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research-idea from cuhk-aim-group/neurodiscovery is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add cuhk-aim-group/neurodiscovery/research-idea@git:20260506.86420c0

Pins git:20260506.86420c0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: cuhk-aim-group/neurodiscovery
Path: skills/research-idea/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 4
Latest version: git:20260506.86420c0, committed May 6, 2026
First version recorded: Mar 25, 2026
Size: 3,181 bytes
Repository stars: 93
License: MIT

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…

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# 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   |
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add cuhk-aim-group/neurodiscovery/research-idea@sha256:408c5a2c0e371707

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260506.86420c0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_jjf2dwuxhh3hi6yn.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_jjf2dwuxhh3hi6yn)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Mar 25, 2026 and May 6, 2026, about one every 14 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260506.86420c0 latest	2026-05-06	86420c0	3,181 B	A	view · diff
git:20260505.e9ddd22	2026-05-05	e9ddd22	3,187 B	A	view · diff
git:20260325.72d2cbf	2026-03-25	72d2cbf	3,090 B	A	view · diff
git:20260325.df6f256	2026-03-25	df6f256	3,006 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3181 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

cuhk-aim-group/neurodiscovery · 93 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-23 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jjf2dwuxhh3hi6yn
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cuhk-aim-group/neurodiscovery/research-idea
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/408c5a2c0e37170785363f7b2f4018f1e254fde9f89b8d23cb587f0d662eeac2

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