Research agents

Best AI agent skills for research briefs

Ranked OpenAgentSkill shortlist for agents that gather sources, compare claims, summarize recent changes, and produce concise evidence-backed research briefs.

Builders creating research, competitive intelligence, market monitoring, and analyst-style briefing agents. Ranked from the OpenAgentSkill index using quality, trust, freshness, adoption, and install readiness.

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Find AI agent skills for web research, source comparison, recent-event scanning, and evidence-backed briefing workflows.

These pages are generated from real registry records. The list below is not a generic article; every row links to a skill profile with install, trust, audit, and risk fields.

#1

Last30days Skill

91 fitTrust 79Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 86 · Safe to try

Research recent cross-source changes across Reddit, X, YouTube, Hacker News, and the web.

Excellent quality, 43K stars, and a 100 use-case fit score.

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43K starsJun 1, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx skills add mvanhorn/last30days-skill
#2

David Ondrej Skills

89 fitTrust 79Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 88 · Safe to try

Official Agent Skills for coding agents, research, workflow orchestration, docs, ops, and skill authoring.

Excellent quality, 968 stars, and a 100 use-case fit score.

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968 starsJul 5, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx skills add davidondrej/skills
#3

OpenBB

43 fitTrust 77Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 85 · Needs review

Open-source investment research platform for financial analysis agents.

Excellent quality, 46K stars, and a 26 use-case fit score.

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46K starsJun 1, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runPythonCodex
$ npx skills add OpenBB-finance/OpenBB
#4

Crawl4AI

41 fitTrust 80Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 87 · Safe to try

Open-source LLM-friendly web crawler and scraper for agent workflows.

Excellent quality, 66K stars, and a 20 use-case fit score.

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66K starsJun 1, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx skills add unclecode/crawl4ai
#5

Market News Analyst

40 fitTrust 79Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 88 · Needs review

Rank recent market-moving news and explain likely effects on equities, commodities, monetary policy, and earnings.

Excellent quality, 2.6K stars, and a 23 use-case fit score.

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2.6K starsAug 10, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill market-news-analyst
#6

US Stock Analysis

40 fitTrust 81Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 89 · Needs review

Research a US equity across fundamentals, valuation, technical context, peers, and current market data.

Excellent quality, 2.6K stars, and a 23 use-case fit score.

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2.6K starsAug 10, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill us-stock-analysis
#7

Equity Research Earnings Analysis

40 fitTrust 83Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 90 · Needs review

Create a structured post-earnings equity research update with key metrics, estimate changes, charts, and thesis review.

Excellent quality, 34K stars, and a 20 use-case fit score.

Best suited scenario

Retrieve market data

34K starsAug 4, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill earnings-analysis
#8

Serenity Skill

39 fitTrust 77Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 85 · Needs review

Stock analysis skill for market research and financial reasoning workflows.

Excellent quality, 12K stars, and a 22 use-case fit score.

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12K starsJun 1, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx skills add muxuuu/serenity-skill
#9

Market Environment Analysis

38 fitTrust 81Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 89 · Needs review

Create a global market conditions report spanning equities, rates, FX, commodities, risk appetite, and sector rotation.

Excellent quality, 2.6K stars, and a 20 use-case fit score.

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2.6K starsAug 10, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill market-environment-analysis
#10

Earnings Preview

36 fitTrust 81Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 89 · Needs review

Prepare a pre-earnings briefing with consensus estimates, beat-miss history, and current market context.

Excellent quality, 3.1K stars, and a 17 use-case fit score.

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3.1K starsAug 5, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill earnings-preview
#11

Earnings Calendar

36 fitTrust 81Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 89 · Needs review

Build an upcoming US earnings calendar with dates, timing, consensus estimates, and market-impact context.

Excellent quality, 2.6K stars, and a 17 use-case fit score.

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2.6K starsAug 10, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill earnings-calendar
#12

AlphaEar Stock Data

36 fitTrust 78Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 85 · Needs review

Look up A-share, Hong Kong, and US stock tickers and retrieve historical OHLCV price data for research.

Excellent quality, 2.8K stars, and a 17 use-case fit score.

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2.8K starsMar 29, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx -y skills add RKiding/Awesome-finance-skills --skill alphaear-stock
#13

GitHub

36 fitTrust 78Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 86 · Safe to try

Repository analysis, pull request review, issue triage, and release workflow automation.

Excellent quality, 18K stars, and a 16 use-case fit score.

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Inspect source files

18K starsJun 1, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexCursor
$ npx skills add github/docs
#14

StatsBomb Open Data

36 fitTrust 77Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 86 · Safe to try

Open football event data for match analysis, xG research, scouting, and World Cup-style dashboards.

Excellent quality, 3.9K stars, and a 17 use-case fit score.

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3.9K starsJun 1, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runPythonCodex
$ npx skills add statsbomb/open-data
#15

Yahoo Finance Data

34 fitTrust 76Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 86 · Needs review

Retrieve market prices, histories, fundamentals, options, and news through Yahoo Finance endpoints for research workflows.

