GitHub Deep Research
bytedance/deer-flow
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.
Explore and analyze GitHub repositories related to a research topic.
Install GitHub Research
$ npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills github-research --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-research .claude/skills/github-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "github-research" agent skill from https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/main/skills/github-research into .claude/skills/github-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github-research", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/main/skills/github-researchType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills github-research --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-research .agents/skills/github-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "github-research" agent skill from https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/main/skills/github-research into .agents/skills/github-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github-research", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills github-research --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-research .cursor/skills/github-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "github-research" agent skill from https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/main/skills/github-research into .cursor/skills/github-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github-research", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.git --path skills/github-research--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills github-research --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-research .gemini/skills/github-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "github-research" agent skill from https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/main/skills/github-research into .gemini/skills/github-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github-research", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills github-researchInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-research .github/skills/github-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "github-research" agent skill from https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/main/skills/github-research into .github/skills/github-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github-research", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills github-research --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-research .opencode/skills/github-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "github-research" agent skill from https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/main/skills/github-research into .opencode/skills/github-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github-research", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
github-research- GitHub stars
- 383
- Token cost
- ~4.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,118 words
- Files
- 15 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 31
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Explore and analyze GitHub repositories related to a research topic.
- Works in 6 steps: Intake → Discovery → Filtering → …
- Tasks that involve Deep research
- SKILL.md covers Trigger, Overview, 6-Phase Pipeline and Output Directory Structure, plus 10 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python and gh
What it does
GitHub Research is an agent skill from lingzhi227/agent-research-skills. Explore and analyze GitHub repositories related to a research topic. Reads deep-research output, discovers repos from multiple sources, deeply analyzes code, and produces integration blueprints.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 16 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/phase-guide.md`, `scripts/analyze_repo_structure.py` and `scripts/clone_repo.py`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Deep research. It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: Skills for Claude Code — deep-research: systematic academic literature review.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Deep research
Example prompts
- “/github-research”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Intake
- Discovery
- Filtering
- Deep Dive
- Analysis
- Blueprint
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9e6c085. 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
Ships 13 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
pythongh
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
GitHub Research loads about 4.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,118 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,118 words (~4,146 tokens).
“Activate this skill when the user wants to:”
- name
- github-research
- argument-hint
- deep-research-output-dir
Files
SKILL.md and 14 other files (scripts, references) in skills/github-research of lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/phase-guide.md
- scripts/analyze_repo_structure.py
- scripts/clone_repo.py
- scripts/compare_repos.py
- scripts/compile_github_report.py
- scripts/extract_dependencies.py
- scripts/extract_research_refs.py
- scripts/find_implementations.py
- scripts/repo_db.py
- scripts/repo_metadata.py
- scripts/repo_readme_fetch.py
- scripts/search_github.py
- scripts/search_github_code.py
- scripts/search_paperswithcode.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9e6c085
Compare with similar skills
GitHub Research next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Research this skilllingzhi227/agent-research-skills | 383 | — | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| GitHub Deep Researchbytedance/deer-flow | 83k | 5 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Rival Search MCPdamionrashford/RivalSearchMCP | 132 | 1 repos | ~796 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Inno Code SurveyLigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper | 738 | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Researcherunderstudy-ai/understudy | 459 | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Deep ResearchCitrus-bit/Anaxa | 120 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about GitHub Research
What does GitHub Research do?
Explore and analyze GitHub repositories related to a research topic. GitHub Research is an agent skill from lingzhi227/agent-research-skills. Explore and analyze GitHub repositories related to a research topic.
When should I use GitHub Research?
GitHub Research fits situations like: tasks that involve Deep research.
How do I install GitHub Research in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github-research in lingzhi227/agent-research-skills) into .claude/skills/github-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install GitHub Research in Codex?
Run `npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github-research in lingzhi227/agent-research-skills) into .agents/skills/github-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use GitHub Research 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 lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill github-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/github-research, .gemini/skills/github-research, .github/skills/github-research and .opencode/skills/github-research in your project.
What does GitHub Research need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, GitHub Research needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python and gh). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does GitHub Research access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is GitHub Research 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does GitHub Research use?
No licence was found for GitHub Research or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does GitHub Research use?
About 4.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to GitHub Research?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with GitHub Research: GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars), Rival Search MCP (damionrashford/RivalSearchMCP, 132 stars), Inno Code Survey (LigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper, 738 stars) and Researcher (understudy-ai/understudy, 459 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains GitHub Research?
lingzhi227 (a GitHub user) maintains it in lingzhi227/agent-research-skills, which has 383 GitHub stars. The repository holds 31 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on February 27, 2026.
Source: lingzhi227/agent-research-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.