AI Skills for Researchers
21 skills to supercharge your researcher workflow
Research is about finding, synthesizing, and communicating knowledge — and the finding and synthesizing parts involve enormous amounts of reading. AI skills for researchers accelerate literature reviews, fact-check claims against sources, analyze market data, search patent databases, design surveys, and run competitive intelligence gathering. More ground covered, fewer hours spent.
These skills understand research methodology. They structure literature reviews with proper categorization and gap analysis. They fact-check by identifying specific claims and finding corroborating or contradicting sources. They synthesize information across multiple documents into coherent summaries with citations.
Whether you're in academia, a think tank, a corporate research division, or doing independent investigation, these skills handle the high-volume information processing that makes comprehensive research possible.
All Researcher skills
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Read, extract data from, and generate PDF documents programmatically
Read, extract, and generate PDF documents. Powers Claude's built-in document capabilities.
claude install anthropics/skills/pdfBrowser MCP
Control a browser from your AI editor - navigate, screenshot, interact
MCP server for browser automation - Playwright-powered navigation, screenshots, and interaction.
npx @anthropic/mcp-server-puppeteerBrowser Automation
Automate any browser workflow - forms, navigation, data extraction
AI-driven browser automation - navigate sites, fill forms, extract data, and complete multi-step workflows.
pip install anthropic-computer-use && cu install browser-automationResearch Agent
Get structured research reports with citations from autonomous web research
Multi-step research agent that searches, synthesizes, and generates structured reports from web sources.
claude install anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-demos/research-agentWriting Assistant
Improve any writing - grammar, clarity, tone, and readability
General-purpose writing improvement - grammar, clarity, tone adjustment, and readability scoring.
claude install community/writing-assistantData Extraction
Extract structured data from any website into JSON or CSV
Extract structured data from any website - tables, listings, profiles, pricing pages, and directories.
cu install data-extractionWeb Scraper
Scrape JavaScript-heavy sites that break traditional scrapers
Scrape any website by visually navigating it - handles JavaScript rendering, pagination, and login walls.
cu install web-scraperLiterature Review
Conduct systematic literature reviews across academic databases
Conduct systematic literature reviews - search, filter, summarize, and synthesize academic papers.
claude install community/literature-reviewMarket Researcher
Get structured market research with sizing, trends, and competitor maps
Conduct market research - industry analysis, market sizing, trend identification, and competitor mapping.
claude install community/market-researcherJupyter Automator
Generate complete Jupyter notebooks for EDA and model training
Generate and execute Jupyter notebooks - data loading, EDA, visualization, and model training cells.
claude install community/jupyter-automatorResearch Browser
Research topics across multiple sources with structured note-taking
Conduct multi-tab browser research - open sources, compare information, take notes, and compile findings.
cu install research-browserFact Checker
Verify claims against multiple sources with confidence ratings
Verify claims against multiple sources. Cross-reference statistics, quotes, and assertions with citations.
claude install community/fact-checkerTable Extractor
Extract tables from PDFs, images, and web pages into clean CSV/JSON
Extract data from HTML tables, PDFs, and images into structured CSV or JSON using visual parsing.
cu install table-extractorJob Board Scraper
Extract and structure job listings from any board for market analysis
Extract job listings from Indeed, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and niche job boards into structured data.
cu install job-board-scraperNLP Text Analyzer
Analyze text at scale with sentiment, entities, and topic modeling
Analyze text at scale - sentiment, entity extraction, topic modeling, and text classification.
claude install community/nlp-text-analyzerCourse Builder
Design complete courses with curriculum, quizzes, and materials
Design online courses - curriculum, lessons, quizzes, assignments, and supplementary materials.
claude install community/course-builderUser Persona Builder
Create detailed user personas from research with journey maps
Create detailed user personas from research data - demographics, goals, pain points, and journey maps.
claude install community/user-persona-builderUser Interview Synthesizer
Extract structured insights and themes from user interview transcripts
Turn user interview transcripts into structured insights - themes, quotes, pain points, and opportunity areas.
claude install community/user-interview-synthesizerSurvey Designer
Design statistically valid surveys with proper methodology
Design research surveys with proper methodology - question types, skip logic, and statistical validity.
claude install community/survey-designerPatent Searcher
Search patents, analyze claims, and identify prior art
Search and analyze patents - prior art discovery, claim analysis, and landscape mapping.
claude install community/patent-searcherGrant Proposal Writer
Write structured grant proposals with budget justification and impact
Write research and business grant proposals with proper structure, budget justification, and impact statements.
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