Idea Generation
voidful/academic-skills
學術研究的 Idea 產生技能——從發散到收斂，系統化地產出高品質研究構想。當使用者想腦力激盪研究方向、找新 research idea、或問「我接下來可以做什麼研究」時，一定要使用此技能。觸發詞包括：brainstorm、想 idea、研究方向、下一步做什麼、有什麼可以研究的、找 gap、research proposal。適用於任何階段的學術研究構想生成。
Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic or dataset
Install Research Ideation
$ npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo research-ideation --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/research-ideation .claude/skills/research-ideation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "research-ideation" agent skill from https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo/tree/main/.claude/skills/research-ideation into .claude/skills/research-ideation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-ideation", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo/tree/main/.claude/skills/research-ideationType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo research-ideation --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/research-ideation .agents/skills/research-ideation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "research-ideation" agent skill from https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo/tree/main/.claude/skills/research-ideation into .agents/skills/research-ideation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-ideation", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo research-ideation --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/research-ideation .cursor/skills/research-ideation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "research-ideation" agent skill from https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo/tree/main/.claude/skills/research-ideation into .cursor/skills/research-ideation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-ideation", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.git --path .claude/skills/research-ideation--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo research-ideation --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/research-ideation .gemini/skills/research-ideation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "research-ideation" agent skill from https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo/tree/main/.claude/skills/research-ideation into .gemini/skills/research-ideation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-ideation", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo research-ideationInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/research-ideation .github/skills/research-ideation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "research-ideation" agent skill from https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo/tree/main/.claude/skills/research-ideation into .github/skills/research-ideation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-ideation", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo research-ideation --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/research-ideation .opencode/skills/research-ideation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "research-ideation" agent skill from https://github.com/maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo/tree/main/.claude/skills/research-ideation into .opencode/skills/research-ideation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-ideation", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
research-ideation- GitHub stars
- 137
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~914 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 277 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 9
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic or dataset
- Works in 5 steps: Understand the input. Read $ARGUMENTS… → Generate 3-5 research questions ordered… → For each research question, develop → …
- Tasks that involve Brainstorming
- SKILL.md covers Steps, Output Format and Principles
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Research Ideation is an agent skill from maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo. Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic or dataset
Its SKILL.md is about 910 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Brainstorming and Hypothesis generation. The repository describes itself as: A structured Claude Code workflow for empirically replicating published research using UK Biobank (UKB) data, created by Chen Zhu 朱晨 | 遗传社科研究.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Brainstorming
- Tasks that involve Hypothesis generation
Example prompts
- “/research-ideation”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Write
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Understand the input. Read $ARGUMENTS and any referenced files. Check master_supporting_docs/ for related papers. Check .claude/rules/ for…
- Generate 3-5 research questions ordered from descriptive to causal
- For each research question, develop
- Rank the questions by feasibility and contribution.
- Save the output to quality_reports/research_ideation_[sanitized_topic].md
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 83399e0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
ReadGrepGlobWrite
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Research Ideation loads about 914 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 277 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 277 words (~914 tokens).
“Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic, phenomenon, or dataset.”
- name
- research-ideation
- allowed-tools
- Read, Grep, Glob, Write
- disable-model-invocation
- true
- argument-hint
- [topic, phenomenon, or dataset description]
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/research-ideation of maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 83399e0
Used in 2 other repositories
We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Research Ideation next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Ideation this skillmaxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo | 137 | 1 repos | ~914 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Idea Generationvoidful/academic-skills | 134 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Interview Mepedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow | 1.7k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Research Ideationpedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow | 1.7k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Light Idea GenerationLight0305/Light-skills | 640 | — | ~4.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Idea Memo WriterWILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills | 513 | — | ~441 | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Research Ideation
What does Research Ideation do?
Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic or dataset. Research Ideation is an agent skill from maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo.
When should I use Research Ideation?
Research Ideation fits situations like: tasks that involve Brainstorming; tasks that involve Hypothesis generation.
How do I install Research Ideation in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/research-ideation in maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo) into .claude/skills/research-ideation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Research Ideation in Codex?
Run `npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/research-ideation in maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo) into .agents/skills/research-ideation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Research Ideation in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo --skill research-ideation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/research-ideation, .gemini/skills/research-ideation, .github/skills/research-ideation and .opencode/skills/research-ideation in your project.
What does Research Ideation need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Research Ideation is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write.
Does Research Ideation access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Research Ideation safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Research Ideation use?
No licence was found for Research Ideation or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Research Ideation use?
About 914 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Research Ideation?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Research Ideation: Idea Generation (voidful/academic-skills, 134 stars), Interview Me (pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow, 1.7k stars), Research Ideation (pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow, 1.7k stars) and Light Idea Generation (Light0305/Light-skills, 640 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Research Ideation?
maxwell2732 (a GitHub user) maintains it in maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo, which has 137 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 22, 2026.
Source: maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.