Agent skill

Orcid API

by wentorai in wentorai/research-plugins

Look up researcher profiles and academic identities via the ORCID registry

Install Orcid API

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins orcid-api --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api .claude/skills/orcid-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "orcid-api" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api into .claude/skills/orcid-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orcid-api", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins orcid-api --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api .agents/skills/orcid-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "orcid-api" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api into .agents/skills/orcid-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orcid-api", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins orcid-api --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api .cursor/skills/orcid-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "orcid-api" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api into .cursor/skills/orcid-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orcid-api", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git --path skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins orcid-api --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api .gemini/skills/orcid-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "orcid-api" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api into .gemini/skills/orcid-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orcid-api", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins orcid-api

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api .github/skills/orcid-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "orcid-api" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api into .github/skills/orcid-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orcid-api", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins orcid-api --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api .opencode/skills/orcid-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "orcid-api" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api into .opencode/skills/orcid-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orcid-api", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: orcid-api
GitHub stars: 298
Used in: 1 other repo
Token cost: ~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length: 449 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 405
Repo updated: Jun 19, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Look up researcher profiles and academic identities via the ORCID registry

Backend & APIs work in your project
SKILL.md covers Overview, Authentication, Core Endpoints and Rate Limits, plus 3 more sections
Calls curl and jq; reaches pub.orcid.org and orcid.org

What it does

Orcid API is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Look up researcher profiles and academic identities via the ORCID registry

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Backend & APIs. The repository describes itself as: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Backend & APIs work in your project

Example prompts

“/orcid-api”

Requirements

A credential in ORCID_ACCESS_TOKEN
A credential in YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bf44b3c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- curl
- jq
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
- pub.orcid.org
- orcid.org
Also links to:
- info.orcid.org
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Orcid API loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 21 tokens; SKILL.md has 449 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~21
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 449 words, ~1,478 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/orcid-api/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: orcid-api
description: Look up researcher profiles and academic identities via the ORCID registry

ORCID API Guide

Overview

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonprofit organization that provides unique, persistent digital identifiers to researchers worldwide. With over 18 million registered researchers, ORCID has become the standard for disambiguating author identities across the scholarly ecosystem. Publishers, funders, and institutions use ORCID to reliably connect researchers with their works, grants, and affiliations.

The ORCID Public API provides read access to public data in ORCID records. This includes biographical information, employment history, education, works (publications), funding, and peer review activities. The API is essential for building research information systems, verifying researcher identities, and integrating with institutional repositories.

Authentication is required. The public API uses OAuth 2.0 with a client credentials grant, which provides a bearer token for read-only access to public data. Registration is free and tokens can be obtained programmatically.

Authentication

The ORCID Public API requires an OAuth 2.0 access token. Register for free API credentials at https://orcid.org/developer-tools and obtain a token:

bash

curl -X POST "https://orcid.org/oauth/token" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
  -d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
  -d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
  -d "scope=/read-public"

Include the token in all API requests:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

Tokens are long-lived (typically 20 years) and can be reused across sessions.

Core Endpoints

Record: Retrieve Full ORCID Profile

URL: GET https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/{orcid-id}/record
Parameters:
Param Type Required Description
orcid-id string Yes The 16-digit ORCID iD (e.g., 0000-0002-1825-0097)
Accept header No Response format: application/json, application/xml

Param	Type	Required	Description
orcid-id	string	Yes	The 16-digit ORCID iD (e.g., 0000-0002-1825-0097)
Accept	header	No	Response format: application/json, application/xml

Example:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" \
     "https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-1825-0097/record"

Response: JSON with complete ORCID record including person (name, biography, emails, addresses), activities-summary (works, funding, employment, education, peer reviews).

Works: Retrieve Publication List

URL: GET https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/{orcid-id}/works
Parameters:
Param Type Required Description
orcid-id string Yes The ORCID iD

Param	Type	Required	Description
orcid-id	string	Yes	The ORCID iD

Example:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" \
     "https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-1825-0097/works"

Response: JSON with group array of work summaries, each containing title, external-ids (DOI, PMID, etc.), type, publication-date, and journal-title.

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Search: Find Researchers

URL: GET https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/search

Parameters:

Param	Type	Required	Description
q	string	Yes	Lucene query syntax (e.g., family-name:Einstein, affiliation-org-name:MIT)
start	integer	No	Pagination offset (default: 0)
rows	integer	No	Results per page (default: 100, max: 200)

Example:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" \
     "https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/search?q=family-name:Hinton+AND+affiliation-org-name:Toronto&rows=10"

Response: JSON with result array containing orcid-identifier (ORCID iD and URI) for each matching researcher.

Rate Limits

The public API allows 24 requests per second and 40 burst requests. The member API has higher limits. If limits are exceeded, the API returns HTTP 503 with a Retry-After header. For bulk data access, ORCID provides annual data dumps and a Lambda file for incremental updates. Rate limits apply per access token.

Common Patterns

Verify Researcher Identity

Confirm that a researcher's ORCID is valid and retrieve their public profile:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" \
     "https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0001-5109-3700/person"

Build a Complete Publication List

Retrieve all works associated with an ORCID profile and extract DOIs:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" \
     "https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-1825-0097/works" | jq '.group[].work-summary[0] | {title: .title.title.value, doi: (.["external-ids"]["external-id"][] | select(.["external-id-type"] == "doi") | .["external-id-value"])}'

Find Researchers at an Institution

Search for ORCID profiles affiliated with a specific organization:

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" \
     "https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/search?q=affiliation-org-name:Stanford+AND+current-institution-affiliation-name:Stanford&rows=50"

References

Official documentation: https://info.orcid.org/documentation/api-tutorial/
API reference: https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/
ORCID integration guide: https://info.orcid.org/documentation/integration-guide/

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api of wentorai/research-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skillsskills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api

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Questions about Orcid API

What does Orcid API do?

Look up researcher profiles and academic identities via the ORCID registry. Orcid API is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.

When should I use Orcid API?

Orcid API fits situations like: backend & APIs work in your project.

How do I install Orcid API in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api in wentorai/research-plugins) into .claude/skills/orcid-api in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Orcid API in Codex?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/orcid-api in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Orcid API in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill orcid-api -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/orcid-api, .gemini/skills/orcid-api, .github/skills/orcid-api and .opencode/skills/orcid-api in your project.

What does Orcid API need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Orcid API needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl and jq). Our summary lists: A credential in ORCID_ACCESS_TOKEN; A credential in YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET.

Does Orcid API access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: pub.orcid.org and orcid.org; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: info.orcid.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Orcid API safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Orcid API use?

Orcid API is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Orcid API use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Orcid API?

wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.

Source: wentorai/research-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Orcid API

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

ORCID API Guide

Overview

Authentication

Core Endpoints

Record: Retrieve Full ORCID Profile

Works: Retrieve Publication List

Search: Find Researchers

Rate Limits

Common Patterns

Verify Researcher Identity

Build a Complete Publication List

Find Researchers at an Institution

References

See Also

Files

Used in 1 other repository

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