idea-spark Skill
Generate ONE reviewer-defensible, implementable research idea with a concrete method and falsification plan from a stated research direction. Use when the user asks for a research idea, novelty analysis, bottleneck diagnosis, or paper-shape suggestion. Skip code review, debugging, and unconstrained brainstorming withou Published by microsoft in ResearchStudio.
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Data analysis, Design and media, Research, Includes SKILL.md
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What is idea-spark Skill?
Generate ONE reviewer-defensible, implementable research idea with a concrete method and falsification plan from a stated research direction. Use when the user asks for a research idea, novelty analysis, bottleneck diagnosis, or paper-shape suggestion. Skip code review, debugging, and unconstrained brainstorming withou Published by microsoft in ResearchStudio. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
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Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Data analysis
- Design and media
- Research
- Data analysis use cases
- Design and media use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Source file: ResearchStudio-Idea/skills/idea_spark/SKILL.md
These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.
Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use idea-spark Skill
- Use it for data analysis.
- Use it for design and media.
- Use it for research.
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Source
- Creator: microsoft
- Repository: microsoft/ResearchStudio
- Skill file: ResearchStudio-Idea/skills/idea_spark/SKILL.md
What it does
Generate ONE reviewer-defensible, implementable research idea with a concrete method and falsification plan from a stated research direction. Use when the user asks for a research idea, novelty analysis, bottleneck diagnosis, or paper-shape suggestion. Skip code review, debugging, and unconstrained brainstorming withou
Skill instructions
Idea Spark Skill Convert an under-specified research direction into ONE reviewer-defensible Oral-level research proposal — grounded in 1947 ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS papers (2021-2025) — via a 5-phase workflow: retrieve recent literature, diagnose the bottleneck, select + generate a candidate using corpus-derived ideation pattern cards, run it through a quality gauntlet, expand into an idea card. This file is the operational runbook. Design rationale (the 7 design principles, why each contract is shaped this way, removed-check history) lives in references/design-notes.md — read it only when modifying or evaluating the skill, never needed to run it. When MODIFYING the skill, also replay the cross-shape regression set in references/regression-directions.md (deterministic subset: python3 "$SKILLDIR/scripts/regressioncheck.py" <rundir; routing/merger branch fixtures — including every guard/retry branch that real runs rarely exercise: python3 "$SKILLDIR/scripts/selftestrouting.py"; unit fixtures fo
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Frequently asked questions
What is idea-spark?
idea-spark is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Generate ONE reviewer-defensible, implementable research idea with a concrete method and falsification plan from a stated research direction.
Who is idea-spark best for?
idea-spark is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, data analysis workflows, design and media workflows, research workflows.
How do I install idea-spark?
Install or run idea-spark using Copy skill directory. Check idea-spark for the latest setup command.
Is idea-spark actively maintained?
idea-spark may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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