--- title: "academic-research-skills vs agentflow" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/imbad0202-academic-research-skills-vs-simonmesmith-agentflow" tools: ["imbad0202-academic-research-skills", "simonmesmith-agentflow"] --- # academic-research-skills vs agentflow *GraphCanon updated Jul 11, 2026* ## Verdict Pick academic-research-skills when license: academic-research-skills is Other, agentflow is MIT; pick agentflow when license: agentflow is MIT, academic-research-skills is Other. [academic-research-skills](https://buymeacoffee.com/crucify020v) reports 37k GitHub stars, 3.0k forks, and 9 open issues, last pushed Jul 11, 2026. [agentflow](https://github.com/simonmesmith/agentflow) has 321 stars, 27 forks, and 13 open issues, last pushed Aug 11, 2023. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [academic-research-skills's repository](https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills) and [agentflow's repository](https://github.com/simonmesmith/agentflow). | | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | [agentflow](/tools/simonmesmith-agentflow.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | Complex LLM Workflows from Simple JSON. | | Stars | 37,300 | 321 | | Forks | 3,043 | 27 | | Open issues | 9 | 13 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Other | MIT | | Categories | Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks | LLM Frameworks | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | [agentflow](/tools/simonmesmith-agentflow.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Dormant (18%) | | Days since push | 0d | 1064d | | Open issues (now) | 9 | 13 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/simonmesmith-agentflow/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose academic-research-skills if… - License: academic-research-skills is Other, agentflow is MIT. - Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude. - Also covers Data & Retrieval. ### Choose agentflow if… - License: agentflow is MIT, academic-research-skills is Other. - Tags unique to agentflow: python. ## 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 agentflow - Last GitHub push was 1065 days ago (dormant maintenance, Aug 11, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on agentflow. - 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 agentflow? academic-research-skills: Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize. agentflow: Complex LLM Workflows from Simple JSON.. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose academic-research-skills over agentflow? Choose academic-research-skills over agentflow when License: academic-research-skills is Other, agentflow is MIT; Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude; Also covers Data & Retrieval. ### When should I choose agentflow over academic-research-skills? Choose agentflow over academic-research-skills when License: agentflow is MIT, academic-research-skills is Other; Tags unique to agentflow: python. ### 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 agentflow? Last GitHub push was 1065 days ago (dormant maintenance, Aug 11, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on agentflow. 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 agentflow more popular on GitHub? academic-research-skills has more GitHub stars (37,300 vs 321). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are academic-research-skills and agentflow open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (academic-research-skills: Other, agentflow: MIT). ### Where can I find alternatives to academic-research-skills or agentflow? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [academic-research-skills alternatives](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives) and [agentflow alternatives](/tools/simonmesmith-agentflow/alternatives) ([academic-research-skills markdown twin](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives.md), [agentflow markdown twin](/tools/simonmesmith-agentflow/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-simonmesmith-agentflow.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 agentflow? academic-research-skills: Very active. agentflow: 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 agentflow? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [academic-research-skills trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust); [agentflow trust report](/tools/simonmesmith-agentflow/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/_