# Scholar AI Skill An open-source suite of three [[AI Agent Skills|AI Agent Skill]]s (MIT License) for research paper discovery via [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org) — free, no API key required. The companion to [[arXiv AI Skill]], extending coverage beyond arXiv to the broader scholarly record. Stdlib Python only. ## Why [[arXiv AI Skill]] covers preprints well, but a lot of research lives outside arXiv. This suite taps OpenAlex — a free, open index of the world's scholarly papers — so an AI agent can search across disciplines, follow citation graphs, and run structured literature reviews without an API key or paid service. ## Features Three composable skills: - **`scholar-search`** — discover papers across disciplines. - **`scholar-citations`** — build the graph of a paper's references and the papers that cite it. - **`literature-review`** — a two-pass screening orchestrator for structured reviews. Stdlib Python only, zero dependencies. Works with any [agentskills.io](https://agentskills.io)-compatible agent. ## Installation One-liner install via the [[AI Agent Skills]] CLI: ``` npx skills add dsebastien/ai-skill-scholar ``` ## License MIT. Contributions and forks welcome. ## References - Repository: https://github.com/dsebastien/ai-skill-scholar - License: https://github.com/dsebastien/ai-skill-scholar/blob/main/LICENSE - [[AI Agent Skills]] specification: https://agentskills.io ## Related - [[arXiv AI Skill]] - [[My Published AI Skills]] - [[AI Agent Skills]] - [[Claude Code]]