Research
Research tools and academic skills
3205 skills in this category
Subcategories
thematic-doc-generator
Generate comprehensive, publication-quality technical manuals with thematic storytelling using multi-agent orchestration. Use when user asks for themed documentation, narrative technical guides, memorable training materials, or mentions themes like Victorian, steampunk, art deco, medieval, pharmaceutical, or nautical combined with technical topics. Triggers on phrases like "create themed manual", "documentation with storytelling", or requests to make docs "more engaging" or "memorable".
linear
Comprehensive workflow for managing Linear issues. Use when creating, grooming, or working on Linear issues. Handles research-driven issue creation, project matching, feature decomposition into parallelizable sub-tasks, and execution with automatic state management. Proactively helps when user mentions Linear tickets or planning work.
literature-search
Comprehensive literature search with automatic summarization,trend analysis, and key paper identification from PubMed and preprints.Use this skill for literature review, trend identification, key paperdiscovery, and staying current with research developments.Keywords: literature, pubmed, papers, search, bibliography, review
hex-math
Reference for hexagonal grid algorithms and coordinate systems. Use when implementing movement, pathfinding, range calculations, or line of sight. Triggers on "hex", "hexagon", "grid", "coordinates", "pathfinding", "neighbors".
research-analyst
Conducts thorough landscape research, competitive analysis, best practices evaluation, and evidence-based recommendations. Expert in market research and trend analysis.
worldcat-api
Use OCLC WorldCat APIs to search for books and scholarly materials, retrieve bibliographic metadata, check library holdings worldwide, and get classification data. Use when working with ISBNs, DOIs, OCLC numbers, library catalogs, or institutional holdings.
research-driven-planning
Loop 1 of the Three-Loop Integrated Development System. Research-driven requirements analysis with iterative risk mitigation through 5x pre-mortem cycles using multi-agent consensus. Feeds validated, risk-mitigated plans to parallel-swarm-implementation. Use when starting new features or projects requiring comprehensive planning with <3% failure confidence and evidence-based technology selection.
chezmoi-development
This skill should be used when developing or modifying dotfiles using chezmoi. Covers using .chezmoidata for configuration data and modify_ scripts (or run_onchange_after_ scripts for symlinked directories) for non-destructive file merging. Particularly useful when needing to configure application settings without overwriting user preferences.
growth-tactics
Load when planning referral programs, partnership strategies, viral loops,cross-promotion campaigns, or any subscriber/audience acquisition tactics.Contains proven growth strategies for newsletters and publications.
product-management
Assist with core product management activities including writing PRDs, analyzing features, synthesizing user research, planning roadmaps, and communicating product decisions. Use when you need help with PM documentation, analysis, or planning workflows that integrate with your codebase.
gemini-video-understanding
Analyze videos using Google's Gemini API - describe content, answer questions, transcribe audio with visual descriptions, reference timestamps, clip videos, and process YouTube URLs. Supports 9 video formats, multiple models (Gemini 2.5/2.0), and context windows up to 2M tokens (6 hours of video).
requirements-elicitation
Extract complete, unambiguous requirements from specifications by identifying functional/non-functional requirements and clarifying ambiguities
writing-documentation
Creates technical documentation including READMEs, API references, user guides, architecture docs, ADRs, and runbooks. Use for requests to create, write, generate, or draft documentation. Trigger phrases include "document this", "write docs", "create readme", "API reference", "user guide", "architecture docs", "ADR", "runbook". For updating existing READMEs, use updating-readme instead.
using-lt-cli
Expert for lenne.tech CLI (lt command). ALWAYS activate when user mentions "lt", "lt CLI", "lenne.tech CLI", fullstack workspace, local templates, or any lt command. Provides comprehensive reference for all lt CLI features including fullstack init, git workflows, server creation, and advanced options. Works alongside generating-nest-servers for NestJS development tasks.
add-buyable-item
Add a new one-time shop boost (buyable item) consistent with the app’s cat-petting theme and design-concept-reference.png. Produces the boosts.json entry, icon filename/path, accessible imageDescription, and concise icon generation instructions.
mlops
Model versioning, MLflow, experiment tracking, model registry, production ML
thought-experiments
Design, analyze, and evaluate philosophical thought experiments. Use when: creating new thought experiments to probe specific intuitions, analyzing existing thought experiments for hidden assumptions, generating variants that isolate different variables, stress-testing philosophical positions through scenarios, exploring edge cases. Triggers: 'thought experiment', 'imagine', 'suppose', 'hypothetical', 'what if scenario', 'intuition pump', 'trolley problem', 'zombie', 'Mary's room', 'Chinese room', 'experience machine', 'teletransportation', 'original position', 'veil of ignorance', 'Gettier case'.
data-visualization
Create publication-quality data visualizations. Use when: (1) Presenting results, (2) Exploratory data analysis, (3) Manuscript preparation, (4) Grant proposals, (5) Presentations.
backend-design-optimizer
Find the best backend architecture, database design, and API patterns using deep research. Use when user asks "best database for...", "optimize API", "backend architecture for...", or "scale this service".
file-history
Use when looking for past work on specific FILES, understanding why code was written, or when user references "what we did before" on a file/feature. Uses file-history tracking for accurate results. PREFER THIS over episodic-memory for file-specific queries.