Skill comparison
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Comparing 4 skills
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Decision summary
Academic Research Skills is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Coding agents.
Strongest overall
Academic Research Skills
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Fastest prototype
Academic Research Skills
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Academic Research Skills
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Luxas An autonomous research colleague — from a question to a compiled manuscript, while you sleep. | Deep Research 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. | DeepResearch Tongyi Deep Research, the Leading Open-source Deep Research Agent | Academic Research Skills Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize |
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| Quality | 70/100 Strong | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 69/100 Prototype first Prototype with this skill first; keep a fallback candidate ready. | 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. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 194 stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 19K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 20K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 38K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | May 19, 2026 | Apr 11, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | Jul 18, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | TypeScript, Research Agent, Claude Code | TypeScript, Research Agent, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents | Python, Research Agent, Claude Code | Python, Research, Claude Code |
| Warnings | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | RAG and knowledge workflows · Claude Code teams · builders willing to evaluate younger projects | RAG and knowledge workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add Muuuun/luxas | $ npx skills add dzhng/deep-research | $ npx skills add Alibaba-NLP/DeepResearch | $ npx skills add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills |