Alternatives

Ref Downloader alternatives for AI agents.

Compare similar skills by workflow fit, trust score, quality, GitHub adoption, maintenance, and install readiness.

Current skill

Ref Downloader

Batch-download reference PDFs from a DOI or paper PDF using Crossref and your institutional Edge session.

72
Quality
78
Trust
116
Stars
#1

Academic Research Skills

Similarity 133Trust 87Excellent 100

Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize

38K starsJul 18, 2026 pushresearchPythonResearch
$ npx skills add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills
#2

ChatPaper

Similarity 114Trust 85Excellent 95

Use ChatGPT to summarize the arXiv papers. 全流程加速科研,利用chatgpt进行论文全文总结+专业翻译+润色+审稿+审稿回复

20K starsMar 2, 2026 pushresearchPythonResearch
$ npx skills add kaixindelele/ChatPaper
#3

Local Deep Research

Similarity 106Trust 89Excellent 99

~95% on SimpleQA (e.g. Qwen3.6-27B on a 3090). Supports all local and cloud LLMs (llama.cpp, Ollama, Google, ...). 10+ search engines - arXiv, PubMed, your private documents. Everything Local & Encrypted.

8.7K starsJul 18, 2026 pushresearchPythonResearch
$ npx skills add LearningCircuit/local-deep-research
#4

GPT Researcher

Similarity 102Trust 85Excellent 100

Run autonomous deep research over web and local sources

28K starsJun 28, 2026 pushresearchPythonResearch Agent
$ npx skills add assafelovic/gpt-researcher
#5

DeepResearch

Similarity 102Trust 87Excellent 100

Tongyi Deep Research, the Leading Open-source Deep Research Agent

20K starsFeb 27, 2026 pushresearchPythonResearch Agent
$ npx skills add Alibaba-NLP/DeepResearch
#6

Deep Research

Similarity 96Trust 88Excellent 100

An AI-powered research assistant that performs iterative, deep research on any topic by combining search engines, web scraping, and large language models. The goal of this repo is to provide the simplest implementation of a deep research agent - e.g. an agent that can refine its research direction overtime and deep dive into a topic.

19K starsApr 11, 2026 pushresearchTypeScriptResearch Agent
$ npx skills add dzhng/deep-research
#7

Last30days Skill

Similarity 95Trust 91Excellent 100

Research the last 30 days across Reddit, X, YouTube, Hacker News, Polymarket, GitHub, and the web, then synthesize a grounded brief for an AI agent.

54K starsJul 25, 2026 pushresearchPythonClaude Code
$ npx skills add mvanhorn/last30days-skill -g
#8

Book To Skill

Similarity 90Trust 91Excellent 100

Turn any technical book PDF into a Claude Code skill — ready to study, reference, and use while you work.

21K starsAug 12, 2026 pushdevelopmentPythonClaude Code
$ npx skills add virgiliojr94/book-to-skill
#9

Claude Seo

Similarity 90Trust 90Excellent 100

Universal SEO skill for Claude Code. 25 sub-skills + 18 sub-agents covering technical SEO, E-E-A-T, schema, GEO/AEO, backlinks, local SEO, maps intelligence, semantic clustering, e-commerce SEO, international SEO, Google APIs, and PDF/Excel reporting. Optional DataForSEO, Firecrawl, and Banana extensions.

14K starsJul 27, 2026 pushdevelopmentPythonClaude Code
$ npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-seo
#10

Claude Ads

Similarity 88Trust 89Excellent 100

Comprehensive paid advertising audit & optimization skill for Claude Code. 250+ checks across Google, Meta, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, Microsoft & Apple Ads with weighted scoring, parallel agents, industry templates, and AI creative generation.

7.9K starsJul 13, 2026 pushdevelopmentPythonClaude Code
$ npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-ads
#11

Geo Seo Claude

Similarity 88Trust 88Excellent 100

GEO-first SEO skill for Claude Code. Comprehensive AI search optimization for any website — citability scoring, AI crawler analysis, brand authority, schema markup, platform-specific optimization, and PDF reports. If you want learn how to sell this to real businesses, check out the skool community

8.1K starsMay 27, 2026 pushdevelopmentPythonClaude Code
$ npx skills add zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude
#12

Daily Stock Analysis

Similarity 83Trust 90Excellent 100

LLM驱动的 A/H/美股智能分析:多数据源行情 + 实时新闻 + LLM决策仪表盘 + 多渠道推送,零成本定时运行,纯白嫖. LLM-powered stock analysis system for A/H/US markets.

52K starsJun 29, 2026 pushfinancePythonFinance
$ npx skills add ZhuLinsen/daily_stock_analysis
#13

Khazix Skills

Similarity 83Trust 93Excellent 100

A collection of practical, installable AI agent skills for disk cleanup, AI news retrieval, and project management, following the Agent Skills standard.

20K starsAug 13, 2026 pushutilityPythonClaude Code
$ npx skills add KKKKhazix/khazix-skills
#14

Agentskills

Similarity 83Trust 90Excellent 100

Specification and documentation for Agent Skills

24K starsAug 9, 2026 pushagent-skillsPythonAI Agents
$ npx skills add agentskills/agentskills
#15

Browser Use

Similarity 83Trust 87Excellent 100

🌐 Make websites accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks online with ease.

99K starsJun 13, 2026 pushagent-frameworksPythonAI Agents
$ npx skills add browser-use/browser-use
#16

Learn Claude Code

Similarity 83Trust 87Excellent 100

Bash is all you need - A nano claude code–like 「agent harness」, built from 0 to 1

68K starsJun 15, 2026 pushagent-frameworksPythonAI Agents
$ npx skills add shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code

How to choose

When should you switch?

Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Ref Downloader if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.

Next step

Compare top candidates side by side

Open the compare page, test the install commands in a sandbox, and check each repository before using a skill in production.