--- title: "academic-research-skills vs prompt-patterns" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/imbad0202-academic-research-skills-vs-phodal-prompt-patterns" tools: ["imbad0202-academic-research-skills", "phodal-prompt-patterns"] --- # academic-research-skills vs prompt-patterns *GraphCanon updated Jul 11, 2026* ## Verdict Pick academic-research-skills when tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude; pick prompt-patterns when tags unique to prompt-patterns: chatgpt, github-copilot, stable-diffusion. [academic-research-skills](https://buymeacoffee.com/crucify020v) reports 37k GitHub stars, 3.0k forks, and 9 open issues, last pushed Jul 11, 2026. [prompt-patterns](https://prompt-patterns.phodal.com) has 3.1k stars, 198 forks, and 0 open issues, last pushed Mar 22, 2023. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [academic-research-skills's repository](https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills) and [prompt-patterns's repository](https://github.com/phodal/prompt-patterns). | | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | [prompt-patterns](/tools/phodal-prompt-patterns.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | Prompt 编写模式：如何将思维框架赋予机器，以设计模式的形式来思考 prompt | | Stars | 37,300 | 3,095 | | Forks | 3,043 | 198 | | Open issues | 9 | 0 | | Language | Python | - | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Other | - | | Categories | Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks | Computer Vision, LLM Frameworks | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | [prompt-patterns](/tools/phodal-prompt-patterns.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Dormant (18%) | | Days since push | 0d | 1207d | | Open issues (now) | 9 | 0 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/phodal-prompt-patterns/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### 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 3.1k) - visibility, not fit. ### Choose prompt-patterns if… - Tags unique to prompt-patterns: chatgpt, github-copilot, stable-diffusion. - Also covers Computer Vision. - Leaner open-issue backlog (0). ## 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. ## When NOT to use prompt-patterns - Last GitHub push was 1208 days ago (dormant maintenance, Mar 22, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on prompt-patterns. - 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 academic-research-skills and prompt-patterns? academic-research-skills: Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize. prompt-patterns: Prompt 编写模式：如何将思维框架赋予机器，以设计模式的形式来思考 prompt. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose academic-research-skills over prompt-patterns? Choose academic-research-skills over prompt-patterns when Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude; Also covers Data & Retrieval; More GitHub stars (37k vs 3.1k) - visibility, not fit. ### When should I choose prompt-patterns over academic-research-skills? Choose prompt-patterns over academic-research-skills when Tags unique to prompt-patterns: chatgpt, github-copilot, stable-diffusion; Also covers Computer Vision; Leaner open-issue backlog (0). ### 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. ### When should I avoid prompt-patterns? Last GitHub push was 1208 days ago (dormant maintenance, Mar 22, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on prompt-patterns. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### Is academic-research-skills or prompt-patterns more popular on GitHub? academic-research-skills has more GitHub stars (37,300 vs 3,095). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are academic-research-skills and prompt-patterns open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub. ### Where can I find alternatives to academic-research-skills or prompt-patterns? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [academic-research-skills alternatives](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives) and [prompt-patterns alternatives](/tools/phodal-prompt-patterns/alternatives) ([academic-research-skills markdown twin](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives.md), [prompt-patterns markdown twin](/tools/phodal-prompt-patterns/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/imbad0202-academic-research-skills-vs-phodal-prompt-patterns.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, academic-research-skills or prompt-patterns? academic-research-skills: Very active. prompt-patterns: Dormant. 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 academic-research-skills and prompt-patterns? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [academic-research-skills trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust); [prompt-patterns trust report](/tools/phodal-prompt-patterns/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=imbad0202-academic-research-skills`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=imbad0202-academic-research-skills) - 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/_