literature-search

name literature-search description Search academic literature using Semantic Scholar, arXiv, and OpenAlex APIs. Returns structured JSONL with title, authors, year, venue, abstract, citations, and BibTeX. Use when the user needs to find papers, check related work, or build a bibliography. argument-hint ["search-query"] Literature Search Search multiple academic databases to find relevant papers. Input $ARGUMENTS — The search query (natural language) Scripts Semantic Scholar (primary — best for ML/AI, has BibTeX) python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/search_semantic_scholar.py \ --query "QUERY" --max-results 20 --year-range 2022-2026 \ --api-key " $(grep S2_API_Key /Users/lingzhi/Code/keys.md 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' ') " \ -o results_s2.jsonl Key flags: --peer-reviewed-only , --top-conferences , --min-citations N , --venue NeurIPS ICML arXiv (latest preprints) python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/search_arxiv.py \ --query "QUERY" --max-results 10 -o results_arxiv.jsonl OpenAlex (broadest coverage, free, no API key) python ~/.claude/skills/literature-search/scripts/search_openalex.py \ --query "QUERY" --max-results 20 --year-range 2022-2026 \ --min-citations 5 -o results_openalex.jsonl Merge & Deduplicate python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/paper_db.py merge \ --inputs results_s2.jsonl results_arxiv.jsonl results_openalex.jsonl \ --output merged.jsonl CrossRef (DOI-based lookup, broadest type coverage) python ~/.claude/skills/literature-search/scripts/search_crossref.py \ --query "QUERY" --rows 10 --output results_crossref.jsonl Key flags: --bibtex (output .bib format), --rows N Download arXiv Source (get .tex files) python ~/.claude/skills/literature-search/scripts/download_arxiv_source.py \ --title "Paper Title" --output-dir arxiv_papers/ Key flags: --arxiv-id 1706.03762 , --metadata , --max-results N Generate BibTeX from results python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/bibtex_manager.py \ --jsonl merged.jsonl --output references.bib Workflow Expand the user's query into 2-4 complementary search queries Run Semantic Scholar search (primary) with expanded queries Run arXiv for very recent preprints (< 3 months) Optionally run OpenAlex for broader coverage Merge and deduplicate results Rank by: citations (0.3) + recency (0.3) + venue quality (0.2) + relevance (0.2) Present structured results table Venue Quality Tiers Tier 1: NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, KDD, AAAI, IJCAI, SIGIR, WWW Tier 2: AISTATS, UAI, COLT, COLING, EACL, WACV, JMLR, TACL Tier 3: Workshops, arXiv preprints — mark with (preprint) Output Format Present results as a table + detailed entries with BibTeX keys. Always note preprint status. Related Skills Downstream: citation-management , literature-review , related-work-writing See also: deep-research , novelty-assessment