Research
Research tools and academic skills
3205 skills in this category
Subcategories
extract-insights
This skill should be used when user wants to learn from their collected references, synthesize patterns across sources, or turn research into frameworks from curated reference collections (Are.na channels, bookmarks, saved articles).
graphiti-mcp-usage
Workflow for using Graphiti MCP tools to capture preferences, procedures, and facts consistently.
photo-composition-critic
Expert photography composition critic grounded in graduate-level visual aesthetics education, computational aesthetics research (AVA, NIMA, LAION-Aesthetics, VisualQuality-R1), and professional image analysis with custom tooling. Use for image quality assessment, composition analysis, aesthetic scoring, photo critique. Activate on "photo critique", "composition analysis", "image aesthetics", "NIMA", "AVA dataset", "visual quality". NOT for photo editing/retouching (use native-app-designer), generating images (use Stability AI directly), or basic image processing (use clip-aware-embeddings).
deep-research
Orchestrates two-round parallel agent research for comprehensive topic exploration. Use when conducting research, exploring complex topics, gathering multi-faceted information, or synthesizing findings from parallel investigation streams.
skill-factory
Research-backed skill creation workflow with automated firecrawl research gathering, multi-tier validation, and comprehensive auditing. Use when "create skills with research automation", "build research-backed skills", "validate skills end-to-end", "automate skill research and creation", needs 8-phase workflow from research through final audit, wants firecrawl-powered research combined with validation, or requires quality-assured skill creation following Anthropic specifications for Claude Code.
synthesisdialogue-dramatizer
Convert dense source-grounded content into a two-speaker dramatized script with persona roles, prosody cues, and interruptions. Use for audio-friendly overviews that stay faithful to cited material.
mixmi-mixer-architecture
Complete technical reference for the professional mixer system architecture, audio routing, recording implementation, and all internal mechanics
refactoring-workflow
Complete refactoring workflow with tracking, validation, and cross-layer impactchecklists. Integrates with beads for progress tracking and ensures noreferences to old names remain after refactoring.
meta-cognitive-reasoning
Meta-cognitive reasoning specialist for evidence-based analysis, hypothesis testing, and cognitive failure prevention. Use when conducting reviews, making assessments, debugging complex issues, or any task requiring rigorous analytical reasoning. Prevents premature conclusions, assumption-based errors, and pattern matching without verification.
research-and-fact-checker
Performs accurate research and fact-checking using reliable sources. Ideal for validating claims, clarifying complex topics, summarizing findings, and ensuring information accuracy.
deep-researcher
Performs comprehensive, multi-layered research on any topic with structured analysis and synthesis of information from multiple sources. Use when the user needs thorough investigation, market research, technical deep-dives, due diligence, or comprehensive analysis on any subject.
setup-remote-repo-notes-dir
Create a structured notes directory for studying and documenting remote GitHub repositories. Use this skill when the user wants to set up a workspace for researching, analyzing, or taking notes on an external GitHub repository. Creates separate committed notes/ directory and gitignored code/ directory.
shirushi
Document ID management for Git repositories. Validates, assigns, and tracks immutable doc_ids across Markdown/YAML files. Use when working with doc_id, document IDs, "@see docid" references, document integrity validation, or shirushi commands.
codex-search
Search the web using OpenAI Codex CLI to find current documentation, best practices, solutions, and technical information. Use when the user needs to research libraries, find API documentation, troubleshoot errors, or learn about new technologies. Requires Codex CLI installed.
universal-workflow-init
Bootstraps new projects by running a 5-question intake and generating a minimal scaffold (WORKPLAN.md, BRIEF.md, OUTLINE.md, SOURCES.md, LOG.md) plus optional folders for writing/research/coding. Use when the user asks to start a new project, plan a workflow, scaffold folders/files, or set up a reusable pipeline.
joplin-research
Comprehensive guidelines for formatting research artifacts, technical surveys, rundowns, book summaries, and documentation with proper markdown formatting for Joplin notes. This skill should be loaded and followed whenever Joplin is mentioned in a prompt.
cv-creator
Professional CV and resume builder that transforms career narratives into ATS-optimized, multi-format resumes. Integrates with career-biographer for structured career data and competitive-cartographer for strategic positioning. Generates PDF, DOCX, LaTeX, JSON Resume, HTML, and Markdown formats optimized for 2025 hiring standards.
forced-reading-protocol
Use when analyzing critical documents, specifications, or large files (>3000 lines), before any synthesis or conclusions - enforces complete line-by-line reading with quantitative verification to prevent skimming that leads to incomplete understanding
composable-svelte-components
UI component library reference for Composable Svelte. Use when implementing designs, choosing components, styling layouts, or working with shadcn-svelte components. Covers component props, variants, accessibility patterns, visual composition, and when to use which component. For specialized components see composable-svelte-graphics (3D), composable-svelte-code (editors/media), composable-svelte-charts (visualization), composable-svelte-maps (geospatial).
dmitrii-writing-style
Captures Dmitrii's distinctive writing voice and preferences for all written outputs. Use when creating case studies, blog posts, articles, documents, emails, proposals, PRDs, specifications, messages, or any written content on Dmitrii's behalf. MUST be invoked for any mid-to-long form content creation.