Agent skill

Research Protocol

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Write a structured research protocol or study design document.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Research Protocol

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill research-protocol -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills research-protocol --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-protocol .claude/skills/research-protocol && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
research-protocol
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~945 tokens
SKILL.md length
394 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Write a structured research protocol or study design document.

  • Works in 11 steps: Background and Rationale → Research Objectives → Study Design → …
  • Asked to write a research protocol
  • SKILL.md covers Required Inputs, Output Structure, Quality Checks and Anti-Patterns, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Research Protocol is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write a structured research protocol or study design document. Use when asked to write a research protocol, study protocol, research plan, methodology section, or research proposal. Produces a complete protocol with objectives, methodology, ethical considerations, and analysis plan.

Its SKILL.md is about 950 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 Research & Science, covering Experimental design. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to write a research protocol
  • Methodology section
  • Research proposal

Example prompts

  • “/research-protocol”

Workflow steps

11 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Background and Rationale
  2. Research Objectives
  3. Study Design
  4. Participants
  5. Methodology / Intervention
  6. Outcomes / Measures
  7. Data Management
  8. Analysis Plan
  9. Ethical Considerations
  10. Dissemination Plan
  11. Timeline

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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 Protocol loads about 945 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 394 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~75
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~945

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

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 394 words, ~945 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/research-protocol/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
research-protocol
description
Write a structured research protocol or study design document. Use when asked to write a research protocol, study protocol, research plan, methodology section, or research proposal. Produces a complete protocol with objectives, methodology, ethical considerations, and analysis plan.

Research Protocol Skill

Produces structured research protocols for academic, clinical, social science, or market research studies.

Required Inputs

  • Research type (clinical trial / observational / qualitative / systematic review / survey)
  • Research question or hypothesis
  • Setting and population
  • Proposed methodology
  • Timeline
  • Funder or institution (if applicable)

Output Structure


Research Protocol: [Study Title]

Version: 1.0 | Date: [Date] | PI: [Name, institution]


1. Background and Rationale
  • What is already known
  • What the gap in knowledge is
  • Why this study is needed now
2. Research Objectives

Primary: [One clear answerable question or hypothesis] Secondary: [Additional questions]

3. Study Design
  • Design: [RCT / cohort / qualitative / mixed methods]
  • Setting: [Where]
  • Duration: [Total period and recruitment window]
  • Rationale: [Why this design fits the question]
4. Participants

Inclusion criteria: [List] Exclusion criteria: [List] Sample size: [n] — Basis: [Power calculation or saturation rationale] Recruitment: [Method and source]

5. Methodology / Intervention

For interventional: intervention description, control, randomisation, blinding For observational/qualitative: data collection methods, tools, data collectors

6. Outcomes / Measures

Primary outcome: [Measure], assessed by [method], at [timepoint] Secondary outcomes: [Measure], [method], [timepoint]

7. Data Management
  • Storage: [Where and anonymisation method]
  • Access controls: [Who can access]
  • Retention: [How long]
8. Analysis Plan

Quantitative: [Statistical test], [missing data handling], [software] Qualitative: [Framework — e.g. Braun & Clarke], [quality assurance]

9. Ethical Considerations
  • Ethics approval: [Body / reference]
  • Informed consent: [Process]
  • Confidentiality: [How maintained]
  • Risk to participants: [Assessment and mitigation]
10. Dissemination Plan
  • Target journals: [2-3 relevant]
  • Conference presentations
  • Public/patient summary
Show full SKILL.md (164 more words)Show less
11. Timeline
PhaseActivitiesStartEnd
SetupEthics, approvals, tool development
Recruitment
Data collection
Analysis
Write-up

Quality Checks

  • Primary objective is singular and answerable (not compound)
  • Sample size has a stated basis (power calculation or saturation rationale)
  • Ethical considerations section is complete
  • Analysis plan is pre-specified (not "to be determined")
  • Timeline includes all phases from ethics approval to write-up

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not write an analysis plan as "to be determined" — the analysis approach must be pre-specified before data collection
  • Do not skip the ethical considerations section — all research involving human participants requires ethical review
  • Do not define research questions so broadly that the study cannot answer them within scope and budget
  • Do not conflate the research question with the hypothesis — state them separately and clearly
  • Do not omit sample size justification — an underpowered study wastes resources and produces inconclusive results

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Write a research protocol for [study]"
  • "Help me design a study to investigate [question]"
  • "Write the methodology for my research proposal"

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/research-protocol of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Research Protocol

What does Research Protocol do?

Write a structured research protocol or study design document. Research Protocol is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write a structured research protocol or study design document.

When should I use Research Protocol?

Research Protocol fits situations like: asked to write a research protocol; methodology section; research proposal.

How do I install Research Protocol in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill research-protocol -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research-protocol in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/research-protocol in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Research Protocol in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill research-protocol -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research-protocol in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/research-protocol in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Research Protocol 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill research-protocol -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-protocol, .gemini/skills/research-protocol, .github/skills/research-protocol and .opencode/skills/research-protocol in your project.

What does Research Protocol need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Research Protocol is instructions for the agent only.

Does Research Protocol 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 Protocol 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 Protocol use?

Research Protocol is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Research Protocol use?

About 945 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k 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 Protocol?

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Who maintains Research Protocol?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.