Liquid Glass API reference for SwiftUI and UIKit. Use this skill when working with glassEffect, GlassEffectContainer, glassEffectID, glassEffectUnion, or any Liquid Glass related code on iOS 26+.
asciinema-cast-format
Reference for asciinema v3 NDJSON format. TRIGGERS - cast format, asciicast spec, event codes, cast header, cast structure, parse cast file. Use when understanding or parsing .cast files.
claude-skillkit
Professional skill creation with research-driven workflow and automated validation.USE WHEN: Creating new skills, validating existing skills, deciding between Skills vs Subagents, migrating documents to skills, or running individual validation tools.PRIMARY TRIGGERS: "create skill" = Full creation (12 steps with research + execution planning) "validate skill" = Validation workflow (steps 3-8) "Skills vs Subagents" = Decision workflow (step 0) "convert doc to skill" = Migration workflow "estimate tokens" = Token optimization "security scan" = Security auditWORKFLOW COMPLIANCE: Structured workflows with validation checkpoints. Research phase (Step 1c-1d) ensures skills based on proven approaches.DIFFERENTIATOR: Research-driven creation. Web search (3-5 queries) before building. Multi-proposal generation. 9 automation scripts. Quality 9.0+/10.REUSED: Anthropic's init_skill.py and package_skill.py (production-tested).
root-cause-analysis
Systematic problem investigation through hypothesis formation, evidence gathering, and elimination methodology. Use when diagnosing failures, investigating incidents, finding root causes, or when root-cause, diagnosis, investigate, or --rca are mentioned. Micro-skill loaded by debugging-and-diagnosis, codebase-analysis, and other investigation skills.
notebooklm
Use this skill to query your Google NotebookLM notebooks directly from Claude Code for source-grounded, citation-backed answers from Gemini. Browser automation, library management, persistent auth. Zero hallucinations, just your knowledge base.