Academic Forge skill
Academic Forge collects academic skills for Claude Code, OpenCode and Codex: pick packs on a site, install with one command.
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Why this level
- The installer downloads and runs a script and then copies third-party skills into the project with their own licenses and compute requirements.
Install
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In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add skills/academic-forgeDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
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Access and checks
How we reviewExtended accessThe tool runs code or makes network calls and only reads external data.
- The installer downloads and runs a script and then copies third-party skills into the project with their own licenses and compute requirements.
This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
A catalog and installer of academic skills for research and writing. On the site you pick packs and a platform and get a ready install command for the project root. The `forge-install.sh` and `forge-install.ps1` scripts install only the selected skills rather than the whole repository, skip skills that already exist and `--force` updates them. The `claude-science` pack holds 32 skills: protein structure prediction (AlphaFold2, Boltz, Chai-1), sequence design (ProteinMPNN), genomics and single-cell work, multi-panel figure composition, literature review and compute workflows. Other packs are described in `registry/skills.json`.
Who it is for. Researchers and graduate students who write papers and run analyses with an agent and do not want to find and copy academic skills one by one.
Good fit when
- You need a set of writing and literature review skills for a project drawn from several sources.
- A lab works with proteins or genomes and the agent needs structural bioinformatics skills.
- A multi-panel figure must be prepared for publication following journal rules.
- A team uses Claude Code and Codex and wants the same skills installed on both.
Not a fit when
- You need skills outside research and writing: the collection is built for academic work.
- The task requires a single verified license: third-party skills keep their own terms.
- You cannot run scripts from the internet: installation goes through `curl | bash` from the repository.
Example request
Pick skills from the Academic Forge catalog for a literature review and multi-panel figures and show the install command for Claude Code.Limitations
The repository, site and scripts are MIT while third-party skills keep their original licenses and authorship, listed in `ATTRIBUTIONS.md`. GitHub shows no license although the badge says MIT. The main branch is named `site-first`. Skills install with a command that downloads a script from GitHub and runs it in the project, so read the script first. Some science skills pull heavy models and computation (protein structures, genomics) and need your own hardware or remote compute. The documentation is mostly Chinese with an English README available.
How to disable. Delete the installed skills from the project's skills folder, for example `.claude/skills/`, and the install script if you downloaded it.
FAQ
How do I choose skill packs?
Open the `hughyau.com/AcademicForge` site, tick packs and a platform and copy the generated command. Or ask an agent to read `agents.md` on the site and pick a pack.
Which agents are supported?
Claude Code, OpenCode and Codex. A PowerShell script exists for Windows.
What is in the claude-science pack?
32 skills in six themes: structure and docking, protein design, genomics and single-cell, figures, literature and writing, compute and workflows.
What about skills that are already installed?
The script skips skills with the same name and tells you. The `--force` flag, or `-Force` in PowerShell, overwrites them.
Is a Claude Science subscription needed?
No, the README says the packs install without a subscription and work across agents, including on Windows.
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README in short
The README presents Academic Forge as a platform for choosing academic skills: a picker site, three ways to install and a list of 32 claude-science skills. License details are in ATTRIBUTIONS.md.