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Best agent skills for research

We found 430 agent skills for research 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. web-research, alpha-research and literature-review lead it. web-research and firecrawl-research-index are published by the company that makes them. web-research 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 430

  1. 1
    web-research

    langchain-aiOfficial

    Searches multiple web sources, synthesizes findings, and produces cited research reports using delegated subagents.

    • 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
    literature-review

    Companion-Inc

    Run a literature review using paper search and primary-source synthesis.

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

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

  4. 4
    deepapi

    davidondrej

    Use DeepAPI for all web search, deep research, and web scraping (websites, LinkedIn, GitHub, X/Twitter, YouTube, Instagram) instead of built-in search…

    • Repository has 4.2K stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 4.2KLast active Oct 21, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  5. 5
    deep-research

    davidondrej

    Run deep research through DeepAPI and save a report with sources.

    • Repository has 4.2K stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 4.2KLast active Oct 18, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  6. 6
    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

  7. 7
    research-stage-publication

    Optima-CityU

    Publish the current revision of an LLM4AD research workflow stage, including after a user edits and replaces an earlier conversation turn.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (BSD-3-Clause)

    ★ 677Last active Sep 29, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  8. 8
    deep-research-report

    impredicative

    Produce a comprehensive, referenced deep-research report on a given topic as a downloadable markdown file.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (LGPL-3.0)

    ★ 157Last active Oct 13, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  9. 9
    openakita/skills@baidu-deep-research

    baidu

    Qianfan Deep Research Agent for complex research tasks.

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

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

  10. 10
    review-paper

    Aperivue

    Use when writing a literature review article (narrative, scoping PRISMA-ScR or systematic).

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

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

  11. 11
    meta-analysis

    Aperivue

    Use when running a systematic review and meta-analysis, DTA or intervention.

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

    ★ 349Last active Oct 16, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  12. 12
    discover-interview-synthesis

    product-on-purpose

    Synthesizes user research interviews into actionable insights, patterns, and recommendations.

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

    ★ 758Last active Oct 17, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  13. 13
    gemini-deep-researcher

    duotify

    Use this skill when a user wants a comprehensive research report on any topic with cited sources.

    • Open source (MIT)
    • Ships helper scripts
    • For JavaScript

    ★ 254Last active Aug 7, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  14. 14
    obsidian-literature-workflow

    Galaxy-Dawn

    Use this skill for project-scoped literature review built on Sources/Papers, with synthesis landing in Knowledge, writing handoff in Writing, and the default…

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

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

  15. 15
    review-response

    Galaxy-Dawn

    Systematic review response workflow from comment analysis to professional rebuttal writing.

    • Repository has 5.9K stars
    • Open source (MIT)

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

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