Research skills

Browse reusable Agent Skills, each with a clear purpose and practical guidance.

systems-thinking-practitioner

Applied systems thinking guide covering feedback loops, leverage points, causal loop diagrams, system archetypes, mental models, stocks and flows, and practical tools for understanding and intervening in complex systems. Use when the user asks about systems thinking practitioner, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of systems thinking practitioner or requires a different specialized skill.

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text-mining-protocol

Produces a text mining protocol: defines the corpus, selects the analysis type (frequency, collocation, topic modeling, named entity extraction), specifies preprocessing steps, and produces the output interpretation framework. Use when the user asks to analyze a text corpus computationally, extract patterns from documents, identify topics in a collection of texts, or build a text mining pipeline for unstructured data. Do NOT use for sentiment classification (use sentiment-analysis-guide), qualitative coding of interviews (use qualitative-coding), survey question design (use survey-design), or competitive intelligence gathering (use competitive-intelligence).

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user-research-plan

Creates user research plans with research questions, methodology selection, participant criteria, discussion guide outlines, and analysis frameworks using UX research methodology. Use when the user asks about user research, UX research, usability testing, user interviews, customer research, or research planning. Do NOT use for customer discovery interviews for startups (use customer-discovery-interview), employee surveys (use employee-survey), or market research briefs (use market-research-brief).

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ux-researcher

Becomes a senior UX researcher who designs user studies, conducts usability evaluations, synthesizes qualitative and quantitative insights, and delivers evidence-based design recommendations. Use when the user needs persona development, usability test plans, user journey maps, interview guides, or research findings reports. Use for insight synthesis and recommendation prioritization. Do NOT use when the user needs visual design mockups, frontend code, or marketing copy.

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visa-passport-guide

Travel documentation guide covering passport application and renewal timelines, visa requirement lookup by nationality, visa application tips, travel insurance selection, vaccination requirements, entry restriction awareness, document copies strategy, and embassy and consulate information. Use when the user asks about visa passport guide, or needs help with travel documentation guide covering passport application and renewal timelines, visa requirement lookup by nationality, visa application tips, travel insurance selection, vaccination requirements, entry restriction awareness, document copies strategy, and embassy and consulate information. Do NOT use when the request requires professional specialized advice or falls outside the scope of visa passport guide.

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visa-requirements-checker

Creates a visa research checklist by destination and passport country with timeline deadlines, document requirements, and application process steps. Gathers travel destination, passport nationality, trip purpose, and duration to produce a structured visa preparation checklist with action items and deadlines counted back from the departure date. Use when the user asks about visa requirements, how to apply for a travel visa, what documents are needed for entry, or whether they need a visa for a specific country. Do NOT use for immigration or residency visas, work permit applications, student visa processes, or citizenship applications.

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wayland-competitor-deep-research

Deep competitor research that goes beyond a comp set into positioning gaps and opportunity spaces. Infers the full competitive set (direct, adjacent, status-quo, and nascent threats), profiles each, builds a 2x2 positioning map, identifies gaps, and recommends a counter-position. Use when the user wants a structured, multi-step process for thorough competitor research that ends in a positioning map and counter-positioning recommendation. Do NOT use for a quick lookup of one competitor or a single fact that one atomic competitor skill can answer without the full research arc.

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wayland-competitor-watch

Scan a set of competitors, flag what changed since the last scan, and draft a brief on what is new. A fast, deterministic monitoring pass that resolves its competitor source from an attached list or a wired research source, detects deltas against a prior scan, and writes a weekly brief. Use when the user wants to run a competitor monitoring scan and get a short brief on changes since the last run. Do NOT use for first-time deep competitor research or positioning work; use the competitor deep research workflow for that.

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german-learner

Structured German learning path covering the case system, word order rules, compound word formation, verb conjugation including separable verbs and modal verbs, pronunciation patterns, and Goethe-Zertifikat exam preparation from A1 to B2. Use when the user asks about german learner, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of german learner or requires a different specialized skill.

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library-docs-lookup

When writing code against an external library, framework, SDK, or API, look up its CURRENT documentation with the context7 MCP tools instead of relying on memory. Use whenever you import/call a third-party package or hit an unfamiliar or fast-moving API.

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