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Academic Research Hub

by LeoYeAI in LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills

A skill your agent uses when users need to search academic papers, download research documents, extract citations, or gather scholarly information.

ProprietaryAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Academic Research Hub

skills CLI
$ npx skills add LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills --skill academic-research-hub -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills academic-research-hub --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/LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-research-hub .claude/skills/academic-research-hub && 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
academic-research-hub
GitHub stars
2.2k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~4.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
845 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
1,235
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Proprietary

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when users need to search academic papers, download research documents, extract citations, or gather scholarly information.

  • Works in 4 steps: Multi-Source Search → Paper Download → Citation Extraction → …
  • Users need to search academic papers
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Core Features, Source-Specific Commands and Essential Options, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python and pip; reaches arxiv.org and ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

What it does

Academic Research Hub is an agent skill from LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills. Use this skill when users need to search academic papers, download research documents, extract citations, or gather scholarly information. Triggers include: requests to "find papers on", "search research about", "download academic articles", "get citations for", or any request involving academic databases like arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, or Google Scholar. Also use for literature reviews, bibliography generation, and research discovery. Requires OpenClawCLI installation from clawhub.ai.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.8k 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 `_meta.json`, `references/readme.md` and `scripts/research.py`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Academic paper search and Citation management. It works with arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar and Python. The repository describes itself as: 🧠 Curated collection of 1209+ best OpenClaw skills — weekly updated by MyClaw.ai.

When your agent uses it

  • Users need to search academic papers
  • Download research documents
  • Extract citations
  • Gather scholarly information

Example prompts

  • “find papers on”
  • “search research about”
  • “download academic articles”
  • “/academic-research-hub”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Multi-Source Search
  2. Paper Download
  3. Citation Extraction
  4. Metadata Retrieval

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e5199b5. 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:

    • python
    • pip

    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:

    • arxiv.org
    • ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Also links to:

    • clawhub.ai
    • api.semanticscholar.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

Academic Research Hub loads about 4.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 130 tokens; SKILL.md has 845 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~130
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.5k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Proprietary) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 845 words (~4,790 tokens).

“Search and retrieve academic papers from multiple sources including arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, and more. Download PDFs, extract citations, generate bibliographies, and build literature reviews.”

— opening of SKILL.md by LeoYeAI, Proprietary
name
academic-research-hub
license
Proprietary

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in skills/academic-research-hub of LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • _meta.json
  • references/readme.md
  • scripts/requirements.txt
  • scripts/research.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e5199b5

Used in 1 other repository

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Academic Research Hub

What does Academic Research Hub do?

A skill your agent uses when users need to search academic papers, download research documents, extract citations, or gather scholarly information. Academic Research Hub is an agent skill from LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills. Use this skill when users need to search academic papers, download research documents, extract citations, or gather scholarly information.

When should I use Academic Research Hub?

Academic Research Hub fits situations like: users need to search academic papers; download research documents; extract citations; gather scholarly information.

How do I install Academic Research Hub in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills --skill academic-research-hub -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/academic-research-hub in LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills) into .claude/skills/academic-research-hub in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Academic Research Hub in Codex?

Run `npx skills add LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills --skill academic-research-hub -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/academic-research-hub in LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills) into .agents/skills/academic-research-hub in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Academic Research Hub 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 LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills --skill academic-research-hub -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/academic-research-hub, .gemini/skills/academic-research-hub, .github/skills/academic-research-hub and .opencode/skills/academic-research-hub in your project.

What does Academic Research Hub need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Academic Research Hub needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python and pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Academic Research Hub access the network?

SKILL.md names 4 domains. In commands or code: arxiv.org and ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: clawhub.ai and api.semanticscholar.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Academic Research Hub 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 Academic Research Hub use?

Academic Research Hub carries a proprietary licence (declared in SKILL.md). It is published on GitHub, but it is not open source: read the licence file before using or sharing it.

How many tokens does Academic Research Hub use?

About 4.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k 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 1.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Academic Research Hub?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Academic Research Hub: Literature Review (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Citation Management (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars) and Paper Research on arXiv (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Academic Research Hub?

LeoYeAI (a GitHub user) maintains it in LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, which has 2,161 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,235 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 20, 2026.

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