Overview
AI Research Skills packages research and engineering skills across 23 categories so agents can carry AI research from an idea through to a paper.
What it does
- 98 research and engineering skills
- 23 categories
- Idea-to-paper workflow
Capability source: Project documentation
Who AI Research Skills fits
AI researchers who want agents to follow research engineering practice.
How you run it
AI Research Skills runs on infrastructure you manage.
Documented deployment options: Agent skill.
Before you choose it
Skills run with your agent's permissions. Read the SKILL.md files and any bundled scripts before you install.
Self-hosting and deployment
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Cloud / hosted offering
- Not recorded
- Docker noted in deployment tags
- Not recorded
- Deployment tags
- Agent skill
- Difficulty
- Moderate
AI Research Skills questions
- What is AI Research Skills?
- A library of 98 skills for AI research, from idea to paper. It is listed under Agent skills on PickOpenSource.
- Is AI Research Skills open source?
- Yes. Its source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license.
- Can you self-host AI Research Skills?
- Yes. Listed deployment options: Agent skill.
- Is AI Research Skills free?
- Pricing is not recorded in this catalog. Check the official website for hosted plans and edition limits, and the MIT license for usage conditions. Self-hosting also requires infrastructure and maintenance.
- What are alternatives to AI Research Skills?
- Similar agent skills projects include Superpowers, Skills by Matt Pocock, and Ponytail.
- Is AI Research Skills actively maintained?
- The latest commit on GitHub was October 11, 2026, and the repository has 13k stars.
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