AI Plugin Indexdeep-research alternatives
The most used alternatives to deep-research are telecrawl, discussion, memory-policy. All are search and web skills with an active GitHub repository, ranked below by GitHub stars and recent activity.
| # | Skill | What it does | Runs | Updated | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ref | deep-research firecrawl | Multi-source research with source triangulation and fact-checking. Use for any research task requiring 3+ sources. | Skill | 6 months ago | 1.2k |
| 1 | telecrawl steipete | Telegram archive: chats, messages, contacts, folders, search; import from Telegram Desktop/macOS. | Skill | yesterday | 7.4k |
| 2 | discussion samchon | Runs structured multi-agent discussions for open-ended typia topics. Use only when the user explicitly asks for Discussion or a team debate with transcripts and conclusions; do not use for Self-Review, a solo or multi-agent review, research review, or issue discovery. | Skill | 6 days ago | 5.9k |
| 3 | memory-policy getzep | Use when deciding whether to search Zep memory for user preferences. | Skill | 6 days ago | 5.0k |
| 4 | session-search Companion-Inc | Search prior Feynman session transcripts on disk. Use when the user asks about earlier research sessions, past findings, or wants to resume a prior session. | Skill | 2 days ago | 10.0k |
| 5 | mem-search thedotmack | Use this when the user asks to search memory, "did we already solve this?", "how did we do X last time?", or wants work from previous sessions. | Skill | yesterday | 102k |
| 6 | ticker-snapshot google-research | Quick structured overview of a single public equity — identity, sector, market cap, valuation ratios, current price, recent trend. | Skill | 6 days ago | 39k |
| 7 | podcast codewhale-hq | Turn research into a spoken podcast — script, synthesize, stitch. Use when: podcast, generate a podcast, audio briefing, narrate, or turn this into audio. | Skill | yesterday | 41k |
| 8 | eli5 Companion-Inc | Explain research, papers, or technical ideas in plain English with minimal jargon, concrete analogies, and clear takeaways. Use when the user says "ELI5 this", asks for a simple explanation of a paper or research result, wants jargon removed, or asks what something technically dense actually means. | Skill | 2 days ago | 10.0k |
| 9 | mem-search thedotmack | Use this when the user asks to search memory, "did we already solve this?", "how did we do X last time?", or wants work from previous sessions. | Skill | yesterday | 102k |
| 10 | hindsight-recall vectorize-io | Search long-term memory for relevant context from past coding sessions using Hindsight MCP tools | Skill | yesterday | 52k |
| 11 | sn-search-image OpenSenseNova | USE FOR Google-backed image discovery via Serper.dev. Returns image URLs, page URLs, titles, and source domains. | Skill | 12 days ago | 5.8k |
| 12 | wacli the-open-agent | Send WhatsApp messages to other people or search/sync WhatsApp history via the wacli CLI. | Skill | 2 days ago | 5.7k |
Questions
What is the best alternative to deep-research?
By usage, telecrawl is the most popular alternative, with 7.4k GitHub stars. The right choice depends on which features and hosting you need.
Is deep-research still maintained?
Its last commit was 6 months ago. You can see current activity on its listing page.