AlterLab-Academic-Skills

Name: AlterLab-Academic-Skills Review
Item: AlterLab-Academic-Skills
Rating: 2.8
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Infrastructure Usable

183 evaluated academic Claude/agent skills across 13 research domains — bioinformatics, cheminformatics, data science, databases, clinical & more. Every skill ships an executable eval (agentskills.io schema). Deterministic citation verifier + research→write→review→publish pipeline. Works in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI & Copilot.

Evaluate Claude's accuracy on domain-specific research tasks using pre-built bioinformatics or cheminformatics benchmarks.
Automate academic paper workflows from research to publication with built-in review and citation verification steps.
Test infrastructure agent performance against 183 standardized skill assessments across 13 research domains.

27 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Provides 183 pre-evaluated, research-grade skills with executable benchmarks across 13 domains, enabling engineering teams to standardize AI capability assessment and reduce trial-and-error integration of Claude agents into technical workflows.

Best for

Infrastructure and DevOps teams building reproducible AI-assisted research or data pipelines requiring validated, domain-specific skills.

Works in

Claude Code Claude Cowork Claude Chat

Source

https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills

By AlterLab-IEU

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars27Last updated2026-06-12LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-06-12 · scanner v1

Community Pulse New

No community discussions found yet. This doesn't mean the tool isn't good — it may be new or serve a niche use case.

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 27 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score2.75 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJun 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 27 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

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