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Research idea finder
Describe your field or stuck project. Get ten ways to find research ideas worth chasing, with the best ones ranked.
Research idea finder is a free AI skill for the job "Research a topic properly". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · MIT licence · Made by Orchestra Research · Level: beginner
Made by Orchestra Research. See the original on GitHub; we copied it as it is, with its licence.
What it does
Ten different ways to find a research idea worth chasing, applied to your field, with the strongest ideas ranked at the end. When you are stuck, a fresh angle matters more than a longer list. The ten lenses include starting from a real problem versus starting from a method, finding gaps others skip, combining two fields, flipping a common assumption, and looking at what recently became possible. You describe your area or your stuck project, and the skill runs the lenses and collects candidates. Then it checks each for payoff, risk and fit with your skills. It does not do literature reviews or experiment design.
You give it
- Your field or stuck project
- Your skills and resources (optional)
- Ideas you already have (optional)
You get
- Candidate ideas from ten lenses
- Strengths and risks for each
- Ranked shortlist
- Next step for the top ideas
Use it when
- You are starting a new direction and have no idea where to aim.
- Your current project is stuck and you need a new angle.
- You have a half-formed idea and want to test its promise.
- You are moving between fields and need an entry point.
How to use it
- Add it to your AI once: download it and add the folder to Claude, ChatGPT or Codex as a skill.
- Ask for the job in your own words. Your AI opens the skill when it fits.