Excellent quality, 175 stars, and a 17 use-case fit score.

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175 starsJun 14, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx -y skills add gauss314/skills --skill yahoo-finance
#16

Vectorbt

34 fitTrust 76Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 85 · Needs review

Fast quantitative research and backtesting workflows for financial agents.

Excellent quality, 5.4K stars, and a 15 use-case fit score.

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5.4K starsJun 1, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runPythonCodex
$ npx skills add polakowo/vectorbt
#17

AlphaGBM Stock Analysis

34 fitTrust 75Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 84 · Needs review

Analyze a ticker with AlphaGBMs five-pillar framework: fundamentals, technicals, sentiment, flows, and valuation.

Excellent quality, 1.8K stars, and a 14 use-case fit score.

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1.8K starsJul 9, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add AlphaGBM/skills --skill alphagbm-stock-analysis
#18

Fundamental Analysis Agent

33 fitTrust 74Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 83 · Needs review

Research a companys valuation, growth, profitability, balance sheet, competitive moat, and management quality.

Excellent quality, 218 stars, and a 15 use-case fit score.

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218 starsApr 7, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add zubair-trabzada/ai-trading-claude --skill trade-fundamental
#19

Simons Quant

33 fitTrust 79Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 88 · Needs review

Evaluate systematic strategy ideas through signal testing, statistical validation, decay, execution costs, and model-risk review.

Excellent quality, 811 stars, and a 13 use-case fit score.

Best suited scenario

Retrieve market data

811 starsJul 14, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx -y skills add xuboyuebobb/investorskills --skill simons-quant
#20

RNSkill Topic Router

32 fitTrust 74Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 86 · Needs review

Route a content idea through topic capture, research, production planning, publishing, and archive steps for a video content workspace.

Excellent quality, 797 stars, and a 13 use-case fit score.

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797 starsJul 27, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx -y skills add Pluviobyte/rnskill --skill ra-选题
#21

Financial Statement Analyzer

31 fitTrust 74Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 83 · Needs review

Perform a forensic company financial-statement review across earnings quality, health, fraud risk, and operating efficiency.

Excellent quality, 271 stars, and a 12 use-case fit score.

Best suited scenario

Retrieve market data

271 starsMar 5, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add Geeksfino/finskills --skill financial-statement-analyzer
#22

Quant Factor Screener

31 fitTrust 74Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 83 · Needs review

Screen equities with systematic value, momentum, quality, volatility, size, and growth factor frameworks.

Excellent quality, 271 stars, and a 12 use-case fit score.

Best suited scenario

Retrieve market data

271 starsMar 5, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add Geeksfino/finskills --skill quant-factor-screener
#23

Portfolio Analytics

31 fitTrust 76Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 86 · Needs review

Measure portfolio returns, risk, drawdowns, benchmarks, rolling metrics, and strategy performance from approved data.

Excellent quality, 267 stars, and a 12 use-case fit score.

Best suited scenario

Retrieve market data

267 starsJun 24, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills --skill portfolio-analytics
#24

FRED Macro Data

31 fitTrust 74Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 85 · Needs review

Retrieve official Federal Reserve economic series for GDP, inflation, rates, employment, money supply, and volatility research.

Excellent quality, 175 stars, and a 12 use-case fit score.

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175 starsJun 14, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runCodexClaude Code
$ npx -y skills add gauss314/skills --skill fred-macro
#25

Qualitative Valuation

31 fitTrust 77Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 88 · Needs review

Assess business quality, economic moats, management, competitive positioning, and durable value creation.

Excellent quality, 164 stars, and a 12 use-case fit score.

Best suited scenario

Retrieve market data

164 starsJul 18, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill qualitative-valuation
#26

Tushare Finance

30 fitTrust 72Excellent 100Agent Proven —Audit 85 · Needs review

Access China, Hong Kong, US, fund, futures, bond, and macroeconomic data through Tushare Pro workflows.

Excellent quality, 76 stars, and a 11 use-case fit score.

Best suited scenario

Retrieve market data

76 starsAug 10, 2026 pushStrong shortlistNeeds first agent runClaude CodeCodex
$ npx -y skills add StanleyChanH/Tushare-Finance-Skill-for-Claude-Code --skill tushare-finance

Selection method

How this list is ranked

OpenAgentSkill scores each candidate against the workflow keywords, then balances fit with GitHub stars, quality signals, trust profile, Agent Proven outcome evidence, maintenance freshness, and whether there is a clear install path.

How does OpenAgentSkill rank research briefs?

The ranking combines workflow fit, quality score, trust profile, GitHub adoption, maintenance freshness, and whether a clear install path exists.

Should I install the top skill immediately?

No. Treat the list as a shortlist, open the skill detail page, inspect the repository and license, then test the install command in a sandbox workflow.

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