--- title: "PromptAttack vs academic-research-skills" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/godxuxilie-promptattack-vs-imbad0202-academic-research-skills" tools: ["godxuxilie-promptattack", "imbad0202-academic-research-skills"] --- # PromptAttack vs academic-research-skills *GraphCanon updated Jul 11, 2026* ## Verdict Pick PromptAttack when tags unique to PromptAttack: python; pick academic-research-skills when tags unique to academic-research-skills: peer-review, academic-writing, ai-research, claude. [PromptAttack](https://github.com/GodXuxilie/PromptAttack) reports 116 GitHub stars, 17 forks, and 0 open issues, last pushed Jan 21, 2025. [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 [PromptAttack's repository](https://github.com/GodXuxilie/PromptAttack) and [academic-research-skills's repository](https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills). | | [PromptAttack](/tools/godxuxilie-promptattack.md) | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | An LLM can Fool Itself: A Prompt-Based Adversarial Attack (ICLR 2024) | Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | | Stars | 116 | 37,300 | | Forks | 17 | 3,043 | | Open issues | 0 | 9 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | - | Other | | Categories | LLM Frameworks | LLM Frameworks, Data & Retrieval | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [PromptAttack](/tools/godxuxilie-promptattack.md) | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Dormant (18%) | Very active (96%) | | Days since push | 536d | 0d | | Open issues (now) | 0 | 9 | | Security scan | 241 low (241 low) | No lockfile | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/godxuxilie-promptattack/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose PromptAttack if… - Tags unique to PromptAttack: python. - Leaner open-issue backlog (0). ### Choose academic-research-skills if… - Tags unique to academic-research-skills: peer-review, academic-writing, ai-research, claude. - Also covers Data & Retrieval. - More GitHub stars (37k vs 116) - visibility, not fit. ## When NOT to use PromptAttack - Last GitHub push was 537 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jan 21, 2025). Validate activity before betting a new project on PromptAttack. - 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 - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between PromptAttack and academic-research-skills? PromptAttack: An LLM can Fool Itself: A Prompt-Based Adversarial Attack (ICLR 2024). 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 PromptAttack over academic-research-skills? Choose PromptAttack over academic-research-skills when Tags unique to PromptAttack: python; Leaner open-issue backlog (0). ### When should I choose academic-research-skills over PromptAttack? Choose academic-research-skills over PromptAttack when Tags unique to academic-research-skills: peer-review, academic-writing, ai-research, claude; Also covers Data & Retrieval; More GitHub stars (37k vs 116) - visibility, not fit. ### When should I avoid PromptAttack? Last GitHub push was 537 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jan 21, 2025). Validate activity before betting a new project on PromptAttack. 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? LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. ### Is PromptAttack or academic-research-skills more popular on GitHub? academic-research-skills has more GitHub stars (37,300 vs 116). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are PromptAttack and academic-research-skills open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub. ### Where can I find alternatives to PromptAttack or academic-research-skills? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [PromptAttack alternatives](/tools/godxuxilie-promptattack/alternatives) and [academic-research-skills alternatives](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives) ([PromptAttack markdown twin](/tools/godxuxilie-promptattack/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/godxuxilie-promptattack-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, PromptAttack or academic-research-skills? PromptAttack: 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 PromptAttack and academic-research-skills? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [PromptAttack trust report](/tools/godxuxilie-promptattack/trust); [academic-research-skills trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=godxuxilie-promptattack`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=godxuxilie-promptattack) - 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/_