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
Skills
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Skills A collection of research-focused AI agent skills implementing methodologies like Tree of Thoughts and SCAMPER, packaged as reusable skills for agent runtimes. | Academic Research Skills Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | GPT Researcher Run autonomous deep research over web and local sources | 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. |
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| Quality | 68/100 Promising | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 67/100 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 | 15 stars 0 installs | 38K stars 0 installs | 28K stars 0 installs | 19K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Aug 6, 2026 | Jul 18, 2026 | Jun 28, 2026 | Apr 11, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | Shell, Claude Code | Python, Research, Claude Code | Python, Research Agent, LLM, Claude Code | TypeScript, Research Agent, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents |
| Warnings | Low GitHub adoption signal · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Research agents workflows · Claude Code teams · builders willing to evaluate younger projects | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Research agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | RAG and knowledge workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · production agents without a repository 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 v0lka/skills | $ npx skills add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills | $ npx skills add assafelovic/gpt-researcher | $ npx skills add dzhng/deep-research |