ai-scientist-v2-guide
Automated scientific discovery via agentic tree search by Sakana AI
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill ai-scientist-v2-guide --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# AI Scientist v2 Guide ## Overview AI-Scientist-v2 is an open-source system developed by Sakana AI with over 2,000 GitHub stars that automates the full scientific research pipeline -- from idea generation through experimentation to paper writing. Building on the original AI Scientist, version 2 introduces an agentic tree search approach that systematically explores the space of research ideas, de
What does the ai-scientist-v2-guide skill do?
Automated scientific discovery via agentic tree search by Sakana AI
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill ai-scientist-v2-guide --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.