research-paper-kb
Build a persistent cross-session knowledge base from academic papers
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill research-paper-kb --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.
# Research Paper Knowledge Base Build and maintain a persistent, structured knowledge base from academic papers that persists across sessions. This skill enables cumulative literature understanding by storing extracted insights, cross-references, and analytical notes in a queryable format that grows with each reading session. ## Overview A core challenge in literature review work is that insights
What does the research-paper-kb skill do?
Build a persistent cross-session knowledge base from academic papers
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill research-paper-kb --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.