paper-skills vs research-skills
paper-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Ng Jun Wei. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). research-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cail Daley. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace awpbash/paper-skills | Not seen in the last pass Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace cailmdaley/skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | paper-skills | research-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 5 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | 8 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awpbash/paper-skills | github.com/cailmdaley/skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
paper-skills
Scientific paper writing and figure generation: figure design methodology with render-and-critique loops, dockerized LaTeX builds, verified bibliographies, print-grade assets, posters.
research-skills
Agent skills for research: autonomous iteration loops, bibliography management, data visualization, scientific coding, image generation, and TTS.
How to run each
paper-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add awpbash/paper-skills
/plugin install paper-skills@paper-skillsresearch-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add cailmdaley/skills
/plugin install research-skills@skillsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
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