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Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize
38K starsJul 18, 2026 pushresearchPythonResearch
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A collection of research-focused AI agent skills implementing methodologies like Tree of Thoughts and SCAMPER, packaged as reusable skills for agent runtimes.
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Run autonomous deep research over web and local sources
28K starsJun 28, 2026 pushresearchPythonResearch Agent
$ npx skills add assafelovic/gpt-researcher#3
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.
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$ npx skills add dzhng/deep-research#4
Tongyi Deep Research, the Leading Open-source Deep Research Agent
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$ npx skills add Alibaba-NLP/DeepResearch#5
~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#6
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#7
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
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
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$ npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills#9
Turn Claude Code into a full game dev studio — 49 AI agents, 72 workflow skills, and a complete coordination system mirroring real studio hierarchy.
22K starsMay 21, 2026 pushdevelopmentShellClaude Code
$ npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios#10
🎨 Local-first, open-source Claude Design alternative. 🖥️ Native desktop app. ⚡ 259+ Skills · ✨ 142+ Design Systems 🖼️ Web · desktop · mobile prototypes · slides · images · videos · HyperFrames 📦 Sandboxed preview · HTML/PDF/PPTX/MP4 export 🤖 Claude Code / OpenClaw / Codex / Cursor / OpenCode / Qwen / Copilot / Hermes / Kimi & 17+ CLIs.
88K starsAug 17, 2026 pushagent-skillsTypeScriptAI Agents
$ npx skills add nexu-io/open-design#11
AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs
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$ npx skills add CherryHQ/cherry-studio#12
Turn any AI agent into an AI Scientist. The #1 Agent Skills library for science, used by 160,000+ scientists worldwide. 140 ready-to-use skills plus 100+ scientific databases covering biology, chemistry, medicine, and drug discovery. Compatible with Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Antigravity, and the open Agent Skills standard.
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$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills#13
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
86K starsJul 15, 2026 pushagent-skillsJavaScriptAI Agents
$ npx skills add DietrichGebert/ponytail#14
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.
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$ npx skills add ZhuLinsen/daily_stock_analysis#15
The awesome collection of OpenClaw skills. 5,400+ skills filtered and categorized from the official OpenClaw Skills Registry.🦞
50K starsJun 16, 2026 pushagent-skillsAI AgentsClaude Code
$ npx skills add VoltAgent/awesome-openclaw-skills#16
Marketing skills for Claude Code and AI agents. CRO, copywriting, SEO, analytics, and growth engineering.
41K starsJul 16, 2026 pushdevelopmentJavaScriptClaude Code
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