scholar-paper-downloader
学术文献PDF批量下载工具,支持从多个学术网站(arXiv、PubMed、PMC、Semantic Scholar等)搜索和下载论文, 自动提取元数据、生成索引列表。优先从官方免费渠道下载,付费文献提供手动下载指引。
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/andyzwp/scholar-paper-downloaderWhat This Skill Does
The scholar-paper-downloader is a powerful OpenClaw agent skill designed to streamline the academic research process. It acts as an automated assistant for locating, downloading, and cataloging scholarly articles. By integrating with major academic databases like arXiv, PubMed, PMC, and Semantic Scholar, the skill identifies valid, open-access PDFs and retrieves them for you automatically. It focuses on efficiency by offering batch download capabilities, metadata extraction (such as author, date, and title), and the automatic generation of organized Markdown and JSON indexes. Importantly, the skill adheres to ethical research standards by prioritizing official, free channels and providing clear, structured guidance for obtaining materials that are behind paywalls.
Installation
To install this skill, use the OpenClaw command line interface:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/andyzwp/scholar-paper-downloader
Ensure that you have the necessary Python dependencies installed as specified in the requirements.txt within the skill directory.
Use Cases
This skill is ideal for researchers, students, and professionals who need to:
- Collect large sets of pre-prints for literature reviews.
- Organize papers by specific keywords or research topics.
- Batch-retrieve PDF files using a list of arXiv IDs or DOI identifiers.
- Maintain a clean, structured directory of academic assets with automated file naming conventions (e.g., [Author][Year][Journal].pdf).
Example Prompts
- "Search for the latest 5 papers on 'transformer architectures' from arXiv and download them to my './papers' folder."
- "Download the papers associated with these IDs: 2103.00001, 2103.00002 and generate a summary index."
- "Find open-access versions of papers related to 'CRISPR gene editing' and provide manual download links for any gated content."
Tips & Limitations
- Efficiency: Utilize the
-m(max count) and-w(worker) flags to manage system resources during batch operations. - Legal/Copyright: The skill is designed to prioritize official, legal sources. It will not attempt to bypass paywalls via unauthorized methods but will instead generate a manual download guide to assist your research.
- Metadata: Ensure your local environment has read/write permissions to the target directory for the tool to properly generate the Markdown index files and save PDF downloads.
Metadata
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-andyzwp-scholar-paper-downloader": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, external-api