Skill comparison
Use this as a shortlist, then open the skill detail page before adopting.
Decision summary
Strongest overall
Academic Research Skills
Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.
Fastest prototype
Academic Research Skills
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
backlink
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | backlink OpenCLI-first backlink discovery, profile analysis, opportunity qualification, safe browser-assisted form filling, evidence-based verification, and bulk data harvesting from logged-in dashboards. Use for backlinks, external links, competitor link research, blog-comment opportunities, directory submissions, Similarweb/Semrush/Ahrefs discovery, Search Console verification, anchor analysis, toxic-link review, disavow review, outreach templates, scraping SaaS report tables that have no API, driving the owner's logged-in Chrome from a script, or Chinese requests such as 反链、外链、找外链、发外链、评论外链、外链分析、抓后台数据、导出报表、数据面板、数据勘测. | Academic Research Skills Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize |
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| Quality | 65/100 Promising | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 64/100 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. |
| Adoption | 144 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, Browser agents | Python, Research, Claude Code |
| Warnings | The skill is very large and complex; SKILL.md is long and uses XML, which might be hard to parse for some agents. · 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 |
| 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 yan-labs/yan-skills --skill backlink | $ npx skills add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills |