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openalex-database — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Connects Claude Code to the OpenAlex catalog to query papers, analyze citations, and track research trends. Works without an API key.

Install into Claude Code · claude-code-templates All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/openalex-database
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What openalex-database does

This skill integrates Claude Code with the OpenAlex database of over 240M research entries. Python helper scripts run queries across papers, authors, and universities. The agent can filter results by release year or open-access availability.

Setup needs Python and the requests library installed through uv pip install requests. The database requires no secret token. Passing an email address to the client connects to the polite pool, raising rate limits from 1 to 10 requests every second.

Direct searches for author names inside filters will fail. The skill relies on an explicit two-step flow: resolving the entity name to its database ID before fetching matching publications.

What it helps with

  • retrieve recent papers filtered by subject and open-access status
  • look up all publications tied to an author or research center
  • extract publication volume trends across years
  • export queried academic records into a CSV file

Example prompts for the agent

  • Search OpenAlex for open access papers on machine learning published after 2020.
  • Find works by Jennifer Doudna and sort them by citation count.
  • Analyze research topics for Stanford University over recent years.

How to install openalex-database

1claude-code-templates

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/openalex-database

2Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill openalex-database -a claude-code

3Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/openalex-database/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/openalex-database/

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

Questions about openalex-database

How to install openalex-database in Claude Code?

Run npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/openalex-database in your terminal.

What does openalex-database do?

It lets Claude Code query the OpenAlex catalog to search research papers, trace citations, and analyze academic output by author or institution.

Do I need an API key to query OpenAlex?

No API key is required. Providing an email address in the client unlocks the polite pool, which raises the request limit to 10 calls per second.

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