nanoresearch vs auto-research
nanoresearch is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.
nanoresearch is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by chrisliu298. No marketplace we read lists it any more. auto-research is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gyoz-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  auto-research | |
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| Community marketplace chrisliu298/nanoresearch | Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 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 | nanoresearchno longer listed · | auto-research |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 3 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| 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) | 8 | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/chrisliu298/nanoresearch | github.com/gyoz-ai/auto-research |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of nanoresearch
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Automated AI research toolkit: hypothesis generation, experiments, and paper writing
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Autonomous experiment loops on any codebase — one file, one metric, one loop. An agent edits a constrained file, runs an eval, keeps improvements, reverts failures, and repeats…
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Multi-agent deep research pipelines for Claude Code. Runs internet research, repository analysis, schema-driven structured research, and media research (via NotebookLM) using…
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openpaper-mcp io.github.federicodeponte/openpaper-mcp
Autonomous research engine: auto research from a prompt to a fully-cited academic paper via MCP
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Research sprint orchestrator for Claude Code. Ask a question, get a decision-ready brief — every finding is tracked as a typed claim, adversarially challenged, confidence-graded…
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Recursive research up to PhD level across any domain (science, tech, business, arts, humanities). Source tiering, WDM + Munger inversion for autonomous decisions, and disk…
What each says it does
nanoresearch
Minimal autonomous ML research: scout ideas, run experiments, write papers.
auto-research
Autonomous skill improvement through parallel research agents. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch methodology, it spawns 5 parallel agents (domain expert, quality auditor, competitive analyst, gap analyst, tech scout), synthesizes findings into ranked proposals, then runs an iterative keep/discard experiment loop to improve any Claude Code skill. Scores skills on 7 quality dimensions and only keeps changes that genuinely improve the composite score.
How to run each
nanoresearch
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
auto-research As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install auto-research@claude-communityCommands 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.
What it can do: nanoresearch · What it can do: auto-research · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.