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Semanticscholar Skill

Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: research-methods  ·  Last updated:
Use when searching academic papers, looking up citations, finding authors, or getting paper recommendations using the Semantic Scholar API. Triggers on queries about research papers, academic search, citation analysis, or literature discovery.

From the source SKILL.md

Search academic papers via the Semantic Scholar API using a structured 4-phase workflow.

What this skill does

Semanticscholar Skill is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/semanticscholar-skill/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when searching academic papers, looking up citations, finding authors, or getting paper recommendations using the Semantic Scholar API. Triggers on queries about research papers, academic search, citation analysis, or literature discovery.

Who uses this skill

The Semanticscholar Skill Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ 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/semanticscholar-skill
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/semanticscholar-skill/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/semanticscholar-skill/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/semanticscholar-skill/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\semanticscholar-skill\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.

Pro

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Attribution & license

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