ClaudSkills / Science & Research / research-methods

Paper Lookup

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: research-methods

Search 10 academic paper databases via REST APIs for research papers, preprints, and scholarly articles. Covers PubMed, PMC (full text), bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, CORE, Unpaywall. Use when searching for papers, citations, DOI/PMID lookups, abstracts, full text, open access, preprints, citation graphs, author search, or any scholarly literature query. Triggers on mentions of any supported database or requests like "find papers on X" or "look up this DOI".

What this skill does

Paper Lookup is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/paper-lookup/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when searching for papers, citations, DOI/PMID lookups, abstracts, full text, open access, preprints, citation graphs, author search, or any scholarly literature query. Triggers on mentions of any supported database or requests like "find papers on X" or "look up this DOI".

Who uses this skill

The Paper Lookup skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/paper-lookup
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/paper-lookup/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/paper-lookup/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/paper-lookup/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/paper-lookup/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\paper-lookup\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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