research-app-toolkit

Use when the user asks to write a cold email, draft an outreach email, follow up with a professor, or prepare other supervisor-facing application emails. Based on the shared application profile and target supervisor information, generate first-contact emails, follow-ups, interview thank-you notes, and offer-related communication.

Use when the user asks to analyze a CV or resume, extract an applicant profile, review a resume, or parse a CV. Read the user's CV or resume, produce a structured research application profile, and write it to the shared memory file for reuse by other application skills.

Use when the user asks to polish a CV or resume, improve a CV, tailor a resume, or optimize a CV. Based on the shared application profile, suggest revisions or produce rewrites for structure, phrasing, and target-program fit.

Use when the user asks to draft or revise an SOP, personal statement, motivation letter, research proposal, recommendation-letter draft, or similar application document. Based on the shared application profile and user materials, generate research application documents.

Use when the user asks to analyze research gaps, find research gaps, generate research ideas, or analyze papers for gaps. Read a set of papers, summarize methods and limitations, identify open questions, and propose executable research ideas aligned with the user's profile.

Use when the user asks to prepare a PhD interview deck, professor meeting slides, research presentation PPT, slide-by-slide speaking notes, or interview visuals. Structure CV, project files, and supervisor fit into an interview-ready academic deck, and generate visuals when explicitly requested.

Use when the user asks to prepare for an interview, run a mock interview, practice interview questions, or get ready for a graduate application interview. Generate question sets, simulate Q&A, and provide feedback around the target supervisor, program, and the user's own experience.

Use when the user asks to find supervisors, match professors, search for supervisors, or identify professors for a PhD or other research degree. Based on the shared application profile and user preferences, identify potential supervisors, evaluate research fit, and recommend priorities.

Use when the user asks for school recommendations, program selection, PhD program discovery, MRes program comparison, or university comparison. Based on the application profile, budget, region, and timeline, identify and compare research programs and return reach, match, and safety recommendations.

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 "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 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.