Is the Research Assistant skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from coleam00/custom-agent-with-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

Does Research Assistant work with Claude Code?

It is in our test queue — we run every skill on real work before issuing a verdict, and this one is scheduled.

How do I install Research Assistant?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Research Assistant with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Research Assistant

Search academic papers and citations on Semantic Scholar for a research topic.

by coleam00 · coleam00/custom-agent-with-skills

In test queue

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: In test queue
Tested: —
Environment: Pending

In the test queue — machine-screened (validator 85/100, 104★ repo), full install/trigger/output test scheduled.

What Research Assistant does

Search academic papers, find citations, and explore research using Semantic Scholar. Use when user asks about scientific papers, research, citations, or academic topics.

How to install Research Assistant

git clone https://github.com/coleam00/custom-agent-with-skills
cp -r custom-agent-with-skills/skills/research_assistant ~/.claude/skills/research-assistant

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Research Assistant

/research-assistant Search academic papers and citations on Semantic Scholar for a research topic.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Find recent papers on transformer interpretability
Get citations for this claim about protein folding
Explore research on quantum error correction

Frequently asked questions

Is the Research Assistant skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from coleam00/custom-agent-with-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Research Assistant work with Claude Code?: It is in our test queue — we run every skill on real work before issuing a verdict, and this one is scheduled.
How do I install Research Assistant?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Research Assistant with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.