Research plugins for Claude
26 plugins, most used first. Most used: Obsidian Notes, Napkin Math, Research Desk.
Obsidian Notes
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Reads, writes and maintains markdown so it works as an Obsidian vault and still renders on GitHub and in VS Code: a lint for broken and ambiguous links…
14.7K installsNot verifiedNapkin Math
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Back-of-the-envelope estimates with stated assumptions and honest ranges, plus a sanity check for numbers other people quote at you.
11.7K installsNot verifiedResearch Desk
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Research work you can stand behind: check that references are real, take faithful notes on a paper, compare papers, draft related work from your own sources…
10.7K installsNot verifiedresearch-superpowers
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Skill-driven research workflow for Claude Code and Cowork: idea → literature → ingest → analysis → draft → peer-review → publication.
8.1K installsNot verifiedAcademic PDF Translation
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Translate academic PDFs into readable, searchable PDFs while preserving document structure and research meaning.
6.2K installsNot verifiedpaper-search
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Search academic papers via OpenAlex — find papers by keyword, look up details by DOI, with pagination and sorting.
3.7K installsNot verifiedconsensus
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Consensus MCP server for AI-powered search across peer-reviewed scientific research papers.
3.4K installsNot verifiedArcDeck
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Convert academic PDF papers into polished, narrative-driven PowerPoint presentations using 13 specialized AI agents.
2.9K installsNot verifiedread-paper
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Deep academic paper analysis with bilingual (English/Chinese) output.
2.2K installsNot verifiedMathbox
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Sustained mathematical research with auditable claims, dependencies and reproducible experiments.
1.8K installsNot verifiedwiley-scholar-gateway
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Scholar Gateway MCP server by Wiley for accessing academic research and publications.
1.4K installsNot verifiedclaude-patterns
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Instinct Engine that scans recent sessions, journals, and decisions for recurring patterns and turns them into concrete captures (rules, concept notes…
1.4K installsNot verified
wikipedia
Fetch Wikipedia articles and data.
Not verified1.4K installsArkas
Search, read, capture, organize, and collaboratively edit your Arkas knowledge library.
Not verified1.1K installsArcmira: YouTube Transcript Search
Search YouTube transcripts for timestamps, speaker appearances, sponsors and recommendations.
Not verified1.1K installsllm-wiki-plugin
Build a shared Markdown knowledge base with local hybrid search and an optional evidence-linked workflow to capture task lessons, evaluate skill improvements…
Not verified1.1K installsstorm
Multi-perspective deep research that writes Wikipedia-style, fully-cited articles.
Not verified929 installsSerpApi Claude Plugin
Search Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, and 100+ engines via SerpApi.
Not verified903 installscicada.guide
Research U.S. state legislation in Claude: search bills, read bill text, look up legislators, and trace roll-call and individual voting records.
Not verified802 installsTranslate Book: arXiv
Translate an arXiv paper, or any PDF/DOCX/EPUB book, into any language as a printable book.
Not verified743 installsMemories
Session journaling plugin — save, list, open, search, and delete session memories.
Not verified718 installsscout
Web research plugin that thinks before it searches.
Not verified708 installsShorty
Summarize and transcribe from Claude with Shorty: summarize YouTube videos, web pages, articles, and documents, transcribe podcasts and recordings…
Not verified692 installsSearch1API
Search1API brings multi-engine search to AI agents, with Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and specialized sources including GitHub, Reddit, X, arXiv…
Not verified570 installsLurkAPI
Social media scraper for Claude: scrape public profiles, posts, comments, transcripts and ads from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X (Twitter)…
Not verified559 installsCatalyst
Findings on what compounds, supplements and nutrients do in the body: each with the strength of its evidence, the quoted sentence, the paper and a permalink.
Not verified555 installs