Skill comparison
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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
research-assistant
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | research-assistant How to conduct good research and write exploitable reports, whatever the format of the sources and of the final report | 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 |
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| Quality | 56/100 Promising | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 55/100 Needs manual review Do a manual repository review before adding this to an agent workflow. | 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 | 30 stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 38K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page | 30K stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | Sep 10, 2026 | Jul 18, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Use-case fit |
| Workflow fit |
| Platform hints | Claude Code, Browser agents | Python, Research, Claude Code | Python, Research Agent, LLM, Claude Code |
| Warnings | Low GitHub adoption signal · 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 |
| 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 |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add YPares/agent-skills --skill research-assistant | $ npx skills add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills | $ npx skills add assafelovic/gpt-researcher |