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research-workspace

Zotero plus Obsidian plus NotebookLM as one agent-operable research workspace.

Score 0(?)CommunityCodeby Wenyu ChiouSource
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Install

$ claude plugin marketplace add WenyuChiou/ai-research-skills

claude plugin install research-workspace@ai-research-skills. Also available as a Python package: pip install research-hub-pipeline && research-hub setup.

Best for

Researchers with a reference library and a note vault who want triage, synthesis, and topic selection driven from the agent rather than by hand.

Not ideal for

Anyone not already using Zotero or Obsidian — the value is in orchestrating those tools, not replacing them. Shares a maintainer with the zotero-skills entry.

About this skill

Use when running a literature workflow across Zotero, Obsidian and NotebookLM — 14 skills for literature triage, paper summarisation, building a paper memory, turning a gap into a topic, curating a Zotero library, and compressing research context.

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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

rubric 1.0
Install count
0/20
Provenance
8.3/15
GitHub stars
4.9/15
Recency
10/10
Compatibility
2/10
Documentation depth
8/10
Install ergonomics
7/10
License
5/5
Verification freshness
0.5/5

Composite 0–100 score derived from 9 verifiable signals. See the rubric →

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Skill FAQ

About research-workspace

What is the research-workspace skill?

Use when running a literature workflow across Zotero, Obsidian and NotebookLM — 14 skills for literature triage, paper summarisation, building a paper memory, turning a gap into a topic, curating a Zotero library, and compressing research context.

Which agents does research-workspace work with?

Claude Code.

How do I install research-workspace?

Run `claude plugin marketplace add WenyuChiou/ai-research-skills` for Claude Code. See the install panel for per-agent commands.

Is research-workspace free to use?

Yes — research-workspace is open source (MIT).

Who maintains research-workspace?

research-workspace is published by Wenyu Chiou and was last updated on 2026-08-31.

What is research-workspace best for?

Researchers with a reference library and a note vault who want triage, synthesis, and topic selection driven from the agent rather than by hand.