By name: research-discovery description: Use when finding papers, current sources, citations, or research materials for a topic, claim, literature sweep, or background memo.
Research Discovery
Overview
Front door for finding and organizing research sources. This skill absorbs literature search, current-information lookup, citation discovery, and research-material ingestion.
Use This For
- finding papers on a topic
- checking what is recent or current
- building a literature sweep
- verifying citations or source metadata
- combining academic databases with web-grounded search
- collecting materials into a notebook-style workspace
Do Not Use This For
- generating hypotheses or research directions: use
research-ideation - drafting prose or a manuscript: use
research-writing - evaluating a finished paper or grant: use
research-review
Internal Routing
- Academic search: OpenAlex, PubMed, bioRxiv, BGPT
- Current-information search: Perplexity, Parallel
- Citation cleanup: citation-management workflows
- Material ingestion: notebook-style source organization
Operating Rule
Start broad, then narrow. First identify the source class you need, then choose the backend inside this skill. Do not open multiple sibling skills for the same search intent.