Agent skill

Cnki Search

by cookjohn in cookjohn/cnki-skills

Search CNKI (中国知网) for papers by keyword. An agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Cnki Search

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cookjohn/cnki-skills --skill cnki-search -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cookjohn/cnki-skills cnki-search --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/cookjohn/cnki-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cnki-search .claude/skills/cnki-search && 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/

Facts

Skill name
cnki-search
GitHub stars
983
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
258 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
10
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Search CNKI (中国知网) for papers by keyword. An agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills.

  • Works in 4 steps: Navigate → Search + extract results (single… → Report → …
  • The user wants to find academic papers on a topic
  • SKILL.md covers Arguments, Steps, Captcha detection and Verified selectors, plus 2 more sections
  • Reaches kns.cnki.net

What it does

Cnki Search is an agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills. Search CNKI (中国知网) for papers by keyword. Use when the user wants to find academic papers on a topic.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 Research & Science, covering Citation management. The repository describes itself as: CNKI (中国知网) skills for Claude Code — search, browse journals, download PDFs, export to Zotero via Chrome DevTools MCP.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to find academic papers on a topic
  • Tasks that involve Citation management

Example prompts

  • “/cnki-search”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Navigate
  2. Search + extract results (single evaluate_script, NO wait_for)
  3. Report
  4. Follow-up: navigate to a paper

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 20d65f6. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are javascript).

    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:

    • kns.cnki.net

    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

Cnki Search loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 28 tokens; SKILL.md has 258 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~28
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 258 words (~1,242 tokens).

“Search CNKI for papers using keyword(s). Returns result count and structured result list (titles, URLs, authors, journal, date) in a single call.”

— opening of SKILL.md by cookjohn
name
cnki-search
argument-hint
[search keywords]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/cnki-search of cookjohn/cnki-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 20d65f6

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in cookjohn/cnki-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Openalex Databaseneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent12612 repos~3kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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  • Cnki Advanced Search

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  • Cnki Journal Index

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  • Cnki Journal Search

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Questions about Cnki Search

What does Cnki Search do?

Search CNKI (中国知网) for papers by keyword. An agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills. Cnki Search is an agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills. Search CNKI (中国知网) for papers by keyword.

When should I use Cnki Search?

Cnki Search fits situations like: the user wants to find academic papers on a topic; tasks that involve Citation management.

How do I install Cnki Search in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cookjohn/cnki-skills --skill cnki-search -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cnki-search in cookjohn/cnki-skills) into .claude/skills/cnki-search in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cnki Search in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cookjohn/cnki-skills --skill cnki-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cnki-search in cookjohn/cnki-skills) into .agents/skills/cnki-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cnki Search 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 cookjohn/cnki-skills --skill cnki-search -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cnki-search, .gemini/skills/cnki-search, .github/skills/cnki-search and .opencode/skills/cnki-search in your project.

What does Cnki Search need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Cnki Search is instructions for the agent only.

Does Cnki Search access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: kns.cnki.net; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Cnki Search 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 Cnki Search use?

No licence was found for Cnki Search or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Cnki Search use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Cnki Search?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cnki Search: Content Research Writer (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars), Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Networkx (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.7k stars) and Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cnki Search?

cookjohn (a GitHub user) maintains it in cookjohn/cnki-skills, which has 983 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 13, 2026.

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