A curated guide for LLM-agent-driven scientific research automation
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Automate the research loop with LLM agents: literature review → idea generation → experiment execution → paper writing → peer review.
This repo is a landing page for the field: use it to choose the right track, then move into the topic pages for detail.
Start here: Getting Started · Tools & Platforms · Claw Park · Vibe Coding
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Core Question How far can AI move from research assistant to research operator? Focus: literature, ideation, experiment, writing, and evaluation. |
What Changed In 2026 Research copilots got stronger, autonomous research systems got more credible, and Vibe Coding became the execution layer. |
How To Use This Repo Treat the README as a map. Treat the topic pages as the actual guide. |
Three trends are now shaping the field:
- Research copilots are getting stronger: Deep Research products, NotebookLM-style source-grounded reading, and scientific workspaces such as Prism are making literature synthesis and report writing much faster.
- Autonomous research systems are maturing: AI Scientist-v2, Agent Laboratory, and EvoScientist push the field from "paper summary bots" toward iterative ideation, execution, and evaluation.
- Vibe Coding is becoming the execution layer: terminal agents, coding agents, and background agents now matter because research automation increasingly depends on reliable code generation, experiment loops, and repository operations.
This guide keeps Vibe Research as the core topic, then adds separate sections for Vibe Coding and Vibe Anything so the repo can expand without losing scope.
Several current signals make the field feel less like a loose collection of demos and more like an emerging stack:
- OpenClaw is becoming a platform layer: it now reads more like a self-hosted gateway plus control UI plus skill registry plus compatible plugin-bundle layer than a single assistant app. See OpenClaw, ClawHub, and Compatible Bundles.
- FutureHouse is showing the clearest public AI-Scientist ladder: from specialized science agents on the FutureHouse Platform, to Robin, to applied benchmarks such as BixBench.
- Edison Scientific is platformizing the commercial AI-Scientist layer: Edison and Kosmos show how the field is moving from research systems to persistent R&D platforms with API, pricing, private data handling, and enterprise workflows.
- Connectors matter more than ever: MCP registries, plugin bundles, and research connectors now act as the glue between coding agents, literature tools, chat surfaces, and scientific databases.
If you zoom into the execution layer, the most active sub-ecosystem right now is around Claude Code:
- Anthropic is turning Skills into a real distribution surface: the official anthropics/skills repo now doubles as both a public Agent Skills reference and a Claude Code plugin marketplace source.
- Community marketplaces are exploding: wshobson/agents has become one of the clearest examples of a large plugin-and-agent marketplace built specifically for Claude Code.
- Meta-frameworks are becoming their own layer: SuperClaude Framework shows how people are turning Claude Code into a more opinionated development platform with commands, personas, and workflow structure.
- Routing and orchestration are becoming infrastructure: claude-code-router is a strong signal that developers want provider routing, request transformation, and GitHub Actions integration around Claude Code rather than a single fixed backend.
- Multi-agent management is becoming a workflow problem, not just a model problem: tools like Claude Squad, claude-task-master, and Repomix show how task queues, isolated workspaces, and codebase packaging are becoming part of the daily coding-agent stack.
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🟢 New to Vibe Research Start: Getting Started Then: Tools & Platforms |
🔵 Developer / Builder Start: Tools & Platforms Then: Vibe Coding · Systems · Experiment |
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🔴 Researcher Start: Surveys Then: Ideation · Benchmarks |
🟣 Creator / Operator Start: Vibe Anything Then: Vibe Coding · Tools & Platforms |
Only have 5 minutes? Install InnoClaw and try it out.
| Layer | Representative projects | Why it matters |
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| Research copilots | OpenAI Deep Research · Gemini Deep Research · NotebookLM · Prism | Fast literature synthesis, source-grounded reading, and scientific writing assistance |
| Research systems | InnoClaw · ResearchClaw · FARS · AI Scientist · Agent Laboratory · EvoScientist | End-to-end research assistance, automation, and experiment execution |
| AI scientist platforms | FutureHouse Platform · Robin · Edison Scientific · Kosmos | Shows the field moving from paper demos to persistent web/API platforms and validated scientific workflows |
| Claw ecosystem | OpenClaw · ScienceClaw · MetaClaw · AutoResearchClaw | Foundation, specialization, online learning, autonomous pipelines, and the growing gateway / skill-distribution layer |
| Execution layer | Claude Code · Codex · Cursor Background Agents · GitHub Copilot Coding Agent | The coding and repo workflow layer that increasingly powers research execution |
| Claude Code ecosystem | anthropics/skills · wshobson/agents · SuperClaude Framework · claude-code-router | Shows how the Claude Code layer is expanding into skills, marketplaces, meta-frameworks, and routing infrastructure |
| Adjacent prompt-native tools | v0 · Lovable · Replit Agent | Useful for prototyping, but not the core of Vibe Research |
| → Tools & Platforms | → Claw Park | → Vibe Coding | → Vibe Anything |
A new layer is forming between "agent" and "workflow": plugin surfaces, MCP registries, skill catalogs, and chat bridges that make research agents easier to extend, discover, and operate.
| Layer | Representative resources | Why it matters |
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| Bridge & control surfaces | cc-connect | Runs Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex, and similar agents from chat surfaces such as Feishu/Lark, Slack, Telegram, and WeCom |
| Plugin / customization layer | anthropics/skills · ClawHub · OpenClaw Plugin Bundles · awesome-claude-code-plugins | Shows how agent ecosystems are moving toward reusable skill registries, plugin marketplaces, bundle compatibility, and installable capability packs |
| Claude Code workflow layer | wshobson/agents · SuperClaude Framework · claude-task-master | Shows how commands, agent teams, skills, and task systems are turning Claude Code into a fuller development environment |
| Routing / agent-ops layer | claude-code-router · Claude Squad · Repomix | Highlights provider routing, multi-agent session management, and codebase packaging as new operational layers around coding agents |
| Registry / discovery layer | Official MCP Registry · awesome-mcp-servers · awesome-openclaw-skills | Makes it easier to find, compare, and install the rapidly growing tool and skill ecosystem |
| Research connectors | OpenAlex Research MCP · Academia MCP · PapersWithCode MCP | Connects agents directly to literature graphs, code artifacts, datasets, and benchmark metadata |
More detailed map: → Tools & Platforms
| Topic | Description | Link |
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| 🚀 Getting Started | 5-min demo → 30-min agent deployment → full automation | → Getting Started |
| 🧰 Tools & Platforms | Core platforms, literature tools, writing aids, experiment tools | → Tools & Platforms |
| 🦞 Claw Park | Ecosystem map for what each Claw project is building and where it fits | → Claw Park |
| 💻 Vibe Coding | Terminal agents, coding agents, background agents, and repo guardrails | → Vibe Coding |
| 🎨 Vibe Anything | Adjacent prompt-native workflows for apps, design, writing, slides, and ops | → Vibe Anything |
| Topic | Core Question | Papers | Link |
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| 📄 Surveys | Landscape & evolution of the field | 5 | → Surveys |
| ⚙️ Systems | How to design end-to-end research systems | 6 | → Systems |
| 💡 Ideation | Can LLMs generate novel ideas | 6 | → Ideation |
| 📚 Synthesis | How to synthesize literature at scale | 5 | → Synthesis |
| 🧪 Experiment | How agents automate experiments | 4 | → Experiment |
| ✍️ Writing & Review | LLM-assisted writing & peer review | 4 | → Writing & Review |
| 📊 Benchmarks | How to evaluate research agents | 5 | → Benchmarks |
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Read The Field Surveys · Systems · Benchmarks |
Build The Stack Tools & Platforms · Claw Park · Vibe Coding |
Prototype Beyond Research Vibe Anything |
Introductions: AI for Science (Nature) · LLM Agents (Lilian Weng) · Agentic Patterns (Andrew Ng)
Awesome Lists: LLM Agent Survey · AI Agents · Scientific Idea Generation
Search & Reading: Semantic Scholar · Elicit · Consensus · Connected Papers
AI Scientist Platforms: FutureHouse Platform · Robin · Edison Scientific · Kosmos
Execution: Claude Code · Codex · Cursor Background Agents · GitHub Copilot Coding Agent · Gemini CLI
Claude Code Ecosystem: anthropics/skills · wshobson/agents · SuperClaude Framework · claude-code-router · Claude Squad · claude-task-master · Repomix
Prototyping: v0 · Lovable · Replit Agent · Figma AI · Canva AI
Conferences: NeurIPS · ICML · ICLR · ACL · AAAI · EMNLP
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Citation
@misc{viberesearch2026,
title = {Vibe Research Guide},
author = {Aaron Wang and Contributors},
year = {2026},
url = {https://github.com/SpectrAI-Initiative/Vibe-Research-Guide},
}
Changelog
- 2026-W14: Added 2026 Q1 signals for OpenClaw platformization, FutureHouse / Robin / BixBench, and Edison Scientific / Kosmos; refreshed ecosystem framing across the guide
- 2026-W14: Added recent Claude Code ecosystem signals, including anthropics/skills, wshobson/agents, SuperClaude, claude-code-router, Claude Squad, claude-task-master, and Repomix
- 2026-W13: Added a new plugin / bridge / registry layer to the guide, including cc-connect, OpenAlex Research MCP, Academia MCP, PapersWithCode MCP, and more Claw ecosystem positioning
- 2026-W13: Added core tools & platforms (InnoClaw, ResearchClaw, FARS, Orchestra, OpenClaw, EvoScientist); added Deep Research tools, OpenAI Prism, MCP Servers; switched all content to English; expanded to 35+ papers across 9 topic files
- 2026-W12: Redesigned README into a stronger landing page with cleaner hierarchy, card-style path selection, and a more visual ecosystem map
- 2026-W12: Hub-and-spoke architecture reorganization
- 2026-W12: Initial public release
Full history: CHANGELOG.md
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