Citation Management
K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer
Finds papers in OpenAlex, PubMed and Google Scholar, turns DOIs, PMIDs and arXiv IDs into clean BibTeX, and validates citations for a manuscript or thesis.
Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database.
Install Openalex Database
$ npx skills add neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent openalex-database --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database' .claude/skills/openalex-database && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "openalex-database" agent skill from https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent/tree/main/agent/skills/Metadata%20%26%20Retrieval/openalex-database into .claude/skills/openalex-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "openalex-database", 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 install https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent/tree/main/agent/skills/Metadata%20%26%20Retrieval/openalex-databaseType 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.
$ npx skills add neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent openalex-database --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/'agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database' .agents/skills/openalex-database && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "openalex-database" agent skill from https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent/tree/main/agent/skills/Metadata%20%26%20Retrieval/openalex-database into .agents/skills/openalex-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "openalex-database", 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.
$ npx skills add neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent openalex-database --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/'agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database' .cursor/skills/openalex-database && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "openalex-database" agent skill from https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent/tree/main/agent/skills/Metadata%20%26%20Retrieval/openalex-database into .cursor/skills/openalex-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "openalex-database", 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 https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.git --path 'agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database'--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent openalex-database --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/'agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database' .gemini/skills/openalex-database && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "openalex-database" agent skill from https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent/tree/main/agent/skills/Metadata%20%26%20Retrieval/openalex-database into .gemini/skills/openalex-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "openalex-database", 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.
$ gh skill install neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent openalex-databaseInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/'agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database' .github/skills/openalex-database && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "openalex-database" agent skill from https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent/tree/main/agent/skills/Metadata%20%26%20Retrieval/openalex-database into .github/skills/openalex-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "openalex-database", 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.
$ npx skills add neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent openalex-database --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/'agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database' .opencode/skills/openalex-database && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "openalex-database" agent skill from https://github.com/neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent/tree/main/agent/skills/Metadata%20%26%20Retrieval/openalex-database into .opencode/skills/openalex-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "openalex-database", 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
openalex-database- GitHub stars
- 126
- Used in
- 13 other repos
- Token cost
- ~3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 645 words
- Files
- 5 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 6
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database.
- Works in 12 steps: Search for Papers → Find Works by Author → Find Works from Institution → …
- Literature searches
- SKILL.md covers Overview, Quick Start, Core Capabilities and Critical Best Practices, plus 1 more section
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls uv; reaches doi.org and orcid.org
What it does
Openalex Database is an agent skill from neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent. Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database. This skill should be used when searching for academic papers, analyzing research trends, finding works by authors or institutions, tracking citations, discovering open access publications, or conducting bibliometric analysis across 240M+ scholarly works. Use for literature searches, research output analysis, citation analysis, and academic database queries.
Its SKILL.md is about 3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/api_guide.md`, `references/common_queries.md` and `scripts/openalex_client.py`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Academic paper search and Citation management. It works with arXiv. The repository describes itself as: 个人arXiv论文知识空间，欢迎fork或star!
When your agent uses it
- Literature searches
- Research output analysis
- Citation analysis
- Academic database queries
Example prompts
- “/openalex-database”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
12 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Search for Papers
- Find Works by Author
- Find Works from Institution
- Highly Cited Papers
- Open Access Papers
- Publication Trends Analysis
- Research Output Analysis
- Batch Lookups
- Random Sampling
- Citation Analysis
- Topic and Subject Analysis
- Large-Scale Data Extraction
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a5bce82. 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
Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
uv
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:
doi.orgorcid.orgror.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
Openalex Database loads about 3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 111 tokens; SKILL.md has 645 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 645 words (~3,013 tokens).
“OpenAlex is a comprehensive open catalog of 240M+ scholarly works, authors, institutions, topics, sources, publishers, and funders. This skill provides tools and workflows for querying the OpenAlex API to search literature, analyze research output, track citations, and conduct bibliometric studies.”
- name
- openalex-database
- license
- Unknown
- metadata.skill-author
- K-Dense Inc.
Files
SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database of neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.
- SKILL.md
- references/api_guide.md
- references/common_queries.md
- scripts/openalex_client.py
- scripts/query_helpers.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a5bce82
Used in 13 other repositories
We found 20 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 13 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
- davila7/claude-code-templatescli-tool/components/skills/scientific/openalex-database
- jimmc414/Kosmoskosmos-claude-scientific-skills/scientific-skills/openalex-database
- Microck/ordinary-claude-skillsskills_all/openalex-databaseskills_categorized/astronomy-physics/openalex-database+2 more
- aiskillstore/marketplaceskills/davila7/openalex-databaseskills/k-dense-ai/openalex-database
- majiayu000/claude-skill-registryskills/analysis/openalex-databaseskills/analysis/openalex-database-ovachiever-droid-tings+2 more
- lamm-mit/scienceclawskills/openalex-database
- agent-skills-hub/agent-skills-hubskills/openalex-database
- foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skillsbundled/skills/openalex-database
- LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skillsskills/01-论文检索与文献管理/openalex-database
- wu-yc/LabClawskills/literature/openalex-database
- FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skillsskills/openalex-database
- BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skillsskills/labclaw/openalex-database
- infometa/workbuddyskillsplugins/codebuddy-plugins-official/external_plugins/scientific-skills/openalex-database
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Openalex Database next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openalex Database this skillneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent | 126 | 13 repos | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Citation ManagementK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer | 2.4k | 2 repos | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Paper Research on arXivXiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code | 14k | 1 repos | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Literature Review AgentAr9av/PaperOrchestra | 676 | 2 repos | ~5.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Systematic Literature Review Builderbytedance/deer-flow | 83k | 2 repos | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paper2codePrathamLearnsToCode/paper2code | 1.5k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Openalex Database
What does Openalex Database do?
Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database. Openalex Database is an agent skill from neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent. Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database.
When should I use Openalex Database?
Openalex Database fits situations like: literature searches; research output analysis; citation analysis; academic database queries.
How do I install Openalex Database in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database in neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent) into .claude/skills/openalex-database in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Openalex Database in Codex?
Run `npx skills add neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (agent/skills/Metadata & Retrieval/openalex-database in neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent) into .agents/skills/openalex-database in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Openalex Database 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 neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent --skill openalex-database -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/openalex-database, .gemini/skills/openalex-database, .github/skills/openalex-database and .opencode/skills/openalex-database in your project.
What does Openalex Database need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Openalex Database needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (uv). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Openalex Database access the network?
SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: doi.org, orcid.org and ror.org; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Openalex Database 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Openalex Database use?
Openalex Database has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Openalex Database use?
About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 4.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Openalex Database?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Openalex Database: Citation Management (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars), Paper Research on arXiv (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars), Literature Review Agent (Ar9av/PaperOrchestra, 676 stars) and Systematic Literature Review Builder (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Openalex Database?
neflibata-feng (a GitHub user) maintains it in neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, which has 126 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.
Source: neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.