Run multi-source search, citation audits, and reference management.
Multi-source literature search, citation verification, strict independent other-citation audits
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What does a research Agent Skill solve?
High-quality research takes more than good searching or fluent writing. Researchers and students must retrieve papers across databases, remove duplicates, verify identifiers and citation context, organize evidence, and turn that material into a review or manuscript. Research Agent Skills package those steps, checks, and deliverables into reusable workflows that make search, screening, citation management, and writing more structured while keeping source verification and scholarly judgment with the researcher.
| Use case | Primary role |
|---|---|
| Search | Search and deduplicate across scholarly indexes. |
| Review | Apply research questions, screening criteria, and quality appraisal. |
| Citations | Verify identifiers, citation context, and bibliography files. |
| Writing | Turn an evidence matrix into a review, paper, or report. |
If you are buried in papers, chasing broken citations, or unable to turn notes into a review, identify the exact stage that is blocked: search, screening, extraction, or writing. A Skill focused on that stage is usually safer than asking one agent to produce an entire paper in one pass.
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Recommended research Agent Skills
Use the current task to narrow the list. Choose retrieval for missing literature, a review workflow for reproducible screening, and writing support only after the evidence is stable. On the detail page, confirm the actual databases, identifiers, and deliverables the Skill supports.
Use case: Literature search and citations
Find primary evidence, verify citations, and manage reference files.
Explain and compare scientific concepts with primary evidence.
Explain and compare scientific or technical concepts using original research evidence. Use befo
Use case: Systematic review and synthesis
Screen studies, extract evidence, and organize thematic synthesis.
Organize and write a thematic, synthetic literature review.
Structure and write comprehensive literature reviews for any
Plan a PRISMA-aligned systematic or scoping review.
Use this skill when a researcher, graduate student, or evidence-synthesis team needs to conduct
Run multi-source search, deduplication, extraction, and validation.
Use when the user explicitly requests a systematic review, literature review, related work, or
Use case: Academic writing and delivery
Turn verified evidence into papers, reports, and submission materials.
Connect search, review, statistics, and academic writing.
An end-to-end academic research workflow combining paper search, literature review, statistical
Deliver an auditable paper through a seven-stage workflow.
An end-to-end, transparent, and auditable AI academic paper workflow. Seven stages cover resear
Write IEEE-style academic documents from verified sources.
Write academic research documents following academic guidelines with peer-reviewed sources from
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How do you find more research Agent Skills?
DeepSkill indexes 400K+ Skills, and every Skill undergoes security review and risk validation. Search with the discipline, question, databases, and deliverable together, such as “medical systematic review, PubMed, PRISMA, and BibTeX.” A concrete workflow description is more useful than a broad query such as “research.”
Option 1: Search on DeepSkill
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Describe the task in the search box
Enter a concrete task such as 'Recommend Agent Skills in English for literature search, systematic reviews, citation verification, and academic writing' and add the environment and desired deliverable.
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Choose a Skill from the results
Compare rationale, public descriptions, dependencies, and permissions instead of relying on downloads alone.
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Copy the matching install command
Copy one install command, then trial the Skill on a nonsensitive, reversible task.
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How do you use a research Agent Skill effectively?
The slow part of research is often not drafting a paragraph. It is checking which paper supports a claim, whether studies are duplicated, and whether a citation says what the draft implies. Put those checks directly into the trial task.
Set the research boundary first
Specify the question, date range, databases, screening criteria, and output format so the search does not expand without control.
Build the evidence table before prose
Request citations, deduplication results, exclusion reasons, and an evidence matrix before asking for review paragraphs.
Make every claim traceable
Require DOI, PMID, source location, or citation context for important claims, and keep unsupported text out of the manuscript.
Protect unpublished material
Review external services, logs, and file access before uploading data or drafts. Redact sensitive material or use an approved local environment.
Keep human gates at key decisions
Researchers should approve search strings, screening decisions, statistical interpretation, authorship, and submission requirements.
Use Skills to shorten evidence work, not replace research judgment
Research Agent Skills can reduce repetitive work across literature search, evidence organization, citation checks, and manuscript preparation, leaving more time for study design and interpretation. You do not need one Skill to control the entire workflow. Start with the stage causing the most friction, test it on one research question, and verify retrieval quality, citation accuracy, and deliverable format before combining search, review, and writing Skills. Keep original-source checks and access controls at the important decision points so efficiency does not weaken traceability. Refine the discipline, databases, and desired output in DeepSkill to find a combination that fits the current project.
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