1. academic-research-skills
54,395 stars+1,052 this week
A comprehensive suite of Claude Code skills for academic research, covering the full pipeline from research to publication.
deep-research-skills alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like weizhena/deep-research-skills
Flowy lists 108 other Research plugins like deep-research-skills, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.
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How they compare
| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deep-research-skillsThis page | 2,431 | +37 | Aug 23, 2026 | MIT | 5 skills, 7 agents |
| 1academic-research-skills | 54,395 | +1,052 | Oct 28, 2026 | not available | 42 agents, 16 commands, 2 hooks |
| 2nature-skills | 51,234 | +1,276 | Oct 28, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 24 skills |
| 3openkb | 4,810 | +31 | Jul 22, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 4 skills |
| 4nvk-llm-wiki | 1,465 | +34 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills, 28 commands |
| 5news-aggregator-skill | 1,315 | +6 | May 27, 2026 | not available | 1 skill |
| 6yushui2022-mathmodel-skill | 456 | +3 | Oct 24, 2026 | MIT | 10 skills |
| 7rivalsearchmcp | 134 | not available | Oct 28, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill, 1 MCP server |
| 8joshua-zyy-academic-paper-writer | 115 | not available | Oct 5, 2026 | MIT | 8 skills |
| 9night-owl-research-agent | 107 | not available | May 6, 2026 | not available | 22 skills, 9 agents, 1 command, 6 MCP servers |
| 10last30days | 65,709 | +768 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| 11k-dense-ai-scientific-agent-skills | 54,934 | +1,474 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 177 skills |
| 12gpt-researcher | 30,310 | +114 | Oct 10, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill, 1 MCP server |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. nature-skills
51,234 stars+1,276 this week
符合nature论文学术表达和科研绘图的Skill
3. openkb
4,810 stars+31 this week
Scale to long documents • Reasoning-based retrieval • Native multi-modality • No Vector DB 📢 Recent Updates Google Open Knowledge Format…
4. nvk-llm-wiki
1,465 stars+34 this week
LLM-compiled knowledge bases for any AI agent.
5. news-aggregator-skill
1,315 stars+6 this week
全网科技/金融/AI深度新闻聚合助手，专为智能 Agent 打造的高效信息引擎。
6. yushui2022-mathmodel-skill
456 stars+3 this week
Agent-native mathematical modeling workflow skills for Trae, Claude Code, and Codex, covering problem parsing, modeling, code generation…
7. rivalsearchmcp
134 stars
Deterministic research MCP server — web + social + academic + news + code + docs, all in one place.
8. joshua-zyy-academic-paper-writer
115 stars
面向 CS / AI / ML 领域的证据驱动、分节推进的论文写作 Agent Skill。
9. night-owl-research-agent
107 stars
A fully automatic, domain-aware AI research agent for Geoscientists, Remote Sensing researchers, and GIScientists — powered entirely by…
10. last30days
65,709 stars+768 this week
An AI agent-led search engine scored by upvotes, likes, and real money - not editors.
11. k-dense-ai-scientific-agent-skills
54,934 stars+1,474 this week
🔔 Claude Scientific Skills is now Scientific Agent Skills.
12. gpt-researcher
30,310 stars+114 this week
GPT Researcher the first open deep research agent designed for both web and local research on any given task.
Questions about deep-research-skills alternatives
What is the best alternative to deep-research-skills?
academic-research-skills is the first of 12 alternatives to deep-research-skills by shared technologies: it has 54,395 stars (ahead of deep-research-skills), gained 1,052 stars this week and ships 42 agents against 7 for deep-research-skills.
Which deep-research-skills alternative has the most skills?
k-dense-ai-scientific-agent-skills has the most, with 177 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. deep-research-skills has 5.
Is deep-research-skills free?
Yes. deep-research-skills is published under the MIT license, so it is free to use.