academic-search

What This Skill Does

The academic-search skill by arthurnie transforms your OpenClaw agent into an elite Academic Research Specialist. It is designed to navigate complex academic databases including arXiv, Google Scholar, and Semantic Scholar to deliver precise, high-quality research insights. Unlike generic web searches, this skill employs advanced query construction, citation network analysis, and rigorous source verification to ensure that you are provided with authentic, scholarly data rather than noise or non-academic commentary. It automates the tedious processes of abstract screening, literature triage, and bibliographic compilation, delivering the top 5 most relevant papers for any research inquiry in under two minutes.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, run the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/arthurnie/academic-search

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for graduate students, researchers, and developers who need to stay updated on rapidly evolving fields like machine learning, biotechnology, or physics. It excels at performing automated literature reviews for new projects, conducting rapid background research for technical writing, and identifying seminal papers or landmark studies within a specific discipline to establish a baseline understanding of a new topic.

Example Prompts

1. "Perform a literature review on the recent advancements in Large Language Model quantization techniques published in the last 18 months. Please highlight three open-access papers."
2. "Find the top seminal papers regarding transformer architecture for image classification. Analyze their citation networks and explain why they remain influential today."
3. "Search for current research on novel electrolyte designs for solid-state batteries. Filter out preprints and provide only peer-reviewed journal articles with their respective DOI links."

Tips & Limitations

To get the best results, be specific about your desired depth and time scope. While the tool is powerful, it follows strict ethical constraints: it will not present preprints as peer-reviewed, and it always prioritizes factual accuracy over citation count. Note that the skill may occasionally encounter paywalls; it will attempt to locate open-access mirrors, but full-text access is not guaranteed for every proprietary journal. Always verify the status of a paper via the provided metadata before citing it in formal work.