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Best agent skills for researchers

Agent skills for researchers: literature review, citations, peer review, grant writing, data analysis and domain tools for the sciences.
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Skills for researchers, ranked

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1

Lets Claude Code ask questions of your Google NotebookLM notebooks through browser automation and return answers grounded in your uploaded sources.

PleasePrompto/notebooklm-skill7.8k14 repos~2.4kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT29 days ago
2

Structured hypothesis formulation from observations. An agent skill from spacering-net/codeg.

spacering-net/codeg3.9k14 repos~3.6kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
3

Researches a GitHub repository over four rounds using the GitHub API and web search, then writes a structured markdown report with timeline, metrics and Mermaid diagrams.

bytedance/deer-flow84k4 repos~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMITtoday
4

Builds a structured deep-reading card for one scientific paper, covering methods, how experiments support claims, limitations and research ideas, with a script to prepare the source.

Yuan1z0825/nature-skills47k2 repos~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0yesterday
5

Routes web research and platform lookups across 16 sites, including Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu and GitHub, through one command-line tool.

Panniantong/Agent-Reach94k—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMITyesterday
6

Searches the web through the Tavily API with LLM-friendly output: clean structured results, optional AI-written answers, domain filters, news mode, images and raw content.

allenpeng0705/EnvoyMesh3.1k3 repos~2.5kAutomated safety check: NotesNo licence8 days ago
7

Assists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on each section.

weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss1.9k25 repos~3.5kAutomated safety check: PassMITtoday
8

Structured manuscript/grant review with checklist-based evaluation.

spacering-net/codeg3.9k17 repos~5.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
9

Research what people actually say about any topic in the last 30 days.

mvanhorn/last30days-skill64k—~7.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
10

Fetches the TeX source of an arXiv paper from its URL, reads it and writes a markdown summary tied to the nanochat project.

karpathy/nanochat59k1 repo~494Automated safety check: PassMIT1 mo ago
11

Screens records for systematic, scoping and rapid reviews against fixed eligibility rules, using two blinded AI reviewers and a third adjudicator, with traceable PRISMA counts.

Imbad0202/academic-research-skills51k—~8.4kAutomated safety check: PassUnknowntoday
12

Comprehensive toolkit for creating, analyzing, and visualizing complex networks and graphs in Python.

zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills4.7k15 repos~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassBSD-3-Clause4 mo ago
13

Runs web-grounded searches through Perplexity's Sonar models over OpenRouter for current events, recent literature and cited facts beyond the model's training cutoff.

davila7/claude-code-templates32k11 repos~3.5kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
14

Evaluate research rigor. An agent skill from weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss.

weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss1.9k22 repos~5.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
15

Compare two revisions of the Logseq logseq-review-workflow skill by running the same review prompt against isolated before and after skill snapshots, collecting both outputs, and producing a…

logseq/logseq45k—~1kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0today
16

Fetch any URL and convert to markdown using Chrome CDP. An agent skill from sdyckjq-lab/llm-wiki-skill.

sdyckjq-lab/llm-wiki-skill2.5k2 repos~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassNo licence2 mo ago
17

Creates, revises, audits and exports manuscript-ready scientific figures in Python or R, and routes AI-generated graphical abstracts to a separate workflow.

Yuan1z0825/nature-skills47k—~2.9kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0yesterday
18

Drafts Chinese invention patent applications and technical disclosures from research papers or inventor materials, tying each claim feature to source evidence.

Yuan1z0825/nature-skills47k1 repo~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0yesterday
19

Installs, authenticates and operates Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM) through the notebooklm-py CLI or its typed async Python API, for notebooks, sources, grounded chat and generated artifacts.

teng-lin/notebooklm-py20k—~4.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT2 days ago
20

Conduct comprehensive, systematic literature reviews using multiple academic databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, etc.).

neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent12620 repos~5.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
21

Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database.

neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent12612 repos~3kAutomated safety check: PassUnknowntoday
22

Reference guidance for checking every citation in academic writing against canonical sources such as DOI, arXiv, CrossRef and Semantic Scholar, to catch fake or wrong references.

Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar5.7k2 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT16 days ago
23

Composes, revises or audits research proposals and opening reports through an evidence-first state machine with argument maps, section contracts and dynamic expert reviewers.

Yuan1z0825/nature-skills47k1 repo~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMITyesterday
24

Reference for RuView's research-grade WiFi sensing features: multistatic fusion, cross-viewpoint geometry, persistent field models, RF tomography, intention signals and mesh security.

ruvnet/RuView97k—~1.2kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
25

Finds papers in OpenAlex, PubMed and Google Scholar, turns DOIs, PMIDs and arXiv IDs into clean BibTeX, and validates citations for a manuscript or thesis.

K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer2.4k2 repos~3.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
26

Searches bioRxiv life sciences preprints by keyword, author, date range or category with a Python script, returning JSON metadata and optional PDF downloads.

LigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper73812 repos~3.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT5 mo ago
27

Analyzes Neuropixels recordings from SpikeGLX or Open Ephys through preprocessing, drift correction, Kilosort4 spike sorting, quality metrics and curation.

davila7/claude-code-templates32k9 repos~2.8kAutomated safety check: PassMITtoday
28

Systematic writing framework for philosophy and interdisciplinary academic papers from optimized outline to submission-ready manuscript.

lishix520/academic-paper-skills1.4k2 repos~6.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT9 mo ago
29

Comprehensive citation management for academic research. An agent skill from neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.

neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent12619 repos~8.1kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
30

Systematically evaluate scholarly work using the ScholarEval framework, providing structured assessment across research quality dimensions including problem formulation, methodology, analysis, and…

spacering-net/codeg3.9k11 repos~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassMITtoday
31

Interact with Obsidian vaults using the Obsidian CLI to read, create, search, and manage notes, tasks, properties, and more.

Atmosphere/atmosphere3.8k13 repos~795Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0today
32

Scan Logseq ClojureScript Node/Electron targets for npm module loading risks, especially ESM-only packages that may fail when loaded through js/require or shadow-cljs require-based shims.

logseq/logseq45k—~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0today
33

Retrieve and analyze AlphaFold predicted structures for a protein.

google-deepmind/science-skills3.2k2 repos~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.024 days ago
34

Runs a 12-agent pipeline that plans, drafts, cites, reviews and formats academic papers, with modes for revision, rebuttals, abstracts and citation checks.

Imbad0202/academic-research-skills51k—~16kAutomated safety check: PassUnknowntoday
35

Routes literature requests to lawful full-text sources: open access, publisher APIs, CNKI and institutional browser access, with a supporting-information gate.

Yuan1z0825/nature-skills47k2 repos~6kAutomated safety check: PassMITyesterday
36

Formulate evidence-bounded scientific questions, candidate hypotheses, rival explanations, causal or associational claims, discriminating predictions, measurements, and preregistration-ready…

K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer2.4k2 repos~3.9kAutomated safety check: PassMITtoday
37

Save the current conversation, a decision, or a set of notes as a document in an Outline collection; use when the user wants to keep what was discussed in their knowledge base.

outline/outline41k—~474Automated safety check: PassUnknowntoday
38

Supplies LaTeX templates and formatting rules for journals, conferences, posters, and grant proposals, then can check a draft against them.

davila7/claude-code-templates32k9 repos~5.1kAutomated safety check: NotesMITtoday
39

A skill your agent uses when building or maintaining a personal LLM-powered knowledge base.

Astro-Han/karpathy-llm-wiki2.4k—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT2 mo ago
40

Analyzes genetic variant effects on gene expression (RNA-seq), chromatin accessibility (DNASE), histone marks (ChIP), and transcription factors using the AlphaGenome API.

google-deepmind/science-skills3.2k2 repos~3kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.024 days ago
41

A skill your agent uses when working with symbolic mathematics in Python.

zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills4.7k15 repos~3.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT4 mo ago
42

Runs multi-round research in three stages with a persisted state file, evidence tracking and a long-form report with per-claim citations.

TokenRhythm/opensquilla7.1k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0today
43

Renders ready-made scientific figure templates, such as raincloud plots, Taylor diagrams and chord diagrams, from bundled Python scripts in the MathModel sandbox.

jihe520/MathModelAgent6.2k—~627Automated safety check: NotesNo licence6 days ago
44

Simulates a journal peer review of a manuscript with a five-seat reviewer panel, an editorial synthesizer and several review modes.

Imbad0202/academic-research-skills51k—~11kAutomated safety check: PassUnknowntoday
45

自动从 Z-Library 下载书籍并上传到 Google NotebookLM。支持 PDF/EPUB 格式,自动转换,一键创建知识库。

zstmfhy/zlibrary-to-notebooklm1.7k1 repo~968Automated safety check: PassMIT8 mo ago
46

Covers publication-ready matplotlib figures for academic papers, slides, and reports—bars, trends, scatter, heatmaps, and multi-panel layouts—with…

ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers8.3k—~557Automated safety check: PassUnknown3 days ago
47

Runs a bounded, source-grounded research loop that drafts a cited dossier and can propose a separately reviewed merge into an Obsidian vault.

AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian15k—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT28 days ago
48

Collects content from WeChat articles, web pages, YouTube, podcasts, documents and more, uploads it to NotebookLM and generates podcasts, slides or mind maps.

joeseesun/qiaomu-anything-to-notebooklm6.2k—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT4 days ago

Questions, answered from the data.

What is the best agent skill for researchers?

NotebookLM Research Assistant from PleasePrompto/notebooklm-skill ranks first of the 6,562 agent skills for researchers listed here, with the highest score: its repository has 7.8k GitHub stars, 14 other GitHub owners carry a copy, its SKILL.md loads about 2.4k tokens and it has informational notes only in the automated safety check. Next come Hypothesis Generation and GitHub Deep Research.

Which agent skills for researchers are official?

53 of the 6,562 agent skills for researchers are official, published by the vendor's own GitHub organization: Hugging Face Paper Publisher, Qmd, Gitnexus CLI, Docs Grounding Verifier, JS Perf Investigation and 48 more.

How are these skills ranked?

By Skill Navigator score, which combines the GitHub stars of the skill's repository (shared across that repo's skills and discounted for large collections), how many other GitHub owners carry a copy of the skill, and automated SKILL.md quality checks, minus penalties for safety-check warnings and for each further skill from the same repository. Skills that fail the safety check are not listed.