Imbad0202/academic-research-skills · freshness 100/100 · rescored August 4, 2026
academic-research-skills
Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize
The answer
Yes. academic-research-skills is actively maintained — last commit today, freshness 100/100.
| Signal | Value | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last commit | today | none | Pushed today. |
| Commits, 90 days | 100+ | none | 100+ commits in the last 12 weeks. |
| Last release | v3.19.0 · 13 days ago | +4 | Released v3.19.0 13 days ago; 30 releases in the last year. |
| Release cadence | 2 days, median | not scored | |
| Issue response | 13h | +6 | Maintainers reply to new issues in about 13 hours. |
| Unanswered issues | 25% of 4 sampled | not scored | |
| Committers, 90 days | 4 | +2 | 4 people committed in the last 90 days. |
| Bus factor | 1 | not scored | |
| Archived | no | not scored | |
| Licence | none declared | -6 | No license file — legally unsafe to depend on regardless of activity. |
| Stars | 40,765 | not scored | |
| Open issues | 16 | not scored |
The same verdict, in words
Against it: No license file — legally unsafe to depend on regardless of activity. The signals totalled 106; 100 is the ceiling. For it: Released v3.19.0 13 days ago; 30 releases in the last year. Maintainers reply to new issues in about 13 hours. 4 people committed in the last 90 days.
Last push today, 100+ commits in the last 90 days, last release v3.19.0 13 days ago, median first maintainer reply 13h, 4 committers in 90 days. Read from the GitHub API; Imbad0202/academic-research-skills carries 40,765 stars and 16 open issues.
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