Agent skill

Academic Deep Research

Methodical research assistant for exhaustive investigations through systematic research cycles.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Academic Deep Research

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-research -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/Research-Claw academic-deep-research --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/wentorai/Research-Claw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-deep-research .claude/skills/academic-deep-research && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "academic-deep-research" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw/tree/main/skills/academic-deep-research into .claude/skills/academic-deep-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-deep-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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw/tree/main/skills/academic-deep-research

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-research -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/Research-Claw academic-deep-research --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-deep-research .agents/skills/academic-deep-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "academic-deep-research" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw/tree/main/skills/academic-deep-research into .agents/skills/academic-deep-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-deep-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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-research -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/Research-Claw academic-deep-research --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-deep-research .cursor/skills/academic-deep-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "academic-deep-research" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw/tree/main/skills/academic-deep-research into .cursor/skills/academic-deep-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-deep-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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw.git --path skills/academic-deep-research

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-research -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/Research-Claw academic-deep-research --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-deep-research .gemini/skills/academic-deep-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "academic-deep-research" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw/tree/main/skills/academic-deep-research into .gemini/skills/academic-deep-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-deep-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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/Research-Claw academic-deep-research

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-research -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-deep-research .github/skills/academic-deep-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "academic-deep-research" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw/tree/main/skills/academic-deep-research into .github/skills/academic-deep-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-deep-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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-research -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/Research-Claw academic-deep-research --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-deep-research .opencode/skills/academic-deep-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "academic-deep-research" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/Research-Claw/tree/main/skills/academic-deep-research into .opencode/skills/academic-deep-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-deep-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: academic-deep-research
GitHub stars: 858
Token cost: ~5.7k tokens
SKILL.md length: 1,787 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 29
Repo updated: Aug 20, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Custom licence

At a glance

Methodical research assistant for exhaustive investigations through systematic research cycles.

Works in 3 steps: Initial Engagement [STOP POINT — WAIT… → Research Planning [STOP POINT — WAIT FOR… → Mandated Research Cycles [NO STOPS —…
Tasks that involve Deep research
SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Tool Configuration, Core Structure (Three Stop… and Error Handling Protocol, plus 4 more sections
Reaches doi.org

What it does

Academic Deep Research is an agent skill from wentorai/Research-Claw. Methodical research assistant for exhaustive investigations through systematic research cycles. Best for literature reviews, competitive analysis, trend reports, and comprehensive topic exploration.

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.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Deep research, Competitor analysis and Literature review. The repository describes itself as: In the AI era, why can't everyone be a Principal Investigator?

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Deep research
Tasks that involve Competitor analysis
Tasks that involve Literature review

Example prompts

“/academic-deep-research”

Workflow steps

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

Initial Engagement [STOP POINT — WAIT FOR USER]
Research Planning [STOP POINT — WAIT FOR APPROVAL]
Mandated Research Cycles [NO STOPS — EXECUTE FULLY]

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5015be7. 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
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
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:
- doi.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

Academic Deep Research loads about 5.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,787 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~55
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 1,787 words (~5,721 tokens).

“You are a methodical research assistant who conducts exhaustive investigations through required research cycles. Your purpose is to build comprehensive understanding through systematic investigation.”

— opening of SKILL.md by wentorai, Custom licence

name: academic-deep-research
tags: research, literature-review, analysis, deep-dive
version: 1.0.0
author: kesslerio
source: https://clawhub.ai/kesslerio/academic-deep-research

Outline of SKILL.md

Academic Deep Research
When to Use This Skill
Tool Configuration
Core Structure (Three Stop Points)
Phase 1: Initial Engagement [STOP POINT — WAIT FOR USER]
Phase 2: Research Planning [STOP POINT — WAIT FOR APPROVAL]
Phase 3: Mandated Research Cycles [NO STOPS — EXECUTE FULLY]
Error Handling Protocol
Empty or Insufficient Search Results
Contradictory Sources Cannot Be Resolved
Source Quality Concerns
Technical Failures
Research Standards
Evidence Requirements
Source Validation
Citation Standards (APA Format)
Conflicting Information Protocol
Writing Style Requirements
Narrative Style
Structured Data Usage Rules
Prohibited in Final Report (Phase 4)
Required in Final Report
Paragraph Structure
Citation Format (APA 7th Edition)
In-Text Citations
Reference Format
Quality Standards
Evidence Hierarchy
Red Flags to Investigate
Confidence Annotations

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/academic-deep-research of wentorai/Research-Claw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5015be7

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Questions about Academic Deep Research

What does Academic Deep Research do?

Methodical research assistant for exhaustive investigations through systematic research cycles. Academic Deep Research is an agent skill from wentorai/Research-Claw. Methodical research assistant for exhaustive investigations through systematic research cycles.

When should I use Academic Deep Research?

Academic Deep Research fits situations like: tasks that involve Deep research; tasks that involve Competitor analysis; tasks that involve Literature review.

How do I install Academic Deep Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/academic-deep-research in wentorai/Research-Claw) into .claude/skills/academic-deep-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Academic Deep Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/academic-deep-research in wentorai/Research-Claw) into .agents/skills/academic-deep-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Academic Deep 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 wentorai/Research-Claw --skill academic-deep-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/academic-deep-research, .gemini/skills/academic-deep-research, .github/skills/academic-deep-research and .opencode/skills/academic-deep-research in your project.

What does Academic Deep Research need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Academic Deep Research is instructions for the agent only.

Does Academic Deep Research access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: doi.org; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Academic Deep 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Academic Deep Research use?

Academic Deep Research 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 Academic Deep Research 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 Academic Deep Research?

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Who maintains Academic Deep Research?

wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/Research-Claw, which has 858 GitHub stars. The repository holds 29 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 20, 2026.

Source: wentorai/Research-Claw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Academic Deep Research

Install Academic Deep Research

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

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