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Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs Alternatives

AI research agent skills

A comprehensive library of AI research and engineering skills that turns AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, etc.) into autonomous AI research agents.

12.6kTeXMITactive · last push 4mo agoGitHub

Drop-in peers

Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.

LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skillsGitHub

choose it if you want a large multilingual academic research skills library with an MIT license.

A curated, multilingual library of 182 installable AI agent skills for end-to-end academic research—spanning literature discovery, scientific writing, grant development, bioinformatics, drug discovery, clinical research, machine learning, and data analysis.

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MIT
active3mo ago
wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleepGitHub

choose it if you want a lightweight, markdown-only, framework-free skills library.

ARIS ⚔️ (Auto-Research-In-Sleep) — Lightweight Markdown-only skills for autonomous ML research: cross-model review loops, idea discovery, and experiment automation. No framework, no lock-in — works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, or any LLM agent.

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Python
MIT
active1mo ago
HKUSTDial/Supervisor-SkillsGitHub

choose it if you want skills that encode a research supervisor's guidance from idea to submission.

将博导十年科研经验炼化为可直接调用的 AI 技能。从 Idea 构思到论文投稿,你的 AI 科研副导师。

7.3k
Python
NOASSERTION
active1mo ago
Imbad0202/academic-research-skillsGitHub

choose it if you want a lean end-to-end academic research workflow for Claude Code.

Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize

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Python
NOASSERTION
active29d ago

Same job, different approach

Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.

SakanaAI/AI-ScientistGitHub

choose it if you want a turn-key autonomous research pipeline instead of assembling skills into an agent.

The AI Scientist: Towards Fully Automated Open-Ended Scientific Discovery 🧑‍🔬

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Jupyter Notebook
NOASSERTION
slowing10mo ago
aiming-lab/AutoResearchClawGitHub

choose it if you want a self-evolving system that autonomously drives a research project from idea to paper.

Fully autonomous & self-evolving research from idea to paper. Chat an Idea. Get a Paper. 🦞

14.4k
Python
MIT
active2mo ago
SakanaAI/AI-Scientist-v2GitHub

choose it if you want the improved v2 with agentic tree search for deeper exploration.

The AI Scientist-v2: Workshop-Level Automated Scientific Discovery via Agentic Tree Search

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Python
NOASSERTION
slowing10mo ago
SamuelSchmidgall/AgentLaboratoryGitHub

choose it if you want an interactive human-in-the-loop research workflow.

Agent Laboratory is an end-to-end autonomous research workflow meant to assist you as the human researcher toward implementing your research ideas

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Python
MIT
slowing1.1y ago
OpenNSWM-Lab/FAROSGitHub

choose it if you want a blueprint-driven runtime for reproducible, orchestrated research workflows.

A blueprint-driven AutoResearch runtime for orchestrating AI research workflows from idea generation and experiments to paper writing and peer review.

3.0k
Python
none
active2mo ago
trevin-creator/autoresearch-mlxGitHub

choose it if you want a native Apple Silicon (MLX) implementation without PyTorch.

Apple Silicon (MLX) port of Karpathy's autoresearch — autonomous AI research loops on Mac, no PyTorch required.

1.8k
Python
MIT
active3mo ago
mims-harvard/AutoScientistsGitHub

choose it if you want self-organizing agent teams for long-running experiments.

AutoScientists: Self-Organizing Agent Teams for Long-Running Scientific Experimentation

747
Python
none
active5mo ago
jimmc414/KosmosGitHub

choose it if you want a Claude Code-driven implementation of the Kosmos AI scientist.

Kosmos: An AI Scientist for Autonomous Discovery - An implementation and adaptation to be driven by Claude Code or API - Based on the Kosmos AI Paper - https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02824

586
Python
none
active6mo ago
OpenRaiser/NanoResearchGitHub

choose it if you want a standalone autonomous AI research assistant.

🦞+🔬 NanoResearch: The Autonomous AI Research Assistant

1.4k
Python
MIT
active2mo ago

Older generation, or narrower

An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.

davebcn87/pi-autoresearchGitHub

choose it if you use the pi agent and need a specialized autonomous experiment loop.

Autonomous experiment loop extension for pi

7.7k
TypeScript
MIT
active3mo ago
Xiangyue-Zhang/auto-deep-researcher-24x7GitHub

choose it if you need 24/7 experiment monitoring and execution rather than a full research suite.

🔥 An autonomous AI agent that runs your deep learning experiments 24/7 while you sleep. Zero-cost monitoring, Leader-Worker architecture, constant-size memory.

1.3k
Python
Apache-2.0
active4mo ago
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-SkillsGitHub

choose it if your work is in bioinformatics and life sciences and you need domain-specific skills.

197 bioinformatics & life science skills for Claude Code and AI agents — BixBench 92.0% accuracy. RNA-seq, single-cell, drug discovery, proteomics, and more. Powers OmicsHorizon.

344
Python
NOASSERTION
active2mo ago
Ar9av/PaperOrchestraGitHub

choose it if you focus only on automated paper writing and evaluation.

An automated AI research-paper writer based off Google's PaperOrchestra paper's implementation through a skills - benchmark + autoraters using any coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, Cline, Aider). No API keys, no LLM SDKs.

661
Python
NOASSERTION
active2mo ago

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These projects were analysed and named AI-Research-SKILLs among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how AI-Research-SKILLs rates them is a separate judgement, made when AI-Research-SKILLs is analysed in its own right.

K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skillsGitHub

calls AI-Research-SKILLs “A comprehensive research/engineering skills library; direct alternative for turning agents into research assistants.”

Turn any AI agent into an AI Scientist. The #1 Agent Skills library for science, used by 190,000+ scientists worldwide. 165 ready-to-use validated skills plus 100+ scientific databases covering biology, chemistry, medicine, and drug discovery. Compatible with Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Antigravity, and the open Agent Skills standard.

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wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleepGitHub

calls AI-Research-SKILLs “Broader AI research & engineering skill library with the same Markdown approach; pick it when you need extra engineering coverage beyond ARIS.”

ARIS ⚔️ (Auto-Research-In-Sleep) — Lightweight Markdown-only skills for autonomous ML research: cross-model review loops, idea discovery, and experiment automation. No framework, no lock-in — works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, or any LLM agent.

16.1kPythonactive
Light0305/Light-skillsGitHub

calls AI-Research-SKILLs “Model-agnostic skill library; pick it when you want ML-engineering and research skills beyond the seed's academic-writing and figure focus.”

An AI workflow skill pack for research, competitions, and innovation projects.

625Pythonactive
alirezarezvani/claude-skillsGitHub

calls AI-Research-SKILLs “When you need a dedicated AI-research-focused skills library with emphasis on research workflows.”

380 Claude Code skills & agent skills & plugins (30+ Agents, 70+ custom commands, 380+ skills, customizable references, scripts)for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 8 more coding agents — engineering, marketing, product, compliance, C-level advisory, research, business operations, commercial & finance, and your daily productivity skills.

26.2kPythonactive