--- title: "alfred-workflow vs academic-research-skills" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/deanishe-alfred-workflow-vs-imbad0202-academic-research-skills" tools: ["deanishe-alfred-workflow", "imbad0202-academic-research-skills"] --- # alfred-workflow vs academic-research-skills *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick alfred-workflow when tags unique to alfred-workflow: alfred, alfred-3, alfred-workflow, alfred3; pick academic-research-skills when tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude. [alfred-workflow](https://www.deanishe.net/alfred-workflow/) reports 3.0k GitHub stars, 236 forks, and 21 open issues, last pushed Jan 10, 2023. [academic-research-skills](https://buymeacoffee.com/crucify020v) has 37k stars, 3.0k forks, and 9 open issues, last pushed Jul 11, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [alfred-workflow's repository](https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-workflow) and [academic-research-skills's repository](https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills). | | [alfred-workflow](/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow.md) | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Full-featured library for writing Alfred 3 & 4 workflows | Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | | Stars | 2,972 | 37,300 | | Forks | 236 | 3,043 | | Open issues | 21 | 9 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Other | Other | | Categories | LLM Frameworks | Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [alfred-workflow](/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow.md) | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Dormant (18%) | Very active (96%) | | Days since push | 1281d | 0d | | Open issues (now) | 21 | 9 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose alfred-workflow if… - Tags unique to alfred-workflow: alfred, alfred-3, alfred-workflow, alfred3. ### Choose academic-research-skills if… - Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude. - Also covers Data & Retrieval. - More GitHub stars (37k vs 3.0k) - visibility, not fit. ## When NOT to use alfred-workflow - Last GitHub push was 1282 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jan 10, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on alfred-workflow. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## When NOT to use academic-research-skills - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between alfred-workflow and academic-research-skills? alfred-workflow: Full-featured library for writing Alfred 3 & 4 workflows. academic-research-skills: Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose alfred-workflow over academic-research-skills? Choose alfred-workflow over academic-research-skills when Tags unique to alfred-workflow: alfred, alfred-3, alfred-workflow, alfred3. ### When should I choose academic-research-skills over alfred-workflow? Choose academic-research-skills over alfred-workflow when Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude; Also covers Data & Retrieval; More GitHub stars (37k vs 3.0k) - visibility, not fit. ### When should I avoid alfred-workflow? Last GitHub push was 1282 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jan 10, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on alfred-workflow. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### When should I avoid academic-research-skills? Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### Is alfred-workflow or academic-research-skills more popular on GitHub? academic-research-skills has more GitHub stars (37,300 vs 2,972). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are alfred-workflow and academic-research-skills open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (alfred-workflow: Other, academic-research-skills: Other). ### Where can I find alternatives to alfred-workflow or academic-research-skills? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [alfred-workflow alternatives](/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow/alternatives) and [academic-research-skills alternatives](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives) ([alfred-workflow markdown twin](/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow/alternatives.md), [academic-research-skills markdown twin](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/deanishe-alfred-workflow-vs-imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, alfred-workflow or academic-research-skills? alfred-workflow: Dormant. academic-research-skills: Very active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for alfred-workflow and academic-research-skills? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [alfred-workflow trust report](/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow/trust); [academic-research-skills trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=deanishe-alfred-workflow`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=deanishe-alfred-workflow) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_