Research

Use when Codex needs semantic web search, news reconnaissance, or citation gathering through the Exa MCP server.

Web research using Exa AI search engine. Use when: user needs web search, finding articles, research papers, news, company info, or similar content. Triggers on: 'search for', 'find articles about', 'research', 'what's the latest on', 'find companies like', 'similar to [url]'.

Help users make better decisions between competing options. Use when someone is weighing pros and cons, comparing alternatives, struggling with a difficult choice, deciding between speed and quality, or asking "should we do X or Y?"

Two-stage paper screening - abstract scoring then deep dive for specific data extraction

This skill should be used when evaluating the logical flow, structure, readability, and overall quality of research paper text. Use for assessing academic writing targeting top-tier computer science conferences.

AI and technology ethics review including ethical impact assessment, stakeholder analysis, and responsible innovation frameworks

Analyzes moral dimensions and value conflicts through ethical frameworks using deontology, consequentialism, virtue ethics, and applied ethics methodologies. Provides insights on moral obligations, rights, justice, and ethical decision-making. Use when: Ethical dilemmas, policy decisions, technology ethics, professional conduct issues. Evaluates: Moral principles, stakeholder interests, consequences, rights, justice, virtues.

Analyzes moral dimensions and value conflicts through ethical frameworks using deontology, consequentialism, virtue ethics, and applied ethics methodologies. Provides insights on moral obligations, rights, justice, and ethical decision-making. Use when: Ethical dilemmas, policy decisions, technology ethics, professional conduct issues. Evaluates: Moral principles, stakeholder interests, consequences, rights, justice, virtues.

Use when concluding work on an open-ended goal to write iteration journal entry documenting work performed, decisions made, and state changes

Use when you need to research, analyze, and plan technical solutions that are scalable, secure, and maintainable.

Guides efficient learning by prioritizing encoding over retrieval. Use when discussing study strategies, flashcards, active recall, spaced repetition, Anki, or when user asks how to remember or study something.

Create structured visualizations of stakeholder perspectives (says, thinks, does, feels) to build deep understanding. Use when conducting user research or validating assumptions.

Charles Harrington Elster vocabulary mastery incarnated. Auto-activates for "vocabulary drill", "pronunciation practice", "verbal advantage", "elster", vocab.md work, or "teach me pronunciation". Teaches stress-timing principle (THE master key), pattern recognition, word families - practitioner sentences over memorization. (user)

Use Elsevier APIs (Scopus search / abstract / author / trends / institution / open access) via simple CLI scripts.

Professional scientific documentation in org-mode electronic lab notebooks with date-based organization, comprehensive record-keeping of hypotheses, methods, results, reasoning, and outcomes for reproducible research

Hub skill for requirements elicitation. Provides technique selection, orchestration guidance, LLMREI patterns, and autonomy level configuration. Use when gathering requirements from stakeholders, conducting elicitation sessions, or preparing requirements for specification.

PCE（Process-Context Engine）とLDE（Law-Driven Engineering）を統合した実行時Law違反監視スキル。 本番環境でのLaw違反を検知し、pce-memoryにフィードバックして継続的改善を促す。 使用タイミング: (1) 本番ログからLaw違反を分析する時、(2) 「Law違反を確認して」、 (3) 運用中のLaw健全性をチェックする時、(4) 違反パターンから新Lawを発見する時

Calculate and interpret effect sizes for statistical analyses. Use when: (1) Reporting research results to show practical significance, (2) Meta-analysis to combine study results, (3) Grant writing to justify expected effects, (4) Interpreting published studies beyond p-values, (5) Sample size planning for power analysis.

Analyze and optimize E-E-A-T signals (Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust) for content credibility.

Deep EDN template analyzer for Logseq database graphs. Analyzes template structure, counts classes/properties, finds orphaned items, checks quality, and compares variants. Use when analyzing template files, finding issues, or comparing different template versions.

Comprehensive editing framework covering voice consistency, timeline verification, citation coverage, and multi-pass editing strategies for autonomous manuscript refinement.

Analyzes events through economic lens using supply/demand, incentive structures, market dynamics, and multiple schools of economic thought (Classical, Keynesian, Austrian, Behavioral). Provides insights on market impacts, resource allocation, policy implications, and distributional effects. Use when: Economic events, policy changes, market shifts, financial crises, regulatory decisions. Evaluates: Incentives, efficiency, opportunity costs, market failures, systemic risks.

Develop ebook ideas into structured concepts ready for architecture. Use when the user has an ebook idea (from a brainstorm document, existing content to repurpose, a book section to extract, or a fresh concept) and wants to develop it into a clear, validated concept. Produces an Ebook Concept Document with reader, transformation, promise, content source, scope/format, and key topics. Handles multi-session development with living documents.

Extract the functional DNA from existing works (TV, film, books, plays). Use when adapting a source work, when analyzing what makes something work, when creating trope maps for reuse, or when you need to separate structural necessity from stylistic choice.