research-ideation
End-to-end research ideation pipeline: literature grounding → multi-track idea generation (3 personas: innovator/pragmatist/critic) → iterative refinement → ELO tournament ranking → update evo-memory (IDE) → user selects direction → expand into manuscript-quality proposal. Use when: user wants to find a research direction, brainstorm ideas, evaluate idea novelty, design a novel solution, rank/compare research ideas, or generate a research proposal. Do NOT use for finding/searching/reading papers (use paper-navigator), literature survey reports (use research-survey), or planning a paper (use pa
npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill research-ideation --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Research Ideation From research goal to ranked ideas and a detailed proposal. ``` Step 0: Load evo-memory (M_I) ↓ Step 1: Define Goal ↓ Step 2: Literature Grounding (MUST use paper-navigator scripts) ↓ Step 3: Generate Ideas (3 directions × 3 personas) ↓ Step 4: Refine Ideas (3 tracks × N iterations) ↓ Step 5: ELO Tournament → Present Top-3 to User ↓ Step 6: Update evo-memory (IDE) ↓ User Selects ↓ Step 7: Expand into Proposal ↓ Step 8: Validate and Iterate ``` ## When to Use - User wants to find a research direction or brainstorm research ideas - User wants to evaluate whether an idea is novel or worth pursuing - User wants to rank or compare multiple research ideas - User wants to generate a research proposal from an idea ## When NOT to Use - **Finding/reading papers** → use `paper-navigator` - **Literature survey report** → use `research-survey` - **Planning a paper (story design, experiment plan)** → use `paper-planning` --- ## Step 0: Load Prior Knowledge from evo-memory **Before any ideation begins**, load Ideation Memory (M_I) from prior research cycles: 1. Read M_I at `/memory/ideation-memory.md` (refer to `evo-memory` skill) 2. Select the **top-2 entries** (k_I=2) most r
- When to Use
- When NOT to Use
- Step 0: Load Prior Knowledge from evo-memory
- Step 1: Define a Long-Term Research Goal
- Step 2: Literature Grounding (via paper-navigator)
- Build Challenge-Insight Tree
- Step 3: Generate Ideas
- Three Personas
- Process
- Idea Format
- Step 4: Refine Ideas
- 5 Evolution Strategies
- Logical Cohesion Principles
- Step 5: ELO Tournament → Present Top-3
What does the research-ideation skill do?
End-to-end research ideation pipeline: literature grounding → multi-track idea generation (3 personas: innovator/pragmatist/critic) → iterative refinement → ELO tournament ranking → update evo-memory (IDE) → user selects direction → expand into manuscript-quality proposal. Use when: user wants to find a research direction, brainstorm ideas, evaluate idea novelty, design a novel solution, rank/compare research ideas, or generate a research proposal. Do NOT use for finding/searching/reading papers (use paper-navigator), literature survey reports (use research-survey), or planning a paper (use pa
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill research-ideation --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills, a repository with 135 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.