Literature Search Openalex
Query the OpenAlex scholarly database for research papers, authors, institutions...
Install
npx skills add google-deepmind/science-skills --skill literature-search-openalex -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- google-deepmind/science-skills3.4k
- Category
- Data and ML
- Updated
- 12d ago
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 2,004 tokens
- Runs scripts
- Yes, review before use
What it does
Query the OpenAlex scholarly database for research papers, authors, institutions, topics, sources, publishers, funders, geo-locations, and keywords. Use when searching academic papers, resolving DOIs, downloading open-access PDFs, finding an author's publications, aggregating bibliometric data (citation counts, h-index, impact factor), exploring the research taxonomies, or performing DOI lookups.
OpenAlex Skill
Prerequisites
uv: Read theuvskill and follow its Setup instructions to ensureuvis installed and on PATH.- User Notification: If .licenses/literature_search_openalex_LICENSE.txt does not already exist in the workspace root directory then (1) prominently notify the user to check the terms at https://help.openalex.org/ and to always check the license of the papers retrieved by the skill for any restrictions, then (2) create the file recording the notification text and timestamp.
.envfile: Make sure the.envfile exists in your home directory. Create one if it does not exist.OPENALEX_API_KEY(optional but recommended): The skill works without a key, but keyless requests share a $0.10/day budget per IP address. A free key has its own $1/day budget and higher rate limits, and is required to download full text from content.openalex.org (download-pdf). Addingmailto(the former "polite pool") no longer raises limits. You can obtain a free key at OpenAlex.org → account settings. Whenever checking for or requesting this key, you MUST use the safe credentials protocol in thecredentialsskill, without blocking keyless execution if it is unset.
