AI Plugin Indexexternal-term-lookup vs search-specialist
external-term-lookup and search-specialist are both search and web skills. search-specialist scores higher (86 vs 68 out of 100). search-specialist has more GitHub stars (48k), and search-specialist was updated more recently (yesterday). The table compares them side by side.
| external-term-lookup | search-specialist | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 68 / 100 | 86 / 100 |
| What it does | Use this to search for relevant terms in external ontologies. NEVER guess ontology terms or term IDs, always confirm using this skill. The general methodology is to use `obo-grep.pl` | Expert web researcher using advanced search techniques and |
| Publisher | Community: geneontology | Community: sickn33 |
| Grades | Maintenance A, Licence C, Quality B | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality B |
| npm downloads a week | Not on npm | Not on npm |
| Runs | Skill | Skill |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude apps | Claude Code, Claude apps |
| GitHub stars | 255 | 48,364 |
| Last commit | 20 Oct 2026 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | CC-BY-4.0 | MIT |
| Listed since | 19 Oct 2026 | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Install external-term-lookup | Install search-specialist |
Questions
Is external-term-lookup or search-specialist more popular?
search-specialist has more GitHub stars: 48,364.
Can I use external-term-lookup and search-specialist together?
Yes. AI assistants can load several skills at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.