Agent skill

Scholar Collaborate

by joshzyj in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill

Multi-author research collaboration management. An agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.

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Install Scholar Collaborate

skills CLI
$ npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-collaborate -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-collaborate --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-collaborate .claude/skills/scholar-collaborate && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
scholar-collaborate
GitHub stars
168
Token cost
~5.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,968 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
30
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Multi-author research collaboration management. An agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.

  • Works in 8 steps: Invitation to collaborate — project… → Progress update — milestones, upcoming… → Draft circulation — feedback deadline,… → …
  • Managing a research team
  • SKILL.md covers Arguments, Setup, Dispatch Table and Step 0: Argument Parsing &…, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls bash

What it does

Scholar Collaborate is an agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill. Multi-author research collaboration management. Covers CRediT role assignment, task delegation and tracking, co-author communication templates, contribution documentation, version management, conflict resolution, mentoring frameworks for student collaborators, and team coordination for multi-site or multi-PI projects. Use when managing a research team or preparing multi-author submissions.

Its SKILL.md is about 5.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Open scholar skill, a claude code plugin, for academic research.

When your agent uses it

  • Managing a research team
  • Preparing multi-author submissions

Example prompts

  • “/scholar-collaborate”

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Invitation to collaborate — project intro, expected contribution, proposed authorship, timeline
  2. Progress update — milestones, upcoming tasks, blockers, next meeting
  3. Draft circulation — feedback deadline, sections needing attention, tracked changes request
  4. Revision request — reviewer comments summary, assigned revision tasks, R&R deadline
  5. Authorship negotiation — proposed order with justification, ICMJE reference
  6. Submission notification — target journal, co-author approval, sign-off deadline
  7. Decision notification — editor decision, next steps, task assignments
  8. R&R coordination — comment distribution, response responsibilities, internal deadlines

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e5ac8e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • bash

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Scholar Collaborate loads about 5.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,968 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~103
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~5.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,968 words (~5,667 tokens).

“You are an expert in academic research collaboration management. You help researchers coordinate multi-author projects, assign contributor roles, track tasks and contributions, mentor junior collaborators, and resolve authorship disputes — following ICMJE guidelines, CRediT taxonomy, and disciplinary norms in sociology…”

— opening of SKILL.md by joshzyj, Custom licence
name
scholar-collaborate
tools
Read, WebSearch, Write, Bash
argument-hint
[credit|tasks|communication|contributions|mentor|team-setup|conflict|meeting] [project name or context] [optional: team size, roles]
user-invocable
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/scholar-collaborate of joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6e5ac8e

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Questions about Scholar Collaborate

What does Scholar Collaborate do?

Multi-author research collaboration management. An agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill. Scholar Collaborate is an agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill. Multi-author research collaboration management.

When should I use Scholar Collaborate?

Scholar Collaborate fits situations like: managing a research team; preparing multi-author submissions.

How do I install Scholar Collaborate in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-collaborate -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/scholar-collaborate in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill) into .claude/skills/scholar-collaborate in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Scholar Collaborate in Codex?

Run `npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-collaborate -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/scholar-collaborate in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill) into .agents/skills/scholar-collaborate in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Scholar Collaborate in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-collaborate -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scholar-collaborate, .gemini/skills/scholar-collaborate, .github/skills/scholar-collaborate and .opencode/skills/scholar-collaborate in your project.

What does Scholar Collaborate need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Scholar Collaborate needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bash).

Does Scholar Collaborate access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Scholar Collaborate safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Scholar Collaborate use?

Scholar Collaborate has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Scholar Collaborate use?

About 5.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 23k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Scholar Collaborate?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scholar Collaborate: Logseq Review Workflow Eval (logseq/logseq, 45k stars), Baoyu URL To Markdown (sdyckjq-lab/llm-wiki-skill, 2.5k stars), Obsidian CLI (Atmosphere/atmosphere, 3.8k stars) and Esm Cjs Risk Scan (logseq/logseq, 45k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Scholar Collaborate?

joshzyj (a GitHub user) maintains it in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill, which has 168 GitHub stars. The repository holds 30 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.

Source: joshzyj/open-scholar-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.