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Decision summary
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Last30days Skill
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Last30days Skill
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Last30days Skill
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| Signal | literature-review Conduct comprehensive, systematic literature reviews using multiple academic databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, etc.). This skill should be used when conducting systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses, research synthesis, or comprehensive literature searches across biomedical, scientific, and technical domains. Creates professionally formatted markdown documents and PDFs with verified citations in multiple citation styles (APA, Nature, Vancouver, etc.). | Academic Research Skills Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | Last30days Skill 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. |
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| Quality | 82/100 Strong | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 93/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 3.6K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 38K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 61K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | Sep 1, 2026 | Jul 18, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | Claude Code | Python, Research, Claude Code | Python, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Agent Skills |
| Warnings | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | RAG and knowledge workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Research agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review | $ npx skills add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills | $ npx skills add mvanhorn/last30days-skill -g |