research-app-toolkit

Generate or optimize cold emails for professor outreach

Analyze CV and generate structured profile for research applications

Polish and improve CV for research applications

Assist with application documents (SOP, motivation letter, research proposal, recommendation letter)

Analyze papers for research gaps and generate research ideas

Build or refine a professor-meeting or PhD interview slide deck

Prepare for research program interviews with mock Q&A

Search and match professors for research applications

Recommend and compare schools for research applications

Read and summarize academic papers for research gap analysis. Called by gap-analysis skill to process papers in parallel. Launch via Agent tool with subagent_type="paper-reader". <example> Context: User wants to analyze 5 papers for research gaps. user: "Analyze these papers for potential research gaps" assistant: "I'll launch paper-reader agents to process all papers in parallel." </example>

This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a cold email", "draft a 套磁信", "compose outreach email", "follow up professor", "write thank you email", "negotiate offer", or runs /ra:cold-email. It generates and optimizes various types of emails for research application communication.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "analyze my CV", "extract CV profile", "review my resume", "parse my CV", or runs /ra:cv-analyze. It reads a CV/resume and produces a structured capability profile stored in .local.md for other skills to reference.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "polish my CV", "improve my CV", "tailor my CV", "optimize my resume", or runs /ra:cv-polish. It improves CV content, structure, and wording for specific applications.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "write SOP", "draft personal statement", "write motivation letter", "write research proposal", "draft recommendation letter", "help with application essay", or runs /ra:doc-assist. It assists with various application documents.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "analyze research gaps", "find research gaps", "generate research ideas", "discover research opportunities", "analyze papers for gaps", or runs /ra:gap-analysis. It reads a collection of papers, identifies research gaps, and proposes novel research ideas.

This skill should be used when the user asks to prepare a PhD interview deck, professor meeting slides, research presentation PPT, slide-by-slide speaking notes, or to reorganize project materials into interview-friendly slides. It structures CV, project files, and supervisor fit into a concise academic presentation for professor meetings and formal interviews.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "prepare for interview", "practice interview questions", "mock interview", "interview preparation", or runs /ra:interview-prep. It prepares the user for research program interviews.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "find professors", "search for supervisors", "match professors", "find research supervisors", or runs /ra:professor-match. It searches for professors matching the user's research interests and evaluates fit.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "recommend schools", "select universities", "find PhD programs", "choose MRes programs", "compare universities", or runs /ra:school-select. It recommends schools based on user profile and preferences.

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