Research idea
Skill BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/skills/neuroclaw/research-idea
A curated collection of AI agent skills for biomedical research, covering genomics, proteomics, single-cell analysis, clinical AI, and protein design.
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Use this skill whenever the user wants to generate or refine a research idea through literature search and discussion. Triggers include: 'research idea', 'brainstorm idea', 'generate idea', 'research-idea', 'idea generation', 'discuss new direction', or any request to explore literature and output to IDEA.md. This skill is the **mandatory interface-layer idea generator** in NeuroClaw: it calls networking search skills to retrieve recent papers, identifies gaps/trends, then iteratively discusses with the user to finalize a structured idea, always saving the result as IDEA.md.
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Research Idea
Overview
This skill implements the Literature Search + User Discussion process for NeuroClaw research-idea phase.
It acts as the Idea Generator within the multi-agent framework:
- Automatically calls search skills (
multi-search-engine,academic-research-hub, etc.) for the latest papers (prefer last 3–6 months). - Summarizes key trends, methods, and open gaps.
- Engages in step-by-step discussion with the user to refine novelty and feasibility.
- Saves the final structured idea as IDEA.md (Background, Gap, Proposed Idea, Methods Outline, Impact).
If no topic is provided, it first asks the user for a domain (e.g., MRI segmentation, world models in neuroscience).
Research use only — the output is a concise, actionable IDEA.md ready for method-design.
Quick Reference (Idea Flow)
| Step | Description | Output File |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Search | Call search skills for recent literature | temp_search.md |
| 2. Analysis | Summarize trends & gaps | 01_gap_analysis.md |
| 3. Draft | Propose initial idea | 02_preliminary.md |
| 4. Discuss | Iterate with user feedback | 03_discussion.md |
| 5. Finalize | Polish and save | IDEA.md |
Installation
# Place files in: skills/research-idea/
Important Notes & Limitations
- Always uses external search skills (no LLM hallucination for literature).
- Every step saved as numbered .md files for transparency/resume.
- Requires user confirmation at discussion steps.
- Final output always saved as
IDEA.mdin workspace root.
When to Call This Skill
- Start of any new project
- User wants to brainstorm or pivot research direction
- Before method-design or paper-writing
Complementary / Related Skills
multi-search-engine→ core web & general literature retrievalacademic-research-hub→ arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar paper searchmethod-design→ consumes IDEA.mdpaper-writing→ consumes IDEA.mdexperiment-controller→ follows finalized idea
Reference
NeuroClaw architecture (section 1.4 research survey skill).
Flow: search → gap analysis → proposal → user discussion → IDEA.md
Created At: 2026-03-24 20:00 HKT
Last Updated At: 2026-03-26 00:28 HKT
Author: chengwang96
What ships with it
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Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.