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literature-search · lingzhi227 — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Find academic papers from several research indexes and prepare bibliography data. Use it when you need related work, source lists, or recent preprints.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-search -a claude-code
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What literature-search does

This skill searches Semantic Scholar, arXiv, OpenAlex, and CrossRef for papers matching a natural-language query. Results are written as JSONL records with authors, publication year, venue, abstract, citation data, and BibTeX details.

It expands the initial query, combines result files, and removes duplicate papers. The workflow orders entries by citations, recency, venue tier, and relevance. Preprints receive a separate label.

The package includes Python scripts for searches, downloading arXiv source files as .tex, and producing references.bib. The Semantic Scholar step passes an API key, so prepare one before using that search.

What it helps with

  • find papers for a research topic
  • combine results from academic indexes
  • remove duplicate JSONL entries
  • generate a BibTeX bibliography file
  • download arXiv paper source files

Example prompts for the agent

  • Find research papers about methods for assessing research novelty.
  • Search for recent preprints on my topic and label their status.
  • Turn the collected results into references.bib.

How to install literature-search

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-search -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/literature-search/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/literature-search/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about literature-search

How do I install literature-search in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-search -a claude-code.

What does literature-search do?

It retrieves academic papers from several indexes, combines the results, and can create BibTeX output. It also marks preprints separately.

What is required for the Semantic Scholar search?

That search passes a Semantic Scholar API key. Its script runs through python.

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