Research
Research tools and academic skills
3205 skills in this category
Subcategories
core-location-ref
Use for Core Location API reference - CLLocationUpdate, CLMonitor, CLServiceSession, authorization, background location, geofencing
storekit-ref
Reference — Complete StoreKit 2 API guide covering Product, Transaction, AppTransaction, RenewalInfo, SubscriptionStatus, StoreKit Views, purchase options, server APIs, and all iOS 18.4 enhancements with WWDC 2025 code examples
liquid-glass-ref
Use when planning comprehensive Liquid Glass adoption across an app, auditing existing interfaces for Liquid Glass compatibility, implementing app icon updates, or understanding platform-specific Liquid Glass behavior - comprehensive reference guide covering all aspects of Liquid Glass adoption from WWDC 2025
sragent
Query the Sequence Read Archive (SRA), retrieve scientific publications, and analyze genomics metadata using the SRAgent toolkit. Supports accession conversion (GSE→SRX→SRR), BigQuery metadata queries, manuscript downloads from multiple sources, and scRNA-seq technology identification. Use when working with SRA/GEO datasets, finding publications, or analyzing single-cell sequencing experiments.
user-research
User interview techniques, persona creation, journey mapping, and research synthesis patterns. Use when planning research studies, conducting interviews, creating personas, or translating research findings into actionable design recommendations.
user-insight-synthesis
Interview techniques, persona creation, journey mapping, and usability testing patterns. Use when planning research, conducting user interviews, creating personas, mapping user journeys, or designing usability tests. Essential for user-research, requirements-analysis, and interaction-architecture agents.
technical-writing
Create architectural decision records (ADRs), system documentation, API documentation, and operational runbooks. Use when capturing design decisions, documenting system architecture, creating API references, or writing operational procedures.
requirements-elicitation
Requirement gathering techniques, stakeholder analysis, user story patterns, and specification validation. Use when clarifying vague requirements, resolving conflicting needs, documenting specifications, or validating requirements with stakeholders.
safe-refactoring
Systematic code refactoring while preserving all external behavior. Use when identifying code smells, planning refactoring sequences, executing safe structural improvements, or validating behavior preservation. Includes code smell catalog (reference.md) and refactoring execution protocol.
technical-doc-creator
Create HTML technical documentation with code blocks, API workflows, system architecture diagrams, and syntax highlighting. Use when users request technical documentation, API docs, API references, code examples, or developer documentation.
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.
ai-sdk-core
Build backend AI with Vercel AI SDK v5/v6. v6 stable introduces Output API (Output.object/array/choice replace deprecated generateObject/streamObject), plus speech synthesis, transcription, image generation, embeddings, reranking, MCP tools, and middleware. Covers v4→v5 migration, latest models (GPT-5.2, Claude 4.x, Gemini 2.5), Workers startup fix, and 12 error solutions. Use when: implementing AI SDK v5/v6, using Output API, speech/transcription/image features, embeddings, MCP tools, migrating v4→v5, troubleshooting errors, or fixing Workers startup issues.
google-gemini-file-search
Build document Q&A and searchable knowledge bases with Google Gemini File Search - fully managed RAG with automatic chunking, embeddings, and citations. Upload 100+ file formats (PDF, Word, Excel, code), configure semantic search, and query with natural language. Use when: building document Q&A systems, creating searchable knowledge bases, implementing semantic search without managing embeddings, indexing large document collections (100+ formats), or troubleshooting document immutability errors (delete+re-upload required), storage quota issues (3x input size for embeddings), chunking configuration (500 tokens/chunk recommended), metadata limits (20 key-value pairs max), indexing cost surprises ($0.15/1M tokens one-time), operation polling timeouts (wait for done: true), force delete errors, or model compatibility (Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash only).
shadcn-management
Manage shadcn/ui components using MCP tools. Use when user needs to: (1) Add new shadcn components to a project (2) Build complex UI features requiring multiple components (3) Research component implementations and examples (4) Get component installation commands Triggers: "add shadcn", "shadcn component", "build UI with shadcn", "install component", "create form", "create dialog"
cloudflare-kv
Store key-value data globally with Cloudflare KV's edge network. Use when: caching API responses, storing configuration, managing user preferences, handling TTL expiration, or troubleshooting KV_ERROR, 429 rate limits, eventual consistency, or cacheTtl errors.
clerk-auth
Clerk auth with API Keys beta (Dec 2025), Next.js 16 proxy.ts, API version 2025-11-10 breaking changes, clerkMiddleware() options, webhooks, and component reference. Use when: API keys for users/orgs, Next.js 16 middleware filename, troubleshooting JWKS/CSRF/JWT errors, webhook verification, or testing with 424242 OTP.
flutter-api
Comprehensive Flutter API reference guide covering widgets, Material Design, Cupertino, animations, gestures, navigation, state management, and platform integration. Use when developing Flutter applications and needing detailed API knowledge for widgets, layout, styling, animations, platform channels, or any Flutter SDK functionality. Essential for building cross-platform mobile, web, and desktop applications with Flutter.
tabz-guide
Progressive disclosure guide to TabzChrome capabilities. This skill should be used when users ask about profiles, terminal management, browser automation, MCP tools, audio/TTS notifications, integration, debugging, API, or setup. Provides on-demand help organized by topic with references to detailed documentation.
gemini-cli
Wield Google's Gemini CLI as a powerful auxiliary tool for code generation, review, analysis, and web research. Use when tasks benefit from a second AI perspective, current web information via Google Search, codebase architecture analysis, or parallel code generation. Also use when user explicitly requests Gemini operations.
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).