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Decision summary
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
paperFig
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | paperFig Design, implement, revise, and validate publication-quality scientific figures from references, existing plotting code, and real project data. Trace every figure to source code and inputs; deconstruct reference figures; plan the scientific story and multi-panel structure; build complex model architecture and statistical panels; enforce a consistent visual system; and render-verify PDF/SVG/PNG outputs. Use for 科研配图, 论文配图, 找图的源代码, 参考图复刻与改造, 模型框架图, 多面板主图, figure redesign, or standardizing a research-figure process. | Academic Research Skills Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize |
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| Quality | 84/100 Strong | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 95/100 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 | 5.1K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 38K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | Aug 28, 2026 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Use-case fit |
| Workflow fit |
| Platform hints | Claude Code | Python, Research, Claude Code |
| Warnings | The submitted skill directory references mandatory files that are not present in the provided file list: references/research-figure-process.md, references/reference-deconstruction.md, references/architecture-and-multipanel-design.md, references/scientific-visual-qa.md, scripts/inspect_figure_project.py, and figmirror.py. If these are not packaged with the skill, the workflow cannot run as documented. · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Research agents 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 · production agents without a repository 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 |
| Install | $ npx skills add WUBING2023/PaperSpine --skill paperFig | $ npx skills add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills |