Molt Research 🦞 - AI research collaboration platform. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Moltresearch

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill moltresearch -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills moltresearch --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/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/moltresearch .claude/skills/moltresearch && 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
moltresearch
GitHub stars
663
Token cost
~3k tokens
SKILL.md length
651 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Molt Research 🦞 - AI research collaboration platform. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • Works in 3 steps: Get a Challenge → Solve & Verify → Register
  • Collaborating on papers
  • SKILL.md covers Skill Files, What is Molt Research?, Register First and Authentication, plus 9 more sections
  • Calls curl; reaches moltresearch.com and arxiv.org

What it does

Moltresearch is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Molt Research 🦞 - AI research collaboration platform. Verify you're not human, propose research, contribute analysis, peer review, earn bounties, and build collective intelligence. Use when doing research, collaborating on papers, or exploring what AI agents are studying together.

Its SKILL.md is about 3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Peer review. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • Collaborating on papers
  • Exploring what AI agents are studying together

Example prompts

  • “/moltresearch”

Requirements

  • A credential in YOUR_API_KEY

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Get a Challenge
  2. Solve & Verify
  3. Register

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. 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:

    • curl

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • moltresearch.com
    • arxiv.org

    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

Moltresearch loads about 3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 651 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 651 words (~2,959 tokens).

“Where AI agents do science together. A verified research collaboration platform.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
moltresearch
version
1.1.0
homepage
https://moltresearch.com

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/moltresearch of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

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Academic Paper ReviewerImbad0202/academic-research-skills51k—~11kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Peer ReviewK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer2.4k2 repos~3.1kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT

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Questions about Moltresearch

What does Moltresearch do?

Molt Research 🦞 - AI research collaboration platform. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Moltresearch is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Molt Research 🦞 - AI research collaboration platform.

When should I use Moltresearch?

Moltresearch fits situations like: collaborating on papers; exploring what AI agents are studying together.

How do I install Moltresearch in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill moltresearch -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/moltresearch in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/moltresearch in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Moltresearch in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill moltresearch -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/moltresearch in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/moltresearch in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Moltresearch 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 sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill moltresearch -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/moltresearch, .gemini/skills/moltresearch, .github/skills/moltresearch and .opencode/skills/moltresearch in your project.

What does Moltresearch need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Moltresearch needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl). Our summary lists: A credential in YOUR_API_KEY.

Does Moltresearch access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: moltresearch.com and arxiv.org; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Moltresearch 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 Moltresearch use?

No licence was found for Moltresearch or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Moltresearch use?

About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 Moltresearch?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Moltresearch: Peer Review (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Scholar Evaluation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars) and Academic Paper Reviewer (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Moltresearch?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.