research-ideation

55 / 100 · Review before installing

Check before installing. Some of what it can do is expected: a research skill usually looks things up on the internet.

By Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar (GitHub) · research · 6,038 stars · scanned at commit d394fb5

This skill should be used when the user asks to "brainstorm research ideas", "use 5W1H framework", "identify research gaps", "conduct gap analysis", "start research project", "conduct literature review", "define research question", "select research method", "plan research", or mentions research project initiation phase. Provides comprehensive guidance for research startup workflow from idea generation to planning.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Connects to the internet

The author does not mention this. Expected for a research skill.

Found in 2 places.

skills/research-ideation/references/literature-search-strategies.md, line 176WebSearch 搜索论文
skills/research-ideation/references/zotero-integration-guide.md, line 74WebSearch 搜索论文

Downloads and installs other software

The author does not mention this.

Found in 1 place.

scripts/lib/package-manager.js, line 27execCmd: 'pnpm dlx',

Runs commands on your computer

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 17 places.

scripts/lib/utils.js, line 11const { execSync, spawnSync } = require('child_process');
scripts/lib/utils.js, line 52const result = spawnSync('where', [cmd], { stdio: 'pipe' });
scripts/lib/utils.js, line 56const result = spawnSync('which', [cmd], { stdio: 'pipe' });

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scripts/lib/utils.js, line 72const result = execSync(cmd, {
hooks/hook-common.js, line 10const { execSync } = require('child_process');
hooks/hook-common.js, line 20execSync('git rev-parse --git-dir', {
hooks/hook-common.js, line 28branch = execSync('git branch --show-current', {
hooks/hook-common.js, line 40changes = execSync('git status --porcelain', {
hooks/hook-common.js, line 128return execSync('git rev-parse --show-toplevel', {
hooks/hook-common.js, line 290const unstaged = execSync('git diff --name-status', {
hooks/hook-common.js, line 298const staged = execSync('git diff --cached --name-status', {
hooks/hook-common.js, line 306const untracked = execSync('git status --porcelain', {
hooks/hooks.json, line 10"command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/security-guard.js\"",
hooks/hooks.json, line 22"command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/session-summary.js\"",
hooks/hooks.json, line 34"command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/session-start.js\"",
hooks/hooks.json, line 46"command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/stop-summary.js\"",
hooks/hooks.json, line 58"command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/skill-forced-eval.js\"",

Reads your saved credentials, such as SSH keys or .env files

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 1 place.

hooks/security-guard.js, line 164const sensitivePathPatterns = ['.aws/credentials', '.npmrc'];

Safer alternatives

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Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'research-ideation' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'research-ideation' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named research-ideation already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'd394fb599ed9e6ea2212a9e6daa864345fe97a26' -- 'skills/research-ideation' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/research-ideation' ~/.agents/skills/'research-ideation' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'research-ideation' ~/.claude/skills/'research-ideation' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-12	`d394fb5`	55