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title: "Research AI Prompts (36 Free Templates) - AgentDock"
description: "36 free research prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Professional templates with smart variables. Copy and use instantly, or run them in the AgentDock editor."
url: "https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/research"
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# Research AI Prompts (36 Free Templates) - AgentDock

36 free research templates, including Primary Source Analysis and Academic CV Generator.

- [Primary Source Analysis](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/primary-source-analysis.md): Analyze historical documents, letters, artifacts, and original texts using established historical methodology including OPVL framework, contextual analysis, and bias evaluation
- [Academic CV Generator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/academic-cv.md): Create a properly formatted academic curriculum vitae for researchers, professors, and PhD students with comprehensive sections for publications, grants, teaching, and service
- [Summary Generator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/writing/summary-generator.md): Condense any text, article, document, or report into a clear, concise summary that captures key points and essential information
- [Research Question Generator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/research-question-generator.md): Develop strong, focused research questions from broad topics with guidance on question types, methodology alignment, and feasibility for academic research
- [Research Paper Outline Generator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/education/research-paper-outline.md): Create a comprehensive research paper outline with sections for abstract, literature review, methodology, findings, and discussion based on your topic and thesis
- [Capstone Project Writer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/capstone-project-writer.md): Generate a complete capstone project draft with a problem statement, objectives, methodology or implementation plan, and formatted citations
- [Conference Abstract Generator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/conference-abstract.md): Write compelling conference abstracts that get accepted by clearly communicating your research problem, methodology, findings, and contribution within strict word limits
- [Academic Peer Review Simulator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/peer-review.md): Get structured, constructive feedback on research papers, manuscripts, or thesis chapters with methodology critique, argumentation analysis, and actionable improvement suggestions
- [Research Hypothesis Generator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/hypothesis-generator.md): Transform research questions into testable hypotheses with null and alternative forms, operational definitions, and field-specific conventions for academic studies
- [Thesis Statement Generator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/writing/thesis-statement-generator.md): Generate strong, arguable thesis statements for academic essays and research papers with multiple angles and explanations of what makes each effective
- [Lab Report Template](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/lab-report-template.md): Generate properly structured lab reports with all required sections including abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion for any science experiment
- [Research Paper Writer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/research-paper-writer.md): Generate a complete research paper with a debatable thesis, cited evidence, an analysis section, a conclusion, and formatted citations
- [Control Variable Explainer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/control-variable-explainer.md): Identify the control variables a study needs to hold constant, check whether one named factor should be controlled, or explain control variables versus control groups.
- [Secondary Source Explainer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/secondary-source-explainer.md): Explain whether a source counts as primary or secondary with the reasoning behind the verdict, or check every source in a bibliography at once.
- [Literature Review Writer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/literature-review-writer.md): Generate a literature review that synthesizes sources by theme, chronology, or method, compares findings, and identifies the research gap
- [Psychology Notes to Key Studies Summary](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/education/study/psychology-notes-to-key-studies-summary.md): Pull every named study from psychology notes and format it as researcher, year, finding, and significance for exam-ready citations
- [Topic Research Assistant](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/education/research/topic-research-assistant.md): Get a comprehensive overview of any topic with key concepts, resources, and learning paths
- [Operationalization Explainer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/operationalization-explainer.md): Turn an abstract concept into concrete operational definitions with tradeoffs explained, evaluate whether an existing definition captures the construct, or explain operationalization with an example.
- [Google Scholar Research Guide](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/google-scholar-research-guide.md): Build a Google Scholar search strategy for a research topic and goal, with ready-to-paste query strings, a citation-tracing method, and signals for non-peer-reviewed results.
- [Boolean Search Operators Guide](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/boolean-operators-guide.md): Build 3 to 5 ready-to-paste boolean search strings using AND, OR, NOT, quotes, and parentheses, tuned to Google Scholar, library databases, or Google search.
- [Case Study Method Explainer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/case-study-method-explainer.md): Explain whether a case study fits a research project, give its definition, strengths, and limitations, or compare it against an observational study, experiment, or survey.
- [Dissertation Outline Generator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/dissertation-outline.md): Create a comprehensive dissertation outline with all required chapters, sections, and subsections customized for your academic discipline and research methodology
- [Peer-Reviewed Article Checker](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/peer-reviewed-article-checker.md): Check whether a specific article or journal underwent peer review, with a confidence level and the signals checked in Ulrichsweb, PubMed, or Scopus.
- [Control Group Explainer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/control-group-explainer.md): Design a control group for a research study, check whether an existing study design has one, or explain the concept with placebo and comparison-group examples.
- [Inductive vs Deductive Reasoning Explainer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/inductive-vs-deductive-reasoning-explainer.md): Explain the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning through paired examples, classify a given argument's type and strength, or map the split onto research methods.
- [Hypothesis Writer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/hypothesis-writer.md): Turn a research question into a testable hypothesis, written as an if-then prediction or a null-and-alternative pair for statistics and science research.
- [Data Collection Methods Explainer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/data-collection-methods-explainer.md): Recommend a data collection method from surveys, interviews, observation, experiments, or existing data, explain a chosen method's tradeoffs, or list all five types with examples.
- [Comparison Analyzer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/education/research/comparison-analyzer.md): Compare options systematically with structured pros, cons, and recommendations
- [Concept Paper Writer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/concept-paper-writer.md): Generate a concept paper that pitches your idea with background, objectives, proposed approach, expected outcomes, and a budget or scope note
- [Independent and Dependent Variable Identifier](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/independent-dependent-variables-identifier.md): Identify the independent and dependent variables in an experiment or homework question, explain the reasoning and any controlled variables, or check an existing answer.
- [Research Proposal Writer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/research-proposal-writer.md): Generate a research proposal that frames questions or hypotheses, justifies your methodology, and covers significance, timeline, and ethics
- [Correlation vs Causation Explainer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/correlation-vs-causation-explainer.md): Evaluate whether a claim proves causation or only shows correlation, naming confounding variables or reverse causation, or explain the concept with classic examples.
- [Confounding Variable Identifier](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/confounding-variable-identifier.md): Identify the confounding variables likely distorting a study's results, with the mechanism and fix for each, check one suspected variable, or explain confounders versus mediators.
- [Source Credibility and CRAAP Test Evaluator](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/research/craap-test-source-evaluator.md): Run a CRAAP test on any source, delivering a fast quick-check verdict or a full five-criteria breakdown scoring Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.
- [Article Summarizer](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/writing/blog/article-summarizer.md): Get concise summaries of long articles with key points and takeaways
- [Symptom Research Assistant](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/health/wellness/symptom-research-assistant.md): Get organized information about symptoms to prepare for doctor visits - not medical advice

## Related tags

- [Research methods](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/research-methods.md)
- [Academic](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/academic.md)
- [Academic writing](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/academic-writing.md)
- [Thesis](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/thesis.md)
- [Writing](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/writing.md)
- [Productivity](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/productivity.md)
- [Methodology](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/methodology.md)
- [Education](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/education.md)
- [Citations](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/citations.md)
- [Confounding variable](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/confounding-variable.md)
- [Summary](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/summary.md)
- [Content](https://agentdock.ai/prompt-library/t/content.md)