Is Research Protocol free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Research Protocol

Q: What do I need to use Research Protocol?

Research type; Research question or hypothesis; Setting and population; Proposed methodology; Timeline; Funder or institution.

Q: How do I know the Research Protocol output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Primary objective is singular and answerable (not compound); Sample size has a stated basis (power calculation or saturation rationale); Ethical considerations section is complete; Analysis plan is pre-specified (not "to be determined").

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-08 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-research

Write a structured research protocol or study design document. Use when asked to write a research protocol, study protocol, research plan, methodology section, or research proposal. Produces a complete protocol with objectives, methodology, ethical considerations, and analysis plan.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

🗣 Say this to your agent

“Write a research protocol for [study]”“Help me design a study to investigate [question]”“Write the methodology for my research proposal”

What to give it

▸Research type — clinical trial / observational / qualitative / systematic review / survey

▸Research question or hypothesis

▸Setting and population

▸Proposed methodology

▸Timeline

▸Funder or institution — if applicable

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Primary objective is singular and answerable (not compound)

✓Sample size has a stated basis (power calculation or saturation rationale)

✓Ethical considerations section is complete

✓Analysis plan is pre-specified (not "to be determined")

✓Timeline includes all phases from ethics approval to write-up

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not write an analysis plan as "to be determined" — the analysis approach must be pre-specified before data collection

Do not skip the ethical considerations section — all research involving human participants requires ethical review

Do not define research questions so broadly that the study cannot answer them within scope and budget

Do not conflate the research question with the hypothesis — state them separately and clearly

Do not omit sample size justification — an underpowered study wastes resources and produces inconclusive results

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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