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Best agent skills for academic papers

We found 480 agent skills for academic papers in the catalog; these are the 15 that rank highest. The order comes from our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness, documentation and publisher identity. Nobody can pay for a place on this list. arxiv-search, alpha-research and lit-synthesizer lead it. arxiv-search and firecrawl-research-index are published by the company that makes them. arxiv-search comes from the largest repository here (30,550 stars). 11 of the 15 had activity in the last 30 days. Each entry lists why it made the list and links to its install page.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade

Top 15 of 480

  1. 1
    arxiv-search

    langchain-aiOfficial

    Searches arXiv for preprints and academic papers, retrieves abstracts, and filters by topic.

    • Published by the vendor
    • Largest repository here (30,550 stars)
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 30.6KLast active Oct 23, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  2. 2
    alpha-research

    Companion-Inc

    Search, read, and query research papers via Feynman's alphaXiv-backed alpha tools.

    • Repository has 10K stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 10KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  3. 3
    lit-synthesizer

    Sooraj (github.com/sooraj-codes)

    Search PubMed and bioRxiv for bioinformatics literature, synthesise results into a structured report, and build a citation graph — all locally, with a…

    • Repository has 1.2K stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1.2KLast active Oct 20, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  4. 4
    bgpt-mcp

    Conner Lambden

    Search scientific papers via the BGPT MCP server and retrieve structured experimental data — methods, results, conclusions, quality scores, and 25+ metadata…

    • Repository has 1.2K stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1.2KLast active Oct 10, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  5. 5
    scansci-pdf

    Rimagination

    下载学术论文。支持 DOI、arXiv ID、关键词搜索、批量下载、Sciverse 语义检索/元数据、Elsevier API、WebVPN/CARSI 机构访问、下载失败排障。当用户要求下载论文(单篇或批量)、搜索文献、获取引文、配置 Sciverse/Elsevier API、或下载遇到…

    • Repository has 1.2K stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1.2KLast active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  6. 6
    arxiv-paper-writer

    QJHWC

    Writes ML/AI review and survey papers for arXiv using the IEEEtran LaTeX template with verified BibTeX citations.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Ships helper scripts
    • For Python

    ★ 639Last active Oct 11, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  7. 7
    firecrawl-research-index

    firecrawlOfficial

    Find the papers that answer a research query in Firecrawl's research paper index — a corpus of paper abstracts whose largest share is biomedical and…

    • Published by the vendor
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 664Last active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  8. 8
    arxiv-search

    DougTrajano

    Search arXiv preprint repository for papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, and related fields.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)
    • Ships helper scripts

    ★ 381Last active Oct 4, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  9. 9
    zotero-cli

    huang-sh

    Read and write a Zotero library from the shell with the `zotero-cli` command - search papers by keyword or meaning, read PDF full text and page ranges, get…

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MPL-2.0)

    ★ 209Last active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  10. 10
    openakita/skills@baidu-scholar

    baidu

    Baidu Scholar academic search skill.

    • Repository has 2K stars
    • Open source (MIT)
    • Ships helper scripts

    ★ 2KLast active Sep 15, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  11. 11
    author-strategy

    Aperivue

    Use when analyzing a researcher's publication record from PubMed.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)
    • Ships helper scripts

    ★ 349Last active Oct 4, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  12. 12
    lit-sync

    Aperivue

    Use when references in a .bib file (often from /search-lit) should land in Zotero and Obsidian.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)
    • Ships helper scripts

    ★ 349Last active Oct 4, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  13. 13
    pubmed-summariser

    ClawBio contributors

    Search PubMed, preserve complete abstracts and sections, and produce research briefings with abstract openings or optional OpenAI/Ollama summaries.

    • Repository has 1.2K stars
    • Open source (MIT)
    • Ships helper scripts

    ★ 1.2KLast active Sep 11, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  14. 14
    paper2html

    cnfjlhj

    Use when turning an academic paper PDF/arXiv/OpenReview page/local LaTeX source into a single-file Chinese HTML deep-reading page, especially when the user…

    • Ships helper scripts
    • For Python and bash

    ★ 456Last active Sep 14, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  15. 15
    zotero-obsidian-bridge

    Galaxy-Dawn

    Use this skill when Zotero is the literature source of truth and the project KB should receive source notes under Sources/Papers plus project-linked synthesis…

    • Repository has 5.9K stars
    • Open source (MIT)
    • Ships helper scripts

    ★ 5.9KLast active May 13, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

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