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Nanoresearch Ideation

openraiser/nanoresearch-ideation

Search academic literature and generate research hypotheses

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/OpenRaiser/NanoResearch --skill nanoresearch-ideation

The instruction itself

6 sections, as written by the author

Ideation Skill

Purpose

Search arXiv and Semantic Scholar for papers related to a research topic, perform gap analysis, and generate novel hypotheses.

Tools Required

  • search_arxiv: Search arXiv for papers
  • search_semantic_scholar: Search Semantic Scholar for papers and citations

Input

  • topic: The research topic or question to investigate

Process

  • Generate 5-8 diverse search queries from the topic
  • Search arXiv and Semantic Scholar using each query
  • Deduplicate and rank papers by relevance
  • Analyze the collected papers to identify research gaps
  • Generate 2-4 novel hypotheses that address the identified gaps
  • Select the most promising hypothesis with justification

Output

Produces papers/ideation_output.json containing:

  • Retrieved papers with metadata
  • Survey summary
  • Gap analysis
  • Generated hypotheses
  • Selected hypothesis with rationale

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take openraiser/nanoresearch-ideation from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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