Ideation Skill
SkillSearchSearch academic literature and generate research hypotheses
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the Ideation Skill skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by openraiser/nanoresearch in skills/nanoresearch-ideation/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
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 paperssearch_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
Signals
- GitHub stars
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- Forks
- 97
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
Advanced
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nanoresearch-ideation- Source
- github.com/openraiser/nanoresearch