Scholar Megasearch

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Scholar Megasearch skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Scholar Megasearch is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Security · Sub-category: threat-hunting · Last updated: 2026-06-03

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Massive multi-source academic literature search via subagent orchestration. Fans out parallel searchers across every available scholarly source — arXiv, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, OpenAlex, PubMed/PMC, bioRxiv/medRxiv, DOAJ, CORE, BASE, DBLP, IACR, SSRN, Zenodo, Unpaywall, plus web/GitHub — then deduplicates by DOI/arXiv-id/title into one ranked corpus and synthesizes it. Use when the user wants a broad/exhaustive literature sweep, a large-scale paper search, a systematic review corpus, citation snowballing, or to find as many papers as possible on a topic across many databases at once. Triggers: "massive literature search", "literature review", "search across every database", "systematic search", "mega search", "search every source", "exhaustive search". Localized trigger phrases in other languages map to the same intent.

From the source SKILL.md

Integrates every academic search MCP/skill in this environment into one fan-out → merge → synthesize pipeline. Each subagent owns one source bucket and searches in parallel; results are merged into a single deduplicated, provenance-tracked, ranked corpus. Prefer this over single-source searches whenever breadth matters.

What this skill does

Scholar Megasearch is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the threat-hunting sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/scholar-megasearch/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user wants a broad/exhaustive literature sweep, a large-scale paper search, a systematic review corpus, citation snowballing, or to find as many papers as possible on a topic across many databases at once. Triggers: "massive literature search", "literature review", "search across every database", "systematic search", "mega search", "search every source", "exhaustive search".

Who uses this skill

The Scholar Megasearch Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 117,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Scholar Megasearch Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/scholar-megasearch/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Scholar Megasearch skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Scholar Megasearch skill?

Use Scholar Megasearch when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the threat hunting area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Scholar Megasearch" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/security/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Scholar Megasearch skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Scholar Megasearch is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/Dieterburdened606/scholar-megasearch/blob/HEAD/skills/scholar-megasearch/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: Dieterburdened606

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Dieterburdened606. (2026). Scholar Megasearch [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/scholar-megasearch/

BibTeX

@misc{scholar-megasearch-2026,
  author    = {Dieterburdened606},
  title     = {Scholar Megasearch [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/scholar-megasearch/}
}

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