galaxy-dawn/claude-scholar

Claude Scholar is a configuration package and workflow system built on top of AI coding assistants, primarily Claude Code. It sets up a structured environment for researchers working on academic papers or software projects, providing a collection of ready-made commands, agents, and automation rules that guide the research process from idea to publication. The project is aimed at computer science and AI researchers. It covers the full research cycle: generating and refining research ideas, reviewing academic literature, managing references through Zotero (a reference management tool), running experiments, analyzing results, writing papers, responding to reviewer feedback, and producing publication-ready figures and tables. Each stage is handled by a dedicated skill (a saved command the AI assistant can run) or agent (an AI configuration scoped to a specific role). Installation copies the configuration files into your Claude Code, Codex CLI, or OpenCode setup. After that, the AI assistant gains access to the research-focused commands. The repository has separate branches for each supported tool: the main branch is for Claude Code, while dedicated branches exist for Codex CLI and OpenCode. Obsidian, a note-taking and knowledge management application, is integrated as a personal knowledge base. Paper notes, claims, and research findings can be organized within a structured vault, with a defined process for moving findings from raw notes into the knowledge base once they meet an evidence threshold. The project is actively maintained, with updates throughout early 2026 adding Zotero integration for paper import and reference management, multilingual documentation in English, Chinese, and Japanese, and additional security and session-management hooks. The license is MIT. The full README is longer than what was shown.