Research
Research tools and academic skills
3205 skills in this category
Subcategories
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 transforming career narratives into ATS-optimized, multi-format resumes. Integrates with career-biographer for data and competitive-cartographer for positioning. Generates PDF, DOCX, LaTeX, JSON Resume, HTML, and Markdown. Activate on 'resume', 'CV', 'ATS optimization', 'job application'. NOT for cover letters, portfolio websites (use web-design-expert), LinkedIn optimization, or interview preparation.
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.
aidb-architecture
Comprehensive architectural reference for AIDB core and MCP integration. Covers 6-layer architecture (MCP, Service, Session, Adapter, DAP Client, Protocol), component organization, data flow patterns, and design decisions. Use when explaining overall system design or understanding how layers interact.
project-specs-quick-reference
Quick reference templates for BDD/DDD specifications - condensed version for fast lookups
rust-ownership
Master Rust ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, and memory safety. Understand move semantics, references, and zero-cost abstractions.
prd-create
Industry-standard Product Requirements Document (PRD) creation skill that guides Product Managers through creating comprehensive, research-backed PRDs. Uses proven frameworks from Google, Amazon, and Intercom to ensure PRDs provide all details needed for superior Spec Kit specifications.
prompt-writing
Generates, analyzes, and optimizes prompts for skills, commands, subagents, reference docs, and free-form text. Use when generating prompt content, analyzing prompt files, or optimizing prompt text to apply techniques and reduce bloat. Trigger with phrases like '[generate|analyze|optimize] prompt', '[generate|analyze|optimize] [file-path]', 'create [skill|command|subagent]'.
detection-engineering
Expert Detection Engineer assistant for creating and testing D&R rules in LimaCharlie. Guides through understanding threats, researching event data (Schema, LCQL, Timeline), generating detection logic, testing rules against sample and historical data, and deploying validated rules. Use for building detections, writing D&R rules, testing detection logic, or when user wants to detect specific behaviors or threats.
module-planning
Interactive research and planning (Stages 0-1) for VCV Rack module development
pg-style-editor
Edit writing to adopt Paul Graham's exceptionally clear style for research and long-form content - concrete language, varied sentence rhythm, accessible formality, specific evidence. Use when user wants to rewrite content in PG's style or asks to "make this clearer" or "simplify research writing."
diataxis-documentation
Write comprehensive, user-focused documentation following the Diataxis framework. Use this skill when creating or improving tutorials, how-to guides, reference documentation, or explanatory content. Helps identify the right documentation type and apply best practices for each.
ask-user-question
Patterns for using the AskUserQuestion tool to gather user preferences and clarify requirements
cognitive-style-assessment
Assess cognitive processing style and preference patterns.
debugging
Hypothesis-driven debugging with systematic investigation. Identifies root causes, creates minimal reproductions, and implements fixes. Use when investigating errors, bugs, crashes, or unexpected behavior.
patent-search
Advanced prior art search using the PatentsView API. Use this skill when users need to search for patents, perform prior art searches, analyze patent landscapes, or find patents by inventor, title, date range, or technical fields. Helps with patent research, freedom to operate analysis, and competitive intelligence.
technical-research
Technical spike and research investigation specialist. Use when exploring options for a technical decision, conducting timeboxed investigations, or evaluating technology choices.
wp-abilities-api
Intelligent documentation system for the WordPress Abilities API. Activate automatically when working with WordPress plugins, ability registration, or when WordPress Abilities API terms are mentioned (wp_register_ability, ability categories, REST API, etc.). Provides context-aware documentation retrieval - fetches implementation guides for coding queries, API references for parameter lookups, and smart multi-page fetching for complex integrations